The Hill: GOP takes care of Zell for taking care of Kerry

[Raster]

So now we know what 30 pieces of silver looks like...

http://www.thehill.com/news/092904/miller.aspx

Rebel Ga. Democrat gets his pet projects paid for in approps
By Alexander Bolton

The Republicans are making sure that Sen. Zell Miller, who launched a withering attack on presidential candidate Sen. John Kerry last month, gets his pet projects paid for in appropriations legislation.

Miller, the Georgia Democrat who was the keynote speaker at the GOP convention in New York and who alienated his party by excoriating Kerry, has been told not to worry about losing his earmarks in the new fiscal year, which begins Friday.

The week that Congress returned after the GOP convention, Sen. Pete Domenici (R-N.M.) grabbed Miller’s arm outside the Senate chamber and assured him, “Don’t worry about appropriations, I’ve already put that stuff of yours in there.”

The New Mexico Republican is chairman of the Appropriations Energy and Water Subcommittee, a panel that small-government advocacy groups say doles out far more pet projects than most other spending subcommittees.

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http://www.thehill.com/news/092904/miller.aspx

[quisp]

1. A wise old woman I knew

always said, "God don't like ugly." And Zig Zag Zell is as ugly as they come. He'll get his someday.

[Raster]

3. As soon as this congressional Judas stint is up, look for zell.....

... to become a lobbyist for one of the gop death industries; carlyle, big tobacco, weapons.

[deutsey]

2. Sen. Pat Geary and the Corleone's in "The Godfather II"

That's who Zell reminds me of in relation to the Bush family.

[yellowcanine]

4. So much for the GOP being the party of good government. What does

Zell's presidential preference have to do with the merits of his "projects?"