09.02.04
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I’ve been trying to process Zell Miller’s speech today. I will admit, I truly don’t understand how he sleeps at night. I suppose the best thing about the speech from a democratic point of view is that it really didn’t say anything. It was the same ole’ “Kerry flips and flops,” “Kerry will be soft on terror,” or “Kerry is a weenie.”
In fact, Miller did absolutely nothing to establish anything even remotely resembling a party platform. Of course, neither did Dick Cheney. I’ve been shocked at the overt Kerry bashing that has taken place at the RNC. Now, that’s not to say that we all didn’t have our Bushbashing fun at the Democratic National Convention…but at least we thinly veiled our attacks, under a shroud of policy.
Are the Republicans really so concerned about Kerry at this point that their only recourse is to smear him? I have a hard time believing that this is the only way W knows how to win an election. Though, if you look at his political history, smearing has a long and illustrious history. John McCain–his own party member–can attest to this.
I’ve been making a video of political speeches for my job/assistantship at school. I’ve been pretty careful that I not so slant the speeches to the point where a party preference could be determined. I’ve looked high and low, spent over 5 hours cruising the internet and in all my looking around GOP and GW reelection websites I found very few clips of the President talking about the good job he’s done. Most focused on John Kerry’s “questionable record.”
Digging Zell Miller out of the nuthouse proves very little. Invariably, there will be folks that disagree with their party. I, for one, am thankful! What a great freedom to be able to disagree. But Zell Miller doesn’t take steps to reach conservative democrats, he simply serves to alienate himself from his party. If he truly wanted George W. Bush to seem inclusive, Miller would’ve established an issue that conservative democrats (centrists) could agree with and get behind.
Instead, Zell, you’ve sunk to the low tactics of the current administration’s pattern for election rhetoric. Attacking the person–rather than the ideas. Which, I guess, is to be expected. When one has been such a miserable domestic failure as W has, there’s little else left for him to attack than John Kerry’s person.
By the way Zell, as was pointed out over on Eschaton, it wasn’t long ago you were on the other side of the flip flop. Defending and introducing Kerry. How quickly things change.
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Posted in politics at 5:52 pm by
I’ve been trying to process Zell Miller’s speech today. I will admit, I truly don’t understand how he sleeps at night. I suppose the best thing about the speech from a democratic point of view is that it really didn’t say anything. It was the same ole’ “Kerry flips and flops,” “Kerry will be soft on terror,” or “Kerry is a weenie.”
In fact, Miller did absolutely nothing to establish anything even remotely resembling a party platform. Of course, neither did Dick Cheney. I’ve been shocked at the overt Kerry bashing that has taken place at the RNC. Now, that’s not to say that we all didn’t have our Bushbashing fun at the Democratic National Convention…but at least we thinly veiled our attacks, under a shroud of policy.
Are the Republicans really so concerned about Kerry at this point that their only recourse is to smear him? I have a hard time believing that this is the only way W knows how to win an election. Though, if you look at his political history, smearing has a long and illustrious history. John McCain–his own party member–can attest to this.
I’ve been making a video of political speeches for my job/assistantship at school. I’ve been pretty careful that I not so slant the speeches to the point where a party preference could be determined. I’ve looked high and low, spent over 5 hours cruising the internet and in all my looking around GOP and GW reelection websites I found very few clips of the President talking about the good job he’s done. Most focused on John Kerry’s “questionable record.”
Digging Zell Miller out of the nuthouse proves very little. Invariably, there will be folks that disagree with their party. I, for one, am thankful! What a great freedom to be able to disagree. But Zell Miller doesn’t take steps to reach conservative democrats, he simply serves to alienate himself from his party. If he truly wanted George W. Bush to seem inclusive, Miller would’ve established an issue that conservative democrats (centrists) could agree with and get behind.
Instead, Zell, you’ve sunk to the low tactics of the current administration’s pattern for election rhetoric. Attacking the person–rather than the ideas. Which, I guess, is to be expected. When one has been such a miserable domestic failure as W has, there’s little else left for him to attack than John Kerry’s person.
By the way Zell, as was pointed out over on Eschaton, it wasn’t long ago you were on the other side of the flip flop. Defending and introducing Kerry. How quickly things change.
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