One Lone Conservative's Reality in a Sea of Liberal Delusion's
After a bit of surfing the web I came across this bit by Sen. Zell Miller, D-Ga. , probably one of the few Dems I as a Republican can actually say without a doubt attained the honor and respect that myself and others in this country give him the old fashioned way....HE EARNED IT!

In a speech on the senate floor, Miller blasted Clarke for his dubious statements, his party as being a joke, which hasnt gone over to well in Democratic circles...could it be because Miller has backed president Bush on nearly every major policy decision in the true sense of bi-partisanship or is it the simple fact that the the Dem party today has become nothing more than a tool for the hyperleft ultra extremists whose very ideals are anything/anyone but Bush mentality...which goes to show how much of a micro-brain they have. To add insult to injury ( like anymore was needed) Miller will be campaigning on Bush's behalf for his re-election ..as are a growing number of lower-level statewide dems across the country....which only proves the next few months leadup to November will be quite interesting to say the least.

Miller is quoted as saying , "It's obvious to me that this country is rapidly dividing itself inot two camps- the wimps (Dems/Liberals) and the warriors (reps/conservatives), " futher adding "The ones who want to argue and assess and appease, and the ones who want to carry this fight to our enemies and kill them before they kill us!" Truer words were never spoken Zell.....
To think that before I started paying attention to Miller, the only Dem I even respected was Joseph Lieberman...looks like my personal list of honorable and respected Dems has grown by one with the addition of Miller...although with the general make up of the Dem party...I believe that will be the final addition to my list!

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on Apr 10, 2004
gee SConn1, wow your just too intelligent for me....guess I will go flog myself for not being your equal...as to your response that I ignored your point..I didnt.....I only responded to your little bit bout not spelling democrat right....because that wasnt part of the articles debate...and frankly if your petty enough to say you couldnt respect anyone who didnt spell it right then your quite hollow....typos happen...
live with it
on Apr 11, 2004
nitpicking one irrelevant thing like the typo issue and ignoring the rest (which you indeed did do) has become a trademark neocon tactic...make a big deal out of nothing, create smokescreens...anyone can read what i wrote, despite your denial,,,the typo crack was just a sidenote stuck in the middle...you ignored the points made concerning miller's track record in govt. and how people measure repect in others....you above this post again try to make it like the only thing i was commenting on was the typo...again, no couch, it was just a crack,,,deal with it...how bout answering the questions i asked...show us how zell has earned your respect over the years, not with his lil posthumous PR campaign...and tell us how people in general earn respect with you...is it simply by agreeing with you? are there examples in the political world where people you disagree with have earned your respect in some other fashion? i am just trying to understand what it takes for a politician to earn your respect.

i have written in the past about people i respect that i don't necessarily agree with that often on policy or their overall philosophy. my best off the top of my head example would be ronald reagan...i could cite some examples outside of us govt, but i know those examples will only cause controversy. but i will say, if we didn't respect the USSR, we would not have won the cold war.

one of the big things that has hurt us greatly in my mind in this war on terror is that we have no respect for our enemy. we give it a small amount of lip service, but when the more frank comments about "let's teach those ragheads who is boss" and "cease fire? we should pound fallujah until they are pacified or there is not another brick standing." are spoken everywhere outside of politically correct speeches and columns, i have been convinced for some time that one of our big dettriments is that we don't have any respect for our enemy, which is vital in any conflict,,,readers of the "Art of War" know that...as does anyone who knows the reference cause they have seen "Wall Street."

your article brought up the question in my mind about what it takes to get someone to respect them. it disturbs me that people would accept agreement as a measure of respect. it can be a great measure of likability but to call that respect is a disservice to the word "respect.'



and couchman,,,lose the cocktail party psychology stuff...just answer the questions...please don't try to continue either talking about the typo crack, as if it matters, or charge that i am being all hateful and attacking you,,,,i'm not...notice these letters are not in bold print, there is no all caps screaming in my posts nor am i saying anything combative, outside of a crack about a typo which you chose to blow out of proportion.

just answer the questions please.
on Apr 11, 2004
Senator Miller, D-Ga, now that is truely an irony. Miller is one of the last of the old Dixiecrats, he belongs to the party only in name, and if the DNC could find a canidate, of even the republican party capable of beating him you can bet they would. If you only respect Miller because he votes with Bush, then that's not a very good reason to respect him. I respect members of both parties, even ones I don't agree with, because rather than vote for the main stream response, the visceral response, they vote for things that are in the best interests of their constituents, even if their constituency doesn't realize it. I don't think Sen. Miller fits into that catagory.

Cheers
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