after he finished....
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The question bouncing around the Corner yesterday: Although we conservatives loved Zell Miller, did Miller’s speech change any votes?
Well, folks, this just in from ... a hip young denizen of Manhattan and master of media—not, in other words, the most promising material for the GOP. But just listen:
“What a speech by Miller last night. He might have secured my vote for Bush with that speech. Being the loose free spirit that I am, I don't necessarily agree with Bush's social and moral values -- FCC media censorship, religious fundamentalism etc. But I think I really have to put those issues on the back-burner and look at the real issue at hand--national security.”
National security, the real issue. Zell done did it."
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I think the Miller speech was fantastic, as I said. But I do think that if it had been delivered by a Republican it would be seen as a major liability for Bush -- largely because the press would but that spin. I think the Bush campaign believes that the counter-spin that Miller's a Democrat will defuse that sort of thing; "the Republicans weren't mean. Zell Miller's a Democrat." "
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Zell Miller walks on water," Andrew Stuttaford says in response to that speech. He was on fire. Real homeruns for the RNC this week."
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I thought it was an fantastic speech. There are probably one or two statements of fact in it that I think the Dems can rightly quibble about. Kerry has said several times that he would not give the UN a veto etc etc.
But man-o-man-o-shevitz. Kerry must have smashed a bottle of chablis against the wall after hearing that. "
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ZELL
He's got his head and his heart wired together for some full tilt boogie for freedom and justice. " (say what?)
http://www.nationalreview.com/thecorner/04_08_29_corner-archive.asp#038945They did a great job explaining how Zell wasn't speaking for them, didn't they? Can't you feel the implicit disapproval?