Georgia Democratic Senator Zell Miller gave one of the best speeches heard thus far at the convention. One reason his speech resonates so well with me is that he is so obviously driven by principles rather than politics, and is willing to go wherever those principles lead him. You can read the entire speech here.
Kerry spokeswoman Debra Deshong said that Miller's speech was "full of lies and distortions". Does she mean, for example, that Sen. Kerry in fact voted for funding of the B1 and B2 bombers, F14-As, F-14Ds, F15s, Apache helicopters, Patriot Missiles, Aegis destroyers, etc., etc.? I anxiously await the Kerry campaign's documentation of these and other "lies and distortions". Of course, Kerry has been running as if he never served in the Senate, so it wouldn't do to keep his voting record in the limelight.
Rather than deal with the substance of Miller's charges, Deshong simply dismisses him by saying he is "not a Democrat". She's quite right in that Miller has no place in the modern Democratic party, which bears no resemblance to the party of Miller's youth.
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