Zell Miller's speech last night at the RNC

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I apologize in advance for the length of this post, but for those who did not hear Senator Zell Miller's speech last night at the RNC, it was amazing.

 

Since I last stood in this spot, a whole new generation of the Miller Family has been born: Four great grandchildren.

 

Along with all the other members of our close-knit family, they are my and Shirley's most precious possessions.

 

And I know that's how you feel about your family also. Like you, I think of their future, the promises and the perils they will face.

 

Like you, I believe that the next four years will determine what kind of world they will grow up in.

 

And like you, I ask which leader is it today that has the vision, the willpower and, yes, the backbone to best protect my family?

 

The clear answer to that question has placed me in this hall with you tonight. For my family is more important than my party.

 

There is but one man to whom I am willing to entrust their future and that man's name is George Bush.

 

In the summer of 1940, I was an 8-year-old boy living in a remote little Appalachian valley. Our country was not yet at war, but even we children knew that there were some crazy men across the ocean who would kill us if they could.

 

President Roosevelt, in his speech that summer, told America "all private plans, all private lives, have been in a sense repealed by an overriding public danger."

 

In 1940, Wendell Wilkie was the Republican nominee.

 

And there is no better example of someone repealing their "private plans" than this good man. He gave Roosevelt the critical support he needed for a peacetime draft, an unpopular idea at the time.

 

And he made it clear that he would rather lose the election than make national security a partisan campaign issue.

 

Shortly before Wilkie died, he told a friend, that if he could write his own epitaph and had to choose between "here lies a president" or "here lies one who contributed to saving freedom," he would prefer the latter.

 

Where are such statesmen today?

 

Where is the bipartisanship in this country when we need it most?

 

Now, while young Americans are dying in the sands of Iraq and the mountains of Afghanistan, our nation is being torn apart and made weaker because of the Democrat's manic obsession to bring down our Commander in Chief.

 

What has happened to the party I've spent my life working in?

 

I can remember when Democrats believed that it was the duty of America to fight for freedom over tyranny.

 

It was Democratic President Harry Truman who pushed the Red Army out of Iran, who came to the aid of Greece when Communists threatened to overthrow it, who stared down the Soviet blockade of West Berlin by flying in supplies and saving the city.

 

Time after time in our history, in the face of great danger, Democrats and Republicans worked together to ensure that freedom would not falter. But not today.

 

Motivated more by partisan politics than by national security, today's Democratic leaders see America as an occupier, not a liberator.

 

And nothing makes this Marine madder than someone calling American troops occupiers rather than liberators.

 

Tell that to the one-half of Europe that was freed because Franklin Roosevelt led an army of liberators, not occupiers.

 

Tell that to the lower half of the Korean Peninsula that is free because Dwight Eisenhower commanded an army of liberators, not occupiers.

 

Tell that to the half a billion men, women and children who are free today from the Baltics to the Crimea, from Poland to Siberia, because Ronald Reagan rebuilt a military of liberators, not occupiers.

 

Never in the history of the world has any soldier sacrificed more for the freedom and liberty of total strangers than the American soldier. And, our soldiers don't just give freedom abroad, they preserve it for us here at home.

 

For it has been said so truthfully that it is the soldier, not the reporter, who has given us the freedom of the press. It is the soldier, not the poet, who has given us freedom of speech.

 

It is the soldier, not the agitator, who has given us the freedom to protest.

 

It is the soldier who salutes the flag, serves beneath the flag, whose coffin is draped by the flag, who gives that protester the freedom to abuse and burn that flag.

 

No one should dare to even think about being the Commander in Chief of this country if he doesn't believe with all his heart that our soldiers are liberators abroad and defenders of freedom at home.

 

But don't waste your breath telling that to the leaders of my party today. In their warped way of thinking America is the problem, not the solution.

 

They don't believe there is any real danger in the world except that which America brings upon itself through our clumsy and misguided foreign policy.

 

It is not their patriotism -- it is their judgment that has been so sorely lacking. They claimed Carter's pacifism would lead to peace.

 

They were wrong.

 

They claimed Reagan's defense buildup would lead to war.

 

They were wrong.

 

And, no pair has been more wrong, more loudly, more often than the two Senators from Massachusetts, Ted Kennedy and John Kerry.

 

Together, Kennedy/Kerry have opposed the very weapons system that won the Cold War and that is now winning the War on Terror.

 

Listing all the weapon systems that Senator Kerry tried his best to shut down sounds like an auctioneer selling off our national security but Americans need to know the facts.

 

The B-1 bomber, that Senator Kerry opposed, dropped 40 percent of the bombs in the first six months of Operation Enduring Freedom.

 

The B-2 bomber, that Senator Kerry opposed, delivered air strikes against the Taliban in Afghanistan and Hussein's command post in Iraq.

 

The F-14A Tomcats, that Senator Kerry opposed, shot down Khadifi's Libyan MIGs over the Gulf of Sidra. The modernized F-14D, that Senator Kerry opposed, delivered missile strikes against Tora Bora.

 

The Apache helicopter, that Senator Kerry opposed, took out those Republican Guard tanks in Kuwait in the Gulf War. The F-15 Eagles, that Senator Kerry opposed, flew cover over our Nation's Capital and this very city after 9/11.

 

I could go on and on and on: against the Patriot Missile that shot down Saddam Hussein's scud missiles over Israel; against the Aegis air-defense cruiser; against the Strategic Defense Initiative; against the Trident missile; against, against, against.

 

This is the man who wants to be the Commander in Chief of our U.S. Armed Forces?

 

U.S. forces armed with what? Spitballs?

 

Twenty years of votes can tell you much more about a man than twenty weeks of campaign rhetoric.

 

Campaign talk tells people who you want them to think you are. How you vote tells people who you really are deep inside.

 

Senator Kerry has made it clear that he would use military force only if approved by the United Nations.

 

Kerry would let Paris decide when America needs defending.

 

I want Bush to decide.

 

John Kerry, who says he doesn't like outsourcing, wants to outsource our national security.

 

That's the most dangerous outsourcing of all. This politician wants to be leader of the free world.

 

Free for how long?

 

For more than 20 years, on every one of the great issues of freedom and security, John Kerry has been more wrong, more weak and more wobbly than any other national figure.

 

As a war protester, Kerry blamed our military.

 

As a Senator, he voted to weaken our military. And nothing shows that more sadly and more clearly than his vote this year to deny protective armor for our troops in harms way, far away.

 

George Bush understands that we need new strategies to meet new threats.

 

John Kerry wants to re-fight yesterday's war. George Bush believes we have to fight today's war and be ready for tomorrow's challenges. George Bush is committed to providing the kind of forces it takes to root out terrorists.

 

No matter what spider hole they may hide in or what rock they crawl under.

 

George Bush wants to grab terrorists by the throat and not let them go to get a better grip.

 

From John Kerry, they get a "yes-no-maybe" bowl of mush that can only encourage our enemies and confuse our friends.

 

I first got to know George Bush when we served as governors together. I admire this man. I am moved by the respect he shows the first lady, his unabashed love for his parents and his daughters, and the fact that he is unashamed of his belief that God is not indifferent to America.

 

I can identify with someone who has lived that line in "Amazing Grace," "Was blind, but now I see," and I like the fact that he's the same man on Saturday night that he is on Sunday morning.

 

He is not a slick talker but he is a straight shooter and, where I come from, deeds mean a lot more than words.

 

I have knocked on the door of this man's soul and found someone home, a God-fearing man with a good heart and a spine of tempered steel.

 

The man I trust to protect my most precious possession: my family.

 

This election will change forever the course of history, and that's not any history. It's our family's history.

 

The only question is how. The answer lies with each of us. And, like many generations before us, we've got some hard choosing to do.

 

Right now the world just cannot afford an indecisive America. Fainthearted self-indulgence will put at risk all we care about in this world.

 

In this hour of danger our President has had the courage to stand up. And this Democrat is proud to stand up with him.

 

Thank you.

 

God Bless this great country and God Bless George W. Bush.

 

 

Well said, sir.

 

Navy Chief

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yeah that Man definetly said Everything that Needed be said,in direct blunt language(kind of like young George speaks huh)..the last time our Troopers were under un command we got a lot of kids killed due to lack of equipment(that WAS available but considered too belicose!)....the issues are rather blunt this time around aren't they..do we fight them over there or do we wait and react to their next attack,which surely as god made little green apples IS coming..Id much rather hear opps wrong target, rather than damm where did they get that nuke!!?? Id much rather have the french 'upset' than a mall here getting wasted by a suicidal MASS MURDERER..Im going to hear 'what about the economy'? well what about it? its not in that bad a shape as they claim,and I think most of us would rather have a few cents less and the french upset and be able to spend the money in that mall that will not get zapped because the french are upset and we took the fight to the Mass Murderers back lot...No I dont drink from the kool-aid,Id vote for a damm democrat IF the person had INTERNAL fortitude,Stood Up for a belief(other than say 'im a war hero vote for me') and would make DEFENDING this country the Main Issue,of course not just saying they will,but How and where they would do it,and it dont include asking permmision form anyone outside of the country...

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Who would win the 'duel'?

 

During a contentious interview on MSNBC’s ‘Hardball,’ Zell Miller told host Chris Matthews, ‘I wish we lived in the day where you could challenge a person to a duel.’

 

Fresh from addressing the Republican National Convention, Sen. Zell Miller of Georgia appeared as a guest on the cable news program “Hardball” and was questioned by host Chris Matthews about the fairness of his attack on John Kerry.

 

Matthews was on an outdoor set a few blocks from New York’s Madison Square Garden, the site of Miller’s keynote speech. Matthews asked Miller whether his remarks mischaracterized Kerry’s voting record. Miller said they hadn’t.

 

Miller also challenged Matthews’ interviewing style, and accused him of “browbeating” a female guest during a recent program. The senator suggested that he was getting similar treatment, and added, “I wish we lived in the day where you could challenge a person to a duel.”

 

damm this Man has huevos,Id be his second lol...

[navychief 1]

Can you imagine if it was Al Franken conducting the interview?

 

I will be crucified for this remark, but Al Franken is another living example of why there is a reason FOR birth control.

 

The other great example is Michael Moore.

 

Navy Chief

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Can you imagine if it was Al Franken conducting the interview?

 

I will be crucified for this remark, but Al Franken is another living example of why there is a reason FOR birth control.

 

The other great example is Michael Moore.

 

Navy Chief

oh Id like see that,who knows ole miller might kick the guys butt fair and square..as for moore,no he not a reason for birth control,he IS a good example of the after-birth jelling and surviving,or to prove that inter-breeding is not a good thing........

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And that POS Canadian Peter Jennings had the nerve to call Zell a traitor.

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And that POS Canadian Peter Jennings had the nerve to call Zell a traitor.

Aint America a Great land? where foreigners can immigrate to and become loudmouthed louses..wonder if ole peter came here legally.....

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lol!! I heard about PJ on the radio as I haven't watched the network news propaganda machine for years....CBS,ABC,NBC,CNN et al...

The best source for info that's not manipulated to keep one in the dark is AM radio and the internet.

This site is always interesting for non PC news stories...

http://www.homestead.com/prosites-prs/index.html

 

Cyall,

Cuda

 

Oh, and any of ya Canadians here...I'm not a basher...Peter has gotten my ire up for years. ;)

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I thinks miller made the dems and liberals crap a 2ton brick! boy are they pissed at the guy LOL..dream ticket for 2008 miller and john mccain..with rudy as attorney general.....

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I lived in SE AL for 25 years and I always thought GA was the best of the southern states. They have Zell as their gov, nuff said. :P

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Peter Jennings mouthing off, eh? I bet he had no trouble spending all those millions he has made here in the good ole USA.

 

As for Senator Miller being a traitor, where the hell was Jennings during the Clinton impeachment hearings??????

 

NC

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lol!! I heard about PJ on the radio as I haven't watched the network news propaganda machine for years....CBS,ABC,NBC,CNN et al...

I saw ABC, it was pretty funny their attempts to discredit the guy :D

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I saw ABC, it was pretty funny their attempts to discredit the guy :D

yeah,now they saying he worked for a segregationist governor of ga,gee where were they in 92 when he made bill clinton seem like the second coming and able to walk on water? or wheres their indignation at ole sen(sen as in Senile) byrd from w.va wh was in the kkk?......double standard? nahh not from our free press..of course not..