If Zell Miller hadn't been appointed to the Senate, VP?

mdguss

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Mon May-03-04 03:13 PM
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If Zell Miller hadn't been appointed to the Senate, VP?

Edited on Mon May-03-04 03:13 PM by mdguss

Zell Miller was once a reasonably, moderate Democratic southern Governor. Then Roy Barnes appointed him to the US Senate. Once there he decided to vote 100% of the time with the Republicans (well 99.9% of the time since he did vote for Democratic leadership). He's come out and endorsed Bush. He's Bush's chairman of "Democrats for Bush."

My question is, if Zell had never gone to Washington and never become a rabid conservative while he was up there, would he we hear his name floated as a potential runnng mate?

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dedhed

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Mon May-03-04 03:17 PM
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1. Possible, but an even more interesting question...

If Hitler was never unemployed, would he have written a successful line of childrens' books?

:bounce:

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Caution

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Mon May-03-04 03:17 PM
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2. If Bush decides to dump Cheney we still might. n/t

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Kahuna

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Mon May-03-04 03:17 PM
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3. Zell Miller is a hundred. He would not be considered for V.P.

under any circumstance.

Got any more of those happy cigarettes? :evilgrin:

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LynneSin

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Mon May-03-04 03:21 PM
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4. Rumor has it he was expecting a Clinton appointment

for I'm not sure what office. But after Clinton didn't appoint him to any office he went off the deep end against the democrats.

I don't think Zell ever wanted to be a senator but agreed to fill in when the seat was opened. It's the best explanation as to why Zell went off the deep end with his voting record.

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leyton

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Mon May-03-04 03:23 PM
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5. And a good reason why he's not running for reelection.

IIRC he's only in his first term.

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boxster

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Mon May-03-04 03:46 PM
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6. Considering how much support there seems to be for McCain

as VP and considering that McCain and Zell don't seem to terribly far apart philosophically, then yes, I'd say he could have been considered...

...by the same people who think McCain is a reasonable choice.

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ButterflyBlood

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Mon May-03-04 03:53 PM
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7. there is a big difference

Edited on Mon May-03-04 03:53 PM by ButterflyBlood

Zell is to the right of McCain, and is a far bigger sycophant to *. Not that I endorse either for VP.

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boxster

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Mon May-03-04 04:01 PM
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8. Oh, I don't know...McCain has been jumping on the Bush bandwagon

pretty hard lately, disappointing as that is. Though, he certainly criticizes Bush more often than Zell does.

My point was essentially that neither of them is a good choice, because they're both conservatives at heart. McCain is still more conservative overall than most people give him credit (or blame) for. The number of Democrats suggesting him as a candidate astounds me.

Zell, on the other hand, is kind of like our version of Bush - a supposed moderate who turned into a wacko and left party ideologies behind.

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