Zig Zag Zell... Flipped His Wig Zag Zell

Anyone see MSNBC's Hardball after the convention? Zell Miller challenged Chris Matthews to a DUEL. No shit. He channeled Aaron Burr. Here's a portion of the transcript, courtesy AmericaBlog.

This is the best thing that's ever happened to the Dems. It almost seems like they planted Zell Miller as a mole inside the Republican Convention. It's worse than Buchanan in Houston in '92.

Never mind that the guy started by invoking the name of Wendell Wilkie (whoulda thunk that Wilkie and Nixon would be prominently named in this Convention?), screaming (everything was screamed) "where is the bipartisanship" and "we should never politicize national security." He then spent the rest of his speech politicizing national security, all the while deftly not mentioning Osama bin Laden, whose name has STILL yet to be invoked in New York.

Also, not only has Dick Cheney (while Secretary of Defense) called for the cutting of all the weapons systems Miller accused Kerry of wanting to cut, not only has CIA Director nominee Porter Goss asked for a 30% reduction of the intelligence budget (while a Congressman), but Zell Miller HIMSELF has voted no on defense budget appropriations bills. Why does Zell Miller hate America?

It just shows you where both parties are headed, when you consider that the Democratic Keynote Address was given by Barack Obama, a rising star, a future Senator from Illinois, and the Republican Keynote Address was given by a RETIRING senator from Georgia. Future versus past.

By the way, Zell Miller is a Dixie-crat, a legacy from the pro-segregationist wing of the Democratic Party in the 50s and 60s. He thought LBJ "sold out" the party by signing the Civil Rights Act. If the Rethugs want to go ahead and rally 'round the racist, by all means, do so.