This Week's BacksideOf TheBell CurveWinner

Zell Miller

RNC Ratcatcher and Wretch,
Zell Miller


Hey, Zell! Learned a valuable life lesson this week, didn't you?

The rich don't invite the ratcatcher to dinner.


I feel no sorrow whatsoever for Zell Miller.

Every single word of his KEYNOTE speech to the RNC had to be vetted by the BushCo campaign.

Zell did what he wanted to do.

Zell said what he and BushCo wanted him to say.

Zell thought he would increase book sales, public appearances, and A-List invitations by doing BushCo's dirty work...

DNC PRESS RELEASE

New York City - Tonight, NBC reported that a senior Bush Campaign adviser had said that Zell Miller spoke not for the party but rather for himself when he delivered his growling keynote attack last night. Then it was reported that Zell Miller, who was previously on the list of guests sitting in the President's box during the Convention, was no longer on the list.

DNC Convention Response Team Spokesman Matt Bennett said in a statement:

"Hmmm. What a difference a day of witheringly bad reviews – and a challenge to a duel – can make." Bennett continued: "Is this a zig or a zag? Either way, the Republicans are fleeing from the storm caused by their keynote speaker."

Miller Spoke For Himself...
"Some Republicans thought Miller's remarks went too far. One senior Bush campaign aide today told NBC news, 'Senator Miller spoke on behalf of himself.'"

...Is Not Exactly the Same Message We Had Seen Before:

"I'm sure glad Zell Miller's on our side." - Dick Cheney

'He will give them the message that it's perfectly acceptable and respectable to vote for Bush,' said Charles Black, a Republican strategist with close ties to the White House."

MAD AS HELL ZELL: REPUBLICAN KEYNOTER ALREADY BEING SHUNNED

ZIG: Zell IN President’s Box During Convention

Initial List of Distinguished guests in the President and First Lady's box will include:

The Honorable Andrew Card and the Reverend Kathleene Card
The Honorable Dr. Condoleezza Rice
Senator Zell Miller and Mrs. Shirley Miller
U.S. Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist and Mrs. Karyn Frist
U.S. Speaker of the House J. Dennis Hastert Mrs. Jean Hastert
New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg
Governor George Pataki and Mrs. Libby Pataki
Texas Railroad Commissioner Michael Williams
Michael W. Smith (musical performer for the evening) and Mrs. Debbie Smith
General Tommy Franks (U.S. Army, Ret.) and Mrs. Cathy Franks

ZAG: Zell OUT Of President’s Box

UPDATED: List of the President’s Distinguished Guests

The Honorable Andrew Card and the Reverend Kathleene Card
The Honorable Condoleezza Rice
U.S. Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist and Mrs. Karyn Frist
U.S. Speaker of the House J. Dennis Hastert and Mrs. Jean Hastert
Governor George Pataki and Mrs. Libby Pataki
General Tommy Franks (U.S. Army, Ret.) and Mrs. Cathy Franks RNC Chairman Ed
Gillespie and Mrs. Cathy Gillespie, Bush-Cheney\'04 \"W Stands for Women\"
Coordinator Texas Railroad Commissioner Michael Williams and Mrs. Donna Williams
Michael W. Smith (musical performer for the evening) and Mrs. Debbie Smith
Nancy Brinker, Former U.S. ambassador to Hungary and founder of the Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation and Race for the Cure

Remember Junior High, Zell?

Didn't you memorize this?

Breathes there the man with soul so dead
Who never to himself hath said,
This is my own, my native land!
Whose heart hath ne'er within him burned,
As home his footsteps he hath turned
From wandering on a foreign strand?
If such there breathe, go, mark him well;
For him no minstrel raptures swell;
High though his titles, proud his name,
Boundless his wealth as wish can claim,
Despite those titles, power, and pelf,
The wretch, concentred all in self,
Living, shall forfeit fair renown,
And, doubly dying, shall go down
To the vile dust from whence he sprung,
Unwept, unhonored, and unsung.

Sir Walter Scott

From "The Lay of the 14st Minstrel,"
CANTO VI

It must be the morning of the metaphor around here...

Ratcatcher.

Wretch.

Zell Miller.