QandO

September 02, 2004

Zell's most important point
Posted by McQ

Look it was a stem-winder of a speech and you can parse it and pick it apart all you want. But there was one line in that speech which resonated with me. And it wasn't an attack on Kerry. It was an indictment of the left in this country:

Today, at the same time 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 Democrats' manic obsession to bring down our commander in chief.

He said Democrats because, this being an election year, its the most visible part of the left in this country, but make no mistake about it ... the left has done everything in its power to ignore the fact we're at war and to focus solely on the destruction of George Bush.

That is why Zell Miller and a lot of other folks are angry. That is why Zell Miller invoked Wendell Wilkie. That is why Miller said:

Where are such statesmen today? Where is the bipartisanship in this country when we need it most?

Yes, it can be argued this way and that way about whether or not Kerry actually voted up or down on certain weapons systems. A wonderful nuanced argument could be had by all.

But there is no argument and frankly no justification for the viscious attacks by the left on the Bush administration for the past two years in a time of war.

That's what Zell Miller is angry about. That's what he doesn't understand. He doesn't understand why his party, the party he grew up with and loved, now thinks its job is to recreate the '60s instead of recreating the '40s.

Maybe he's just an old coot that time has passed by. But if he is then call me an old coot as well. Because I don't understand it either.

So all you lefities out there quit playing dumb. You know why Zell is angry and you know he's right.

You just can't find the brass to admit it.

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