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Summary: Simple Solution
Review: The simple solution to the delima portrayed in this book: VOTE LIBERTARIAN.
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Summary: Clueless southern cracker
Review: Miller is a Southern Fundamentalist Christian, which means he's completely out of touch with the modern world and the world outside of the United States. He actually thinks we should stay in Iraq so we can fight and defeat 'Islam' as if it was a secular ideology - like all fundies, he is incapable of understanding that other people hold on to their religions as firmly as Christians do. I hear he's retiring, which is good news.
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Summary: The Truth Hurts
Review: I have the distinct honor of being from the same town as Zell Miller.I have had the oppurtunity to speak with him,and his wife,as well as his grandkids.Zell Miller is an honest man,who like everyone in the small mountain community that we live in wants what is best for this country.Zell,like everyone around here is proud of his heritage.He is not the redneck that Yankees make him out to be.The only thing that the people who are whining about this book are upset about is the fact that the truth hurts and the fact that one of the most popular democrats in US history came forward and admitted what we all know.Most democrats,but not all,do not know how to communicate with rural people and therefore find it perfectly acceptable to make fun of them.If you really think about it,most democrats are not capable of running a country.If they were to come spend a day in the shoes of a citizen of a small southern town,they would realize that our lives are nothing to make fun of.It is us "rednecks" who sit back at night with a cold glass of sweet tea,in the company of our loved ones,and laugh when a "city-slicker" talks about a hard day at work.Those of is who make a couple hundred dollars a month know what it means to be real.If you try to connect with us,we will try to connect with you.So here is a lesson for democrats.If you want a Southerner's vote,make an effort to understand what that southerner's life is like,and what they want for their country.
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Summary: Zell is a Southern Right-Winger,not a Conservative Democrat
Review: As an ex-democrat, I was curious about this book. Zell makes several good points, but he cares little about God's Green Earth and is content to stand by while the wealth of this Nation wicks up to the Corporate Class. Wealth does not trickle down! If the taxcuts had gone entirely to families with incomes under $100,000, most of the tax savings would already be in the economy,and workers would be able to find work. Zell supports Bush's re-election. His real constituancy can afford to pay $2000 out of their tax cuts to have lunch with Bush or Cheney, while the average American's tax cut wouldn't buy them a Republican appetizer.
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Summary: It is true
Review: If you read back through all of the reviews you will see such words as redneck,rascist and Bubba. This ignorance is what Southerner's have to face on a daily basis .It is a way of dismissing the South and dismissing the Southerner's point of view but they certainly do remember us when election season comes around. All you have to do is turn on your tv, go to the movies or chat on the internet where people feel free to say how they TRULEY feel about the South without being identified. Howard Dean and other liberal elitists are ignorant. They look down their noses at Southerner's just like a rascist looks down his nose at someone of a different race. This elitism is one of the many things that is leading Southerner's away from the Democratic party. My prediction is that the Democrats will lose with a record loss in the South. Maybe then they will reconsider Zell Miller's advice.
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Summary: a fair warning
Review: as an ex-democrat, i began this book with healthy curiosity. my expectations were set, based on television interviews with the author. at the time i purchased this book, there were only a handful of reviews posted on this website. those that were published populated the extreme ends of the spectrum, not uncommon with political works such as this. like others, i enjoy reading the better reviews, as they often can do you some good, if the author is honest in his/her appraisal of the work in question. as a way of guaging reviewer credibility, i often visit personal pages to get a feel for how well rounded the reviewer is (read honest and fair handed). before i submit my humble comments about this book by zell miller, let me offer this comment to the potential reader. be wary of 1 and/or 5 star summaries that act as political rants rather than literary reviews. i firmly believe that, for example, only a handful of liberal "one star soldiers" attacking miller in these pages have read more than the table of contents of this book. you visit their "about you" areas and find that, despite being "died in the wool" al franken and michael moore boot-lickers, they have purchased (we hope) hundreds of dollars in, as described by one acidic reviewer, " right wing wing-nut" commentaries, only to trash the authors in "objective" amazon reviews. in the eyes of this individual, these are hatchet jobs veiled as book reviews. anyway, i digress. this book makes a significant political statement. the author considers the democratic party his home, and refuses to leave it. i believe he is sincere in his hope to reform the party - or better stated resurrect it. zell miller wants to return to the "good old days" when democrats were strong on moral issues, national defense, and represented the interests of working people. he obviously abhors the hijacking of the party at the hands of left wing extremists who, in the name of freedom and the constitution, pander to fringe minorities at the expense of what some call "the silent majority". although he does not clearly relate it in his book, one cannot read this attentively without seeing strong comparisons with our nation's cultural direction and that of our northern neighbor - canada. the moral and economic decay, so vividly seen in today's democratic party, has already infected the canadian "everything goes" society that smacks of socialism. don't get me wrong, i thoroughly enjoy the canadian people, they are among the friendliest and warmest i know. but they have been dis-served by their goverment. we should learn a lesson from their political experiment. miller sees the handwriting on the wall. he tells us so with brutal honesty. he admits his mistakes and attempts to honor party loyalty. liberals have invited him to leave, treating him as an unwanted stepchild. but honest demos like him and, to some extent, young cuomo, love what the party used to stand for and despise its current state. he salutes the two party system and desires a vibrant, competitive alternative to republican conservatism. in case its not clear at this point, i agree with the author. the donkey party of today represents minority interests and those of large metro areas, but seemingly ignores those of us, like me, who live in the south, drive a pick up truck, work hard for a living (sorry mr. dean, i don't have a confederate flag in my rear window)and, without embarassment, am proud to be an american. why, as some reviewers ask, hasn't miller left the party? loyalty, in a word. this man has a bunch of it and it sets him apart. four stars for this book. miller could use a better editor to help him stay on point. his anecdotal style is homey and, largely, interesting. but it adds some cloudiness to the points he seeks to make. all and all well worth the price of admission. if viewing the democratic presidential debates don't point out the obvious, read this to find out why today's demo party is out of touch and out of answers. as miller exposes, its a national party no more. that's why, despite the exhortations of those like begala, carville, moore, franken and the rest of the elitist herd, the proud and useful Democratic party is eroding. zell miller seeks to fix that before its too late.
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Summary: More Like a Conversation
Review: This is a well written fast read and was more like sitting down and having a conversation than reading a book. He did sometimes ramble off, but I loved it. I enjoyed his personal story, his honesty (even about his reasons and motives through out his long political career). I must assume those giving bad reviews have not read the book or they would realize that this is not a hateful, angry, finger-pointing book. It's more about a man who is saddened by the state of his party and who is trying to point out how he hopes and believes they can get back on track. I strongly recommend this book to members of all political parties.
God bless you Zell and God Speed.
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Summary: Good ideas, put-you-to-sleep style
Review: I am a recovering democrat and I would say Zell Miller and I agree on most things. However I have to be honest, I couldn't finish the book. It was boring, and if Zell really wrote this himself, then he needs to get a better editor. He rambles way off topic. And he seems to be stuck a bit in the 1970's. I think he doesn't really understand where either party is today. So while I say "right on Zell" I really can't recommend this book to anyone.
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Summary: We don't need two Republican parties
Review: Zell:One Republican party is enough, we don't need two of them. The Democratic party needs to stand for social justice and equality of opportunity, not for giving huge tax breaks to the very rich, like you voted to do.
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Summary: An Honest, Eloquent Appraisal
Review: Zell Miller is not a politician; he is a Statesman in the truest sense of the word. In his book, Mr. Miller describes the fall of a once great party, and with compassion, honesty and integrity that few in politics possess. At a time when Democrats have so embraced extreme liberalism and feel it is not only acceptable, but fashionable, to extend the criticism of President Bush, the US Military, religious, social and political conservatism to an unpresedented perigee, Mr Miller astutely observes that it is indeed this very orientation and absence of regard for honesty and any semblance of honor that has strongly contributed to the Democrat Party being what it is today: a mere travesty of a once great political perspective. As a Democrat, Zell Miller cuts through partisanism to arrive at the truth, painful as it may be for passionate liberals who have, increasingly, positioned themselves 180 degrees from fact.
Mr Miller is, simply put, what all political figures should strive to be: a individual of impeccable conscience, unyielding integrity, and uncompromising honesty.
A National Party No More: The Conscience of a Conservative Democrat is an absolute must-read.
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