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Summary: Say it isn't so Zell?
Review: I must say I was tempted to buy this book but after reading some of the excerpted chapters in the Washington Times, I took a pass. Miller adopts a down home style of writing, which should comfort conservatives of both political stripes, as he recounts how the Democrats lost the South. I question whether the Democrats really had the South, as the region has long tended to favor conservative candidates whether they be Democratic or Republican. In recent years, as the 1994 mid-term elections showed, the South no longer saw the Republicans as the Party of Lincoln, turning over the House of Representatives in one of the biggest victories in history. Not since Reconstruction had the Republicans pulled off such a feat. But, Zell still sticks with the Democrats, lamenting their loss of power and blaming the liberal establishment (who else?) for this resounding electoral rout. But, one has a hard time thinking of Carter and Clinton as liberals. They were very moderate candidates which was why they scored well throughout the country. Why the Dixiecrats chose to jump ship is anyone's guess. Zell provides his views on the subject, but take them with a grain of salt.
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Summary: Have liberals actually read this?
Review: As a book, it is well written, and put together nicely. I enjoyed it as an easy, entertaining read, and yet thought provoking. Many negative reviews you will see is because the reader did not agree with the ideals of this book.
The book addresses something I noticed on this forum for reviews...liberals are all for freedom of speech until it contradicts what they believe. If you do not believe what they do, you are small minded, and ignorant. You are told to Shut-up and Go Home. I found so many topics in this book, something liberals should be up in arms about. I am surprised that they are addressed in this book, and nowhere else! Equal rights not only for women but men! THERE is an idea! How minority groups keep themselves out of prime time television. Why are our gas prices sky rocketing when we have a fuel store that would supply us with 16% of our fuel in a place that cannot be enjoyed by anyone anyway? Look at these reviews and see if any of the negative ones actually address how the book was written, topics covered, and not their OWN personal opinion.
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Summary: Poor logic and poor history make for good self-delusion.
Review: A few points to make. 1) The vast majority of historians record the founding fathers as Deists - that is, not anti-religious. They were skeptical and wanted to keep religion away from government functions. This seems a logical thing to do, considering the # of religions in the country and the potential for conflict between them. 2) Even if the founding fathers were pro-religious - which they weren't, that doesn't logically defend Christianity as a part of the government. As I recall, the constitution enshrined Slavery too. Hardly a wonderful legacy there. 3) "Freedom" is a complicated word. It has to be weighed with the word "responsibility". Otherwise one person's freedom frequently tramples on another person's. It's a ying-yang thing. The fact that Limbaugh doesn't see this part of the equation basically says everything that's necessary to know about him. Limbaugh's main theme here is that secular boundaries around public functions are persecution, and that's just nuts. It puts us on a slippery slope towards becoming another Saudi Arabia or Iran. That is to say, deeply screwed up. I don't want to see competing crosses on every street, fighting eachother for better placement. I don't want to go for job-training and find myself being offered one sect's religious salvation. Nobody should. Respecting the public space is not persecution. The end-effect of Dave's views is a religious government and a religious right of advertisement in the public space which could be taken to the point of harrassment. It sounds to me like Dave is paranoid. He should perhaps set up a little theocracy on a ranch somewhere and live out his fantasy of a better America. I'd rather stay right here.
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Summary: Traitor to his own beliefs!,
Review: Traitor to his own beliefs! He's still a closet liberal and satan worshiper trying to make a buck. I cannot tell you how much I hated this book and urge you to boycott it. I am a lifelong Republican and activist. My party stands for those who are successful, Christian minded, and controlling those who want to hurt American business. - First of all, how dare you oppose Bush in not supporting of the glorious war and Crusade against non-Christian infidels? What's all this bull about WMDs? Saddam killed, so we killed, might makes right in any sensible mind. So all those who are against Bush are going to hell. - Democrats are all renegade swine, quite frankly, and it's a crying shame they are even allowed to vote. Jesus would have supported Bush in his war against muslim sheep and cutting funds for people who are disabled, crippled, retarded, old, etc. It's their own fault, Bush didn't make these losers the way they are.
- So Bush didn't win the popular election; God wanted him to be President, God didn't trust the 'popular majority' and God wanted a military hero like Bush in office. Thank God for our unbiased Supreme Court. - Furthermore, how dare you show narrow-minded animosity at Bush when he is a self made man. Don't believe those who say the US doesn't have enough jobs. If the Mexicans can find jobs, so can you. Republicans get better jobs because we know the game, know how to take advantage of the system, and because of our Godly contacts. You should buy Anne Coulter books instead. She is the leading spokeswoman for the Republican party because she knows and speaks our truth. Quotes from her: • "I think [women] should be armed but should not [be allowed to] vote...women have no capacity to understand how money is earned. They have a lot of ideas on how to spend it....it's always more money on education, more money on child care, more money on day care."-- Politically Incorrect, 2/26/01
• "...a cruise missile is more important than Head Start."-- Speech, 11/01, rebroadcast by C-Span in Jan. 2002
• "In his brief fiery ride across the landscape, Joe McCarthy bought America another thirty years. For this, he sacrificed his life, his reputation, his name. The left cut down a brave man, but not before the American people heard the truth."-- The Drudge Report, quoting from Coulter's new book, Treason, 6/19/03 • "We hate them. Americans don't want to make Islamic fanatics love us. We want to make them die. There's nothing like horrendous physical pain to quell anger. A couple of well-aimed nuclear weapons will get our opposition out of the way."-- Column, 9/25/02
• "We should invade their countries, kill their leaders and convert them to Christianity."-- Column, 9/13/01
• "We need to execute people like John Walker in order to physically intimidate liberals, by making them realize that they can be killed, too. Otherwise, they will turn out to be outright traitors."-- Speech to Conservative Political Action Conference, January 2002 • "Soldiers are just cowards with their backs against the wall. The lowest IQ men in our society, those incapable of normal careers enlist. Their choice in life; prison or the military. Some will have to die in the support of our cause."-- Intervention Magazine, 11/06/03
• "The only beef Enron employees have with top management is that management did not inform employees of the collapse in time to allow them to get in on the swindle."-- Column, 1/24/02 • "My only regret with Timothy McVeigh is he did not go to the New York Times Building."-- New York Observer interview, 8/20/02
• "Then there are the 39 million greedy geezers collecting Social Security. The greatest generation rewarded itself with a pretty big meal."-- WorldNetDaily, 12/10/03 My hero is the Ex-House Speaker, Newt Gingrich, GOP presidential prospect, and architect of the Republican Party's failed impeachment of President Clinton. He only failed because Newt was having an affair. Who could blame Newt, his wife went and got sick with cancer. That was completely different from Clinton.
Unlike Clinton, Newt was smart enough to divorce his wife after she got sick and could no longer drag him down with her. Lastly, how dare you stumblingly expose your miscreant incompetence with rantings against the Patriot Act. In my mind
Some Americans have too many Constitutional rights. The Bill of Rights should not even apply to the blue-collar middle classes who are too stupid to get involved. No Bush hating media or newspapers should have 'freedom of the press,' since they only have their rights and freedoms because the rich allow them to have them. Ever see some poor slob or middle class idiot who owned a newspaper company? You defamatory libelous, uneducated swine should keep your comments to yourselves or we'll send your job overseas. Go out and burn this book now! I'll pray everyone who buys this book will burn in hell! Also boycott Edgar Fouche's book, "Alien Rapture." He is a traitor for revealing our most secret black technology.
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Summary: We Need More Public Servants Like Zell Miller
Review: For those who have developed a cynical attitude toward Congress and the operation of the federal government, Zell Miller's book "A National Party No More" will ease your pain and raise your hopes for the future. A card-carrying Southern Democrat who boasts of being "born a Democrat", Zell Miller is a charismatic personality who has lived a truly fascinating life, working such jobs as a mobile home salesman, a dishwasher, a bartender, a short order cook, a college baseball coach, a college professor, and even a Southern Governor prior to his appointment to the empty Senate seat of the late Paul Coverdell. He now performs the unofficial duty of congressional liaison between the far-left liberals of his own party and the Republicans on the other side of the aisle. "A National Party No More" tells of Miller's experiences in the Senate, his shock at how Washington really operates, and most of all, why he thinks the Democrat Party (as currently constituted) is dead in the South and dying nationally. Although he doesn't paint a pretty picture of either party at the national level (both he believes are beholden to special interests and lobbyists at the expense of serving the public interest), he posits that the problem is far more pronounced among Democrats than Republicans. The innumerable single-issue factions that compose the Democrat's core base of support and the high value placed on large campaign contributions and fundraising have led the Democrat Party to slowly become detached from the nation as a whole and the values of average Americans. Miller believes in a strong national defense and an efficient, smaller government. Sometimes this means supporting tax cuts or another party's president, much to the chagrin of partisan colleagues. But Miller says the biggest problem with the Democrat Party is that it does more than ignore Southern voters, it looks down on them. The Democrat leadership still views the South as a run-down, unsophisticated hotbed of racism, with cotton plantations, fried chicken, and Klan rallies aplenty...! It is this total inability to connect with Southern voters that is leading the Democrat Party toward extinction. Miller points to a bright future for the Republican Party. In addition to the above cited factors in their favor, demographic changes in the 2000 census mean that if the next presidential election ended with the same vote count, George Bush would win by 18 electoral votes instead of 4. Also, the Democrat monopoly on African-American voters is quickly coming to an end, with many Southern Republican governors eating into the Democrat constituency. In Miller's words, the Democrat Party (as currently constituted) is dying fast. This is a foregone conclusion. But if you happen to be a Democrat, Miller offers some hope as well. The Democrat Party and its leadership can change. It can stop opposing all tax cuts all the time. It can work toward efficient government, and serve its constituents even when doing so will upsets large contributors and lobbyists. With new leadership, the Democrats can once again be a party to reckon with in the South. But as Zell Miller will tell you, don't count on that happening anytime soon... Britt Gillette
Author of "The Dittohead Guide To Adult Beverages"
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Summary: Zell Miller has performed a real service
Review: For those of us who have worked on Capitol Hill, and especially in the U.S. Senate, very seldom does the "unvarnished truth" reach the real world in which Americans live and work. Miller has told it like it is, the good and the bad. Yes, there are many stories that he did not tell, about sex and other scandals; however, it does not seem to be his nature to expose Capitol Hill "sleaze." Instead, his is a basic primer course on what really happens there. No wonder there is gridlock; no wonder "inside-the-Beltway" views often differ so dramatically from what average Americans are thinking; no wonder many if not most Americans are sick and tired of Congress seemingly doing nothing, or even worse; no wonder our laws pile up without any "sunset" provisions to eliminate outdated laws and useless agencies; no wonder so much money is wasted by the federal government; no wonder Americans' views of politicians are so low; and . . . In a sense, Miller just scratched the surface, but he performed a valuable service in doing so. He has an impressive resume and list of accomplishments, and it is refreshing to read about his life and family and, yes, about Young Harris, Georgia, a small town in the mountains that might be fun to visit.
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Summary: Unveiling the True Spirit of Bipartisanship
Review: Zell Miller truly is a bona-fide statemen in the greatest sense. And this book reveals the small-town, mountain charm with which he has governed and represented the state of Georgia. Very few politicians can enter Wasthington and not come away different, but Zell Miller has stayed true to his core principles. This book is not just a crass political screed, but a well-thought out and reasonsed explanation of Zell's life and governing style. I enjoyed the many references to his life in the hills of Young Harris Georgia. He takes the reader back to his life and his time. Miller is truly a rare politican, who only wants to serve people and bring common-sense solutions to government. If only this man would run for President someday! I would vote for him in a heartbeat. I applaud Senator Miller's courage in bucking his own party to support a man whose policies he agress with. I wish all Democrats were like this, providing the nation with much-needed discourse on the real issues.
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Summary: Down-home book by the LAST true Democrat!
Review: I think of this book as the eulogy for the true Democratic Party, which has been murdered and buried underneath a mountain of special interests and, frankly, kooky new-age bullsh*t! Kudos to the LAST prominent example of a well-remembered, but now dying breed.
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Summary: Republican Propaganda at it's worst
Review: This tripe only attracts attention because it was written by a so called democrat, who supports everything republican. Never mind the wealthy top 5% DO NOT PAY THEIR FAIR SHARE OF TAXES--they bring in 60% of the Income but only pay 40% of the Federal Income Taxes, Zell seems to think we should give them more of our money. We pay higher state sales and property taxes, more bills, more fees, higher tuitions because they do not pay their fair share, but more importantly they take our SOCIAL SECURITY MONEY and GIVE IT TO THE RICH IN THE FORM of UPPER CLASS TAX CUTS. This is pure thievery, yet the Republican PARTY convinces blue collar and middle class americans that this is in their interest!This and the 7 Trillion dollar debt that GOES UP EVERDAY THANKS TO UPPER CLASS TAX CUTS.
Zell is a shameless shill for right wing Republicans, a traitor to his party and to all the working people in this country. I hope he is drummed out of office and retires in disgrace. He deserves no better, this arrogant SOB.
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Summary: Read the book, then write a review!!
Review: I own this book, and it was such good reading that I read it in about 3 days. Zell is absolute proof that today's Democratic party is far too liberal and is not representative of the average American. Ideals held by past Democratric leaders like Kennedy and Truman have been replaced by elitist, Massachusetts-style politics. Gone are the tax cuts and belief in a strong military, not to mention national security. Miller is proof that being a Democrat does not mean following Kerry, Daschle, and Terry McAuliffe down a road that is wrong for our country. He has spoken his mind in this book, and his points of view cannot be mistaken. An excellent read.
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