Sen. Zell Miller, fresh off the publication of a book blasting fellow Democrats, announced Wednesday he would support President Bushs re-election campaign and help him in any way I can.
The former Georgia governor issued a statement in which he said he couldnt trust the current Democratic field to direct the country where his grandchildren and great-grandchildren would grow up. Miller is the first Senate Democrat to endorse the Republican president.
In his new book, A National Party No More: The Conscience of a Conservative Democrat, Miller had ridiculed leading Democratic candidates, particularly former Vermont Gov. Howard Dean.
Angry and red-faced, these doom-and-gloomers need to take some `calm-me-down pills, he said.
Millers alignment with Bush is nothing new because, in his brief Senate career, he has sided with the president on tax cuts, education and judicial nominations, among other things.
However, the endorsement was a bit of a surprise because Miller announced in January he would retire from the Senate and stay out of political campaigns, including future television ads such as the ones he filmed last year for former Sen. Max Cleland, D-Ga., and others.
Miller had largely retired from public life in 2000 when he was appointed and then elected in to fill the seat belonging to Republican Paul Coverdell. He pledged the day he took the oath of office to follow Coverdells political lead.
Often a subject of party switch rumors, Miller cautioned not to read too much into the endorsement.
This does not mean I am going to become a Republican, he said. It simply means that in the year 2004, this Democrat will vote for George Bush.
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The former Georgia governor issued a statement in which he said he couldnt trust the current Democratic field to direct the country where his grandchildren and great-grandchildren would grow up. Miller is the first Senate Democrat to endorse the Republican president.
In his new book, A National Party No More: The Conscience of a Conservative Democrat, Miller had ridiculed leading Democratic candidates, particularly former Vermont Gov. Howard Dean.
Angry and red-faced, these doom-and-gloomers need to take some `calm-me-down pills, he said.
Millers alignment with Bush is nothing new because, in his brief Senate career, he has sided with the president on tax cuts, education and judicial nominations, among other things.
However, the endorsement was a bit of a surprise because Miller announced in January he would retire from the Senate and stay out of political campaigns, including future television ads such as the ones he filmed last year for former Sen. Max Cleland, D-Ga., and others.
Miller had largely retired from public life in 2000 when he was appointed and then elected in to fill the seat belonging to Republican Paul Coverdell. He pledged the day he took the oath of office to follow Coverdells political lead.
Often a subject of party switch rumors, Miller cautioned not to read too much into the endorsement.
This does not mean I am going to become a Republican, he said. It simply means that in the year 2004, this Democrat will vote for George Bush.
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