I just called Zell Miller's office in DC

[rumguy]

On my way home from work today I caught Miller on Hannity wooping it up with that scum bag, talking about how great bush was, etc. He was taking calls and everyone was congratulating him and saying what an "honor" it was to talk to him, and he was just basking in all the attention...

So I just straight up went home went to google and got the number of his DC office. I called it(the first time I've ever called a senator's office in DC to complain about anything) and asked how I could leave a message to the senator. A nice younger women told she could take it and I just straight up said that if Senator Miller is going to endorse Bush and go on Hannity and trash Clinton and his party then he should leave - after all that would be the logical thing to do.

I almost think that the democratic party should just kick him out...before he bolts on his own anyway...it would be bold, and gutsy which is what the Democratic Party needs to start becoming...

I could be wrong on that...but I really feel that he is a traitor...and I told Miller's secretary that...I told her he wouldn't even be welcome in my own home...

Here's his DC number - [phone]

[wryter2000]

1. WTG, Rumguy

Is he one of "your" senators?

[demnan]

2. Unless you're a constituent

write to the book publisher instead.

[rumguy]

3. I don't live in Georgia

but as a Democrat if he's going to publicly and very loudly endorse Bush the way that he has...and trash Clinton and all the nominees, then logically it just follows that he should leave the party. That's my opinion...he should be shunned and cast out...

Maybe that's wrong...but screw it...sometimes we have to act on our insticts and to me that means Zell has got to go..

[Some Moran]

26. lol...I'm not even from the same country...

And I signed that damn petition. :)

[theivoryqueen]

4. I call and write lots of senators that aren't "mine"

both with praise and with criticism. Sometimes I hear back, sometimes I don't. But for whatever it's worth, I think everyone across the US should be writing and calling this fool to tell him just how misguided he is, and how badly he fucked up.

[wryter2000]

13. I've done that, too

Mostly members of the Congressional Intelligence Commitees. I've even written to the Repugs so they know they're being watched. Last time I just wrote to the dems, though and saved my postage.

[xultar]

5. I'm from GA and I give all DUers Permission to call Zell

DUers! Call ZELL and tell him he is a disgrace to the democratic party!

[CatWoman]

8. I'm a Georgian, too

and I think we should all write this rat bastard.

[UTUSN]

18. LOL LOL LOL, You Two! n/t

[alcuno]

6. Good for you. And next time call on the public dime.

This is the toll free number for the Capital Switchboard; they'll transfer you to the right office.

1-800-839-5276

[HighNoonMeetUp]

11. That public dime is paid for by you and me

Unless the phone company is providing it for free.

[rumguy]

12. and this is what it's there for...

do you have some complaint about using it? If I had known about it I would have used it

[HighNoonMeetUp]

15. No complaint at all

I think the bigger we can run up the government bill the sooner we can get someone else in office. That's all.

[rumguy]

16. ??

What's your beef anyway, one phone call is a drop in the bucket compared to the madness of Bush's tax cuts...

You need to explain yourself a little more...cuz what you're saying ain't making sense...

[HighNoonMeetUp]

20. I though I was quite clear

Run up the government bill so they can be painted as big spenders and the taxpayers will help elect someone else in 2004.

Does that make it any clearer? Still think I have a "beef"?

[rumguy]

23. Your idea is so absurd

that I think it's sarcasm...that's my beef...no one could be serious about such a lame thought...

I question your motives too...

[alcuno]

24. Welcome to DU, HighNoonMeetUp

That's why it's called the public dime. Those freeloaders in the Congress are spending our money on themselves all the time; they had the audacity to raise their pay again this year. This is about the only perk I receive from the government and it should be of no cost to the individual.

[newyawker99]

34. Hi HighNoonMeetUp!!

Welcome to DU!! :toast:

[AP]

7. Isn't Miller's office closed for the holiday?

Doesn't the Federal Gov get today off?

[rumguy]

10. well there was someone there...

I actually worked as an intern on cap. hill during college and there were often people in the office working on holidays...

[joanski01]

9. Tom Daschle was on

Wolf Blitzer recently (I think yesterday) and said that No, we aren't kicking Zell out of the Party. We don't operate that way. -- I couldn't believe it. Tom did not stick up for Gore's speech, either. Very mousey. As much as I don't want to, I'm through with Tom, too. I thought he was going to have something important to say, but all he did was push his book, which I'll never buy.

So sad.

[in_cog_ni_to]

14. Daschle has become such a weenie!

I wonder if it's because of the anthrax letters? he must know who sent them? That's my guess because he challenges NOTHING the RW does. It's sickening.

I just saw a quote by Zell Miller...on Buchanan & Press about the Rockefeller memo..."If this is true, it's treasonous and heads should roll in the committee." Holy shit. They need to shut that guy up!

[RUMMYisFROSTED]

17. An excellent point was made by a couple of other posters.

The Dems need a leader from a "safe" state so that pressure from the right has little or no influence on his/her politics. I hadn't thought of it before but it's pretty obvious.

[in_cog_ni_to]

29. Great point.

I know rumor has it, Daschle has pissed a lot of his constituents off by building his million $$ home in DC? was it. His seat is "iffy". However, the anthrax thing still has me wondering if that doesn't have something to do with his meekness or weenieness. :7 Especially since the person who sent the letters has never been caught. If I were him, I would be thinking "republicans".

[vdeputy]

38. Tell'em

that the Dems will reveal who wrote the memo when Bush turns over the C.I.A. leaker...talking about traitors.

[Neecy]

19. there's a reason for this...

Miller should indeed be thrown out of the Democratic party, because I'm not buying his line that it's his "home" and he isn't leaving.

The only reason he's staying in the party is to give the Republicans a token Democrat to wave around, saying, "Hey! This Democrat is voting for Bush, he thinks his own party is a small splinter movement, listen to this guy and vote Republican!". It's such bullshit. He should be utterly disowned before he does further damage next year.

[Eric J in MN]

37. you're right. he's become a Republican tool (nt)

nt

[ibegurpard]

21. Indeed

I don't know how you can kick someone out of the party but every possible sanction that can possibly be used should be hurled at him.

[mlawson]

22. I agree, but by what mechanism can he be thrown out??

He *could* be stripped of any committee powers (IF we had someone besides Tommy the Mouse as minority leader), but how can he be forced to change his voter registration??? I don't see how he can be forced out.

[goobergunch]

25. They can't

but the Senate Dems could ostracize him.

[Neecy]

27. good point

The only way to get him to cross over to the other side of the aisle is for Daschle to publicly disavow him as a Democrat. Would that hurt us in the South? Sure. Does Miller as a "Democrat" hurt us in the South? Sure. May as well stand for something and not let this ass soil our own house.

The Democrats can be a 'big tent' (and should be), but this shouldn't include Democrats who vote with the Republicans on every issue, taunt our presidential candidates, and vow allegiance to Bush. Our tent, um, shouldn't be THAT big or we stand for nothing.

[mlawson]

31. I like to imagine what LBJ, as minority or majority leader would have done

with zell. He was famous for giving wayward members "the Treatment". Offenders were invited to the Oval Office for a 'talk'. :evilgrin:

LBJ (smiling): "Zell, Tom, DO come in and shut the door....."

[rumguy]

28. What to do?

Any sort of public chastising would be good...

It would hurt us in the South, but the Dem. party could also make it very clear that the reason for doing it IS NOT CUZ OF HIS VIEWS ON CERTAIN ISSUES, but because he is actively campaigning on behalf of Bush and the Republicans...it's simply a matter of not allowing one of your own to be used as a pawn by your opponents.

The Democratic Party is truly a "big tent" but we have to draw bounderies somewhere...

[DeepModem Mom]

30. My daughter asked me who the old Democrat was...

who was suddenly on tv all the time -- had he had a stroke or something, because something seemed wrong with him!

[Donna Zen]

35. Your daughter's observation

is exactly what I thought when I saw him. Ol Zig Zag Zell did look well.

We've got him for two more years, maybe. I think he'll bolt after the election.

If he went before 2004, his message would be meaningless. He is really hurting the party right now, but there is little that can be done. All the Southern Dems are leaving.

[Zero Division]

32. I see more and more Conservatives sing Zell's praises...

in places like the comment sections of weblogs, and it makes me sick.
:puke:

The fact that he has to pick this moment in history when the radical right is trying so hard to implement its policies (and having significant success, too) to decry the liberals and moderates in the Democratic Party who are fighting this makes it even worse.

Being the party of the "Big Tent" does not mean that we have to tolerate the behavior of those who are so obviously aligned against the interests of the vast majority of the party.

[PlanetBev]

33. One more reason to see Bush fail miserably in 2004

So Zell can go down in flames with him. For those old enough to remember, Zell's old boss was Lester Maddox. The venerable old KKK coot who chased blacks out of his fried chicken restaurant with a pick-axe.

What else is there to say? Please, Zell leave the party and end this charade once and for all.

[rumguy]

36. that little tid-bit of info.

makes me wonder even more about him...I'm so sick of the media acting like white southern males are so d*mn important politically...

Like a previous poster said...our old southern dems like LBJ would have kicked little zell's butt...zell should leave the dems so he can go cozy up to Trent Lott and the other rasicts...