Saturday, June 25, 2005

Hey, whatever sells books

Former U.S. Sen. Zell Miller, D-Ga., proudly displayed his Democratic stripes by speaking at a fundraiser for Alabama Republicans on Friday. As one of the state's 2004 electors for President Bush told The Birmingham News, "We would love for [Miller] to be a Republican, but right now he is a Democrat for us, and that has more significance than if he were a Republican."

Alabama Democratic Party chairman Redding Pitt's response to Miller's visit: "The people of Alabama in their counties and legislative districts are going to choose their own leaders, and they're not going to have a paid puppet from Georgia come over here and tell them how to vote."