Dear Senator Miller (submitted at his website)

[ozymandius]

Senator Miller:

How could a man so progressive in his early political life so wantonly betray, in the swan song days of his career, the spirit and courage of years' past?

The vitriolic display of at the Republican National Convention will be forever be framed in my mind as the ravings of a lunatic. The sputtering attacks against Senator Kerry and the Democratic party fill me with such anger and disgust. One must wonder what psychological trigger has been pulled to drive a man to pine for what never was part of the Democratic party and what never will be.

And you haven't the decency and intellectual fortitude to remove your accolaides of Senator Kerry from your website. (http://miller.senate.gov/speeches/030101jjdinner.htm)

Barack Obama's keynote address before the Democratic National Convention spirited notions of optimism, opportunity for all and a celebration of intelligence. Your keynote address this evening reeked of fear, a bestial loathing for anything not meeting the tacet approval of the Bush administration.

And then you have the audacity to accuse Democrats, ALL Democrats, of being unpatriotic! Shall we question the betrayal of a Bush administration official who revealed the name of Valorie Plame, undermining the network that guarded us from weapons of mass destruction? Shall we call into question the complete absence of any coalition guard at Iraq's many nuclear facilities while the Ministry of Oil, untouched by U.S. bombs, stood surrounded by our military as we rolled into Baghdad? Why don't we call into question the Bush administration's complete lack of preparedness in dealing with any insurgency in Iraq? Why do towns across America take up a collection in order to purchase body armor for their local young people who now serve in Iraq? Why does the Bush administration's staggering incompetence in dealing with these matters earn your flamboyant approval?

Scorn is heaped upon you. So is pity. As you recoil into your fearful hate-filled shell, I will remember you as a man who never had the courage to stand for his true beliefs in the old days when winning an election was more important.

Sincerely,

Ozymandius

[greenbriar]

1. Great Letter

way to go

[candy331]

3. Well written letter, a really true patriot for honesty and decency. n/t

[wtmusic]

2. Bravo

Terrific. :thumbsup:

[Raiden]

4. Very nice

[PA Democrat]

5. Great Letter Ozymandius

Pundits on CNN just said that Zell's speech contained 7 mentions of Bush and 17 IIRC insulting mentions of Kerry. Two thirds of his speech was either about his own biography or spewing his hatred of Kerry and the Democrats.

[Catt03]

6. Very well written

great letter....thanks