politics

Zell Miller is not a politician; he is a Statesman in the truest sense of the word. In his book, Mr. Miller describes the fall of a once great party, and with compassion, honesty and integrity that few in politics possess. At a time when Democrats have so embraced extreme liberalism and feel it is not only acceptable, but fashionable, to extend the criticism of President Bush, the US Military, religious, social and political conservatism to an unpresedented perigee, Mr Miller astutely observes that it is indeed this very orientation and absence of regard for honesty and any semblance of honor that has strongly contributed to the Democrat Party being what it is today: a mere travesty of a once great political perspective. As a Democrat, Zell Miller cuts through partisanism to arrive at the truth, painful as it may be for passionate liberals who have, increasingly, positioned themselves 180 degrees from fact.
Mr Miller is, simply put, what all political figures should strive to be: a individual of impeccable conscience, unyielding integrity, and uncompromising honesty.
A National Party No More: The Conscience of a Conservative Democrat is an absolute must-read.

Senator Zell Millar writes with passion about his American values, if those core values which are in line with most of mainstream America make him an outcast in his party, then I think it says quite a bit about where that party has gone to. Miller tries to save his party with this book, to bring Democrats back from the Left, and back to the days of a strong national defense, of a reasonable foreign policy, and moderate fiscal policy. He is calling for his party to return to the days of JFK, FDR, and Truman... will they hear him through their shrill attacks on President Bush? or more importantly will they listen even if they hear him? I doubt it, but Zell Millar is an incredibly brave Patriot who deserves America's praise and support.

Zell Miller's book is a portrait of a man basically betrayed by what used to be a truly NATIONAL party. Instead, Miller shows us a Democratic party dominated by extremists, and hardly recognizable as the part of JFK.

Miller comes across as a man with values weary with disillusion. In that sense, this is one of the saddest and most touching politcal books I've ever read. It appears that there is no room left in the Democratic Party for a moderate or conservative viewpoint. Have we come so far now that liberal is synonomous with Democrat? Must you take the morally perilous road in order to placate your party?

Be he conservative Democrat, disillusioned Independent, Zell Miller and his book are a throwback to an earlier era where country and beliefs where held above fringe groups and the "nothing is wrong unless it's Christian, military, or pro-life in nature" mentality.

Where is there for a compassionate man who believes in a strong America, a moral party platform, and compassionate social system left to go?