Whitehouse.org presents the "text" of Zell's speech at the RNC

[Fenris]

http://www.georgewbush.org/convention/zell-miller.asp



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Yes, make no mistake that Al Qaeda, unlike the Soviet Union, which was a real and palpable military threat, is gunning for every one of you jiggly-armed xenophobe crackers standing before me today. Al Qaeda, which is basically the 700 Club with RPGs, is an ephemeral, conceptual threat that can never be defeated. Why is that? Because without them, the Republican party which I so revere and emulate would turn on itself like a steak-wrapped piranha. I mean let's face it: quasi-fascism, faggot bashing, and treasury rape just isn't enough to hold the GOP together. But raw, unhinged, illogical fear is! And unlike the Cold War, this fear can be turned on and off and the threat misrepresented whenever poll numbers dare to nosedive.

Truth be told – I'm a silly, senile old man. And there can be no doubt that the only reason I'm addressing you tonight is because I'm a turncoat Benedict Arnold, a Republican show pony who's supposed to convince the country, and moderate Democrats, how great the President is. Forget the fact that traitors should never be trusted.

It's amazing what a person will do, slashing and burning their reputation, switching allegiances the way a vain, fickle teenage girl gets crushes on TV heartthrobs, when they're told over drinks that stabbing your party in the back will secure you a generous little footnote in the history books. Well, my legacy is secure now, and it's a legacy of iron-spined pandering to the big guys in power.

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