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President George Bush Endorsed by
Senator Zell Miller, D. Georgia

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Comments by Georgia's US Senator (D), Zell Miller

If I live and breathe, and if--as Hank Williams used to say--the creek don't
rise, in 2004 this Democrat will do something I didn't do in 2000, I will
vote for George W. Bush for president. I have come to believe that George
Bush is the right man in the right place at the right time. And that's a
pretty big mouthful coming from a lifelong Democrat who first voted for
Adlai Stevenson in 1952 and has voted for every Democratic presidential
candidate the 12 cycles since then. My political history to the contrary,
this was the easiest decision I think I've ever made in deciding who to
support. For I believe the next five years will determine the kind of world
my four grandchildren and four great-grandchildren will live in. I simply
cannot entrust that crucial decision to any one of the current group of
Democratic presidential candidates.

Why George Bush? First, the personal; then, the political. I first got to
know George Bush when we served as governors together, and I just plain
like the man, a man who feeds his dogs first thing every morning, has Larry
Gatlin sing in the White House, and knows what is meant by the term "hitting behind the runner." I am moved by the reverence and tenderness he shows the first lady and the unabashed love he has for his parents and his daughters. I admire this man of faith who has lived that line in that old hymn, "Amazing Grace," "Was blind, but now I see." I like the fact that he's the same on Saturday night as he is on Sunday morning. And I like a man who shows respect for others by starting meetings on time. That's the personal.

Now, the political: This is a president who understands the price of
freedom. He understands that leaders throughout history often have had to
choose between good and evil, tyranny and freedom. And the choice they make can reverberate for generations to come. This is a president who has some Churchill in him and who does! not flinch when the going gets tough. This is a president who can make a decision and does not suffer from "paralysis analysis." This is a president who can look America in the eye and say on Iraq, "We're not leaving." And you know he means it. This is also a president who understands that tax cuts are not just something that all taxpayers deserve, but also the best way to curb government spending. It is the best kind of tax reform. If the money never reaches the table, Congress can't gobble it up. I have just described George W. Bush.

Believe me, I looked hard at the other choices. And what I saw was that the
Democratic candidates who want to be president in the worst way are running for office in the worst way. Look closely, there's not much difference among them. I can't say there's "not a dime's worth of difference" because there's actually billions of dollars' worth of difference among them. Some want to raise our taxes a trillion, while the others want to raise our taxes by several hundred billion. But, make no mistake, they all want to raise our taxes. They also, to varying degrees, want us to quit and get out of Iraq. They don't want us to stay the course in this fight between tyranny and freedom. This is our best chance to change the course of history in the Middle East. So I cannot vote for a candidate who wants us to cut and run with our shirttails at half-mast. I find it hard to believe, but these naive
nine have managed to combine the worst feature of the McGovern campaign--the president is a liar and we must have peace at any cost--with the worst feature of the Mondale campaign--watch your wallet, we're going to raise your taxes. George McGovern carried one state in 1972. Walter Mondale carried one state in 1984. Not exactly role models when it comes to how to get elected or, for that matter, how to run a country. So, as I have said, my choice for president was an easy decision. And my own party's candidates made it even easier!

If you are thinking of voting for someone other than the present President of the United States in the next presidential election, consider the words of Senator Zell Miller and then do a comparison of the life and character of our current President and his challengers who want us to vote for them and the politicians and the members of the Hollywood Elite who support them. Character does count. He has it and they do not. It is that simple. George Bush restored the character of the Office of The President of the United States. It had been missing for the previous eight years. Do not let it be taken away again. Ever!

The possibility of one of the democratic candidates serving as president frightens me beyond verbal description. I shudder to think of one of them serving as president and what that would mean for my grand children's safety. I refer to more than physical safety. Consider how values and beliefs we have held dear for generations are now under attack and belittled. This is a call to counter the efforts of those who would do away, or radically, alter the American way of life. As Zell Miller suggests, IT GOES BEYOND PARTY!!! Do not let this happen for the sake of your children!

Compare the personal hygiene habits, the manner of dress when going out in the public arena, the language, the personal discipline and language of present President and his critics. Who sets the higher standard for your children and your grand children. Who tends to build up and make for a better way of life? Who tends to mock and disrupt? Do not let the evil among us destroy our country!

Perhaps most important, this goes beyond a trying to support an individual. It has to do with prying to preserve a way of life. This has to do with trying to prevent those who would cause us to turn our backs on many of our freedoms, chief among which is our religious freedom.