The man without a party

The GOP is backing away from Zell Miller after his stint yesterday as the Crown Prince of Loonies R' Us.

"After gauging the harsh reaction from Democrats and Republicans alike to Sen. Zell Miller’s keynote address at the Republican National Convention, the Bush campaign — led by the first lady — backed away Thursday from Miller’s savage attack on Democratic presidential nominee John Kerry, insisting that the estranged Democrat was speaking only for himself.

Late Thursday, Miller’s name was removed from the list of dignitaries who would be sitting in the first family’s box during the president’s acceptance speech later in the evening. No explanation was immediately offered, but the change was made only a few hours after Laura Bush, asked about Miller’s deeply personal denunciation of his own party’s nominee, said in an interview with NBC News that “I don’t know that we share that point of view.”

Aides to President Bush and his campaign said Miller was not speaking for all Republicans."

Ummm...folks? It was the keynote address of YOUR CONVENTION! If it wasn't intended to be the fundamental statement of the principles of your party, then why the hell was it the keynote address?

Is the Bush Administration actually going to stand there and claim with a straight face that they didn't clear the content of the convention speeches?

Of COURSE they read the speech before Miller delivered it, and of COURSE they approved it and cleared it.

But they thought that the rest of America was as thorougly extremist as THEY are.

Fools.