Jimmy Carter: Zell Miller 'Betrayed' Me
Failed former president Jimmy "Malaise" Carter says the
appointment of popular Georgia Democrat Zell Miller to the U.S. Senate was a
mistake because his fellow ex-governor "betrayed all the basic principles that I
thought he and I and others shared."
"The comments, which Carter made Wednesday on the radio program FOX News Live
with Alan Colmes, are the latest criticism from prominent Democrats of the
maverick senator who has endorsed President Bush's re-election and penned a new
book arguing his party is out of touch with the South," the Associated Press
reported today.
Questioned by Colmes, Carter said, "I would rather not even comment about
Zell Miller on the radio," but then called the appointment "one of the worst
mistakes" then-Gov. Roy Barnes, another Democrat, made in his final four years
in office.
Miller, sounding more like an abuse-absorbing Republican than the lifelong
Democrat he is, today dismissed Carter's comments and called him a friend of
more than four decades.
"And over those 40-plus years, I bet I've received about two dozen personal
notes from Jimmy Carter," Miller said. "Half of them are giving me hell, and the
other half are bragging on me. So, I figure I'm doing OK batting .500 with Jimmy
Carter."
Carter will likely have more to complain about next year, when Republicans
are heavily favored to pick up the seat after Miller retires.
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