September 02, 2004

Lots of Red Meat

Sen. Zell Miller riled up the crowd with his condemnation of Sen. Kerry's voting record. His best line was

I could go on and on and on: against the Patriot Missile that shot down Saddam Hussein's scud missiles over Israel; against the Aegis air-defense cruiser; against the Strategic Defense Initiative; against the Trident missile; against, against, against.

This is the man who wants to be the Commander in Chief of our U.S. Armed Forces? U.S. forces armed with what? Spitballs?

After that he didn't let himself get bullied by Chris "Keeping it Clean" Matthews.

Then Vice President Dick Cheney continued to harp on the Senate record of the Vietnam vet.

It's really late but here are some reactions from the RNC webloggers:

• Matt loved--I mean LOVED--Zell Miller.
  

• Deacon at Power Line thinks it would be "more effective to find a happy medium between Miller's fire and brimstone attack and Cheney's monotonous speech."

• David Adesnik thought Cheney's performance was "Presidential" even if he doesn't particularly like the guy/