Friday, September 03, 2004
Zell Miller, the GOP's Grim Speaker
Priceless story describing the charming Senator at a book signing:
Washington Post
"The Bush-supporting, Kerry-savaging Democrat is soldiering through a lunchtime book-signing before a winding procession of GOP fans at the Hilton hotel on Sixth Avenue Thursday. He rarely looks up as members of an adoring public come before him, each spending $28.24 for a copy of his book, "A National Party No More." His face is the perfect visual expression of the word "ewwwww."
"Be aware that Zell will not be personalizing books," an aide repeated for the benefit of those on line. "He's just writing his name. Got that?"
Got it.
Even so, the speech moved books, which suits the senator. As the book-signing was coming to an end, Miller signed furiously, piling books on top of each other even after telling an aide to "shut off the line" of people waiting to meet him.
"Zell, can I get a picture?" a young woman says. Miller obliges, mustering a toothless grin.
"Okay, I'm outta here," Miller says, disappearing behind a curtain.
Washington Post
"The Bush-supporting, Kerry-savaging Democrat is soldiering through a lunchtime book-signing before a winding procession of GOP fans at the Hilton hotel on Sixth Avenue Thursday. He rarely looks up as members of an adoring public come before him, each spending $28.24 for a copy of his book, "A National Party No More." His face is the perfect visual expression of the word "ewwwww."
"Be aware that Zell will not be personalizing books," an aide repeated for the benefit of those on line. "He's just writing his name. Got that?"
Got it.
Even so, the speech moved books, which suits the senator. As the book-signing was coming to an end, Miller signed furiously, piling books on top of each other even after telling an aide to "shut off the line" of people waiting to meet him.
"Zell, can I get a picture?" a young woman says. Miller obliges, mustering a toothless grin.
"Okay, I'm outta here," Miller says, disappearing behind a curtain.
