Jimmy Carter: Zell Miller 'Betrayed' MeFailed 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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