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Whopper: Zell Miller"Mr. DeMille, I'm ready for my close-up."

By Timothy NoahUpdated Thursday, Sept. 2, 2004, at 1:16 PM ET

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Listing all the weapon systems that Senator Kerry tried his best to shut down sounds like an auctioneer selling off our national security. ... For more than 20 years, on every one of the great issues of freedom and security, John Kerry has been more wrong, more weak, and more wobbly than any other national figure.
—Sen. Zell Miller, "D"-Ga., Sept. 1, 2004

My job tonight is an easy one: to present to you one of this nation's authentic heroes, one of this party's best-known and greatest leaders—and a good friend. ... John has worked to strengthen our military. ...
—Sen. Zell Miller, D-Ga., March 1, 2001

(For more on Miller's ostentatious transformation into a Democrat-bashing crank, click here. If the reference to Mr. DeMille and the close-up eludes you, click here.)

Whopper Archive:
June 17, 2004: George W. Bush
June 4, 2004: George W. Bush
April 11, 2004: Condoleezza Rice
March 15, 2004: John Kerry
Feb. 7, 2004: George Soros
Jan. 30, 2004: Howard Dean
Jan. 10, 2004: President Bush
Jan. 5, 2004: Laura Bush

(Click here to access the Whopper Archive for 2003, here to access the Whopper Archive for 2002, and here to access the Whopper Archive for 2001.)

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