A National Party No More: The Conscience of a Conservative Democrat: Book Review

BOOK REVIEW
A National Party No More: The Conscience of a Conservative Democrat. RC 57170

I recommend this best-seller to you if you like "Old Dogs, Children, and Watermelon Wine" and such Southern expressions as dog-cuss and mule-headed. I thought the writing was clear and demonstrated a refreshing brevity not seen in this era of ghost-written bloviating autobiographical memoirs.

You learn of former Marine Sergeant Miller's adventures in politics, his views, some such as his present pro-Life stance which this original pro-Choicer came to after having lived to be a grandfather, and others such as his views on ecology including reforestation that were based on common sense. I don't buy reforestation with pine trees creating a monoculture that is nothing like an original hardwood forest.

I thought about emailing Senator Miller to ask him for his thoughts on blind people and how we should tackle that 70 percent unemployment, a task that is surely Sisyphean. I suspect that as with other senators I have attempted to email over the years, Landrieu, Breaux, Kennedy, and the late Wellstone, my efforts will go unrewarded.

But read the book! It's worth it. We can hope that a Republican writes his version. Lincoln's Party No Longer: A Moderate Republicrat Speaks.