And in the distance, a banjo played...

As Ace succinctly put it:

Was I on crack, or did Zell Miller challenge Chris Matthews to a duel tonight?

Come to think of it, portly Chris Matthews does look a tad like Ned Beatty:

Just goes to show you, don't pick nits with a cracker: Georgia Senator Zell Miller tore Matthews, obnoxious talk-show yapper, the new rectum which he had for so long desperately needed. Nothing irritates an ankle-biting yankee more than a Southern Gentleman who calls his bluff. Although he might have gone a little too far when he suggested settling it with pistols.

Incidentally, it would be the first trans-Mason-Dixon duel in American politics since Vice President Alexander Hamilton was gunned down by Mississippi-born television actor Raymond Burr in the early 19th century, over a woman.

Update

For my German friends and other commies, a little more context: The Republican (conservative) National Convention is going on right now. Zell Miller is a Senator from Georgia. Southern Democrats tend to be more conservative than their cough esteemed colleagues from the Northeast, who've turned their party into the Michael Moore Fan Club. Sen. Miller is an old-school Democrat, which he emphasized last night by quoting the likes of Franklin Roosevelt, and noting the deeds of Roosevelt's successor Harry S. Truman, the last 2 Democratic Presidents who actually accomplished anything. Well, Kennedy did Real Good with the Cuban Missile Crisis. But then there was that Bay of Pigs thing. And, to echo the sentiments of my old boss Ken, I'll never forgive that buck-toothed carpetbagger for dragging us into Viet Nam to clean up France's turdpile. Dickhead.

So anyway, Miller was the Keynote speaker at the convention last night, and gave a humdinger of a speech. Next to his, the speeches of other Democrats seem vague, weak, and despairing. I figure most Dems consider Zell a DINO, but they might want to ask themselves why that is.

It would be nice to have a second party in the US again; maybe some Donks will drop the Blame-America-First hairshirts and Bush==Hitler signs, and get back to being true progressives. Right now, we've just got suits and lunatics to choose from.