Zell Miller Gets Stuck in 'Gorilla Glue' Comment

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Mary C. Curtis

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Just when President Obama's appearance before the NAACP signaled how far the country has come, Zell Miller popped up and popped off, signaling that we're not quite there yet.

The former Democratic governor of Georgia is most known for his speech at the 2004 Republican National Convention bashing his party on national security. At a meeting Thursday of the conservative and Republican-oriented American Legislative Exchange Council in Atlanta, Miller continued his critique of Democrats.

Obama, "our globe-trotting president," Miller said, "needs to stop and take a break and quit gallivanting all around. I think [chief of staff] Rahm Emanuel ought to get some Gorilla Glue put it in that chair in the Oval Office and say 'Sit here awhile.' "

To be fair, Gorilla Glue is a legitimate kind of strong adhesive, and Georgia civil rights leaders took the speech in stride. But you have to wonder why some other brand didn't come to Miller's mind -- Elmer's, maybe?

After the monkey dolls labeled with Obama's name at Sarah Palin rallies, after a South Carolina GOP official's comparison of Michelle Obama to a gorilla, after the references fall flat -- or worse -- time after time, you'd think folks would get the message: Give the simian slurs a rest.

Filed Under: Democrats, Republicans, Barack Obama, Gaffes, Race Issues, Woman Up

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