Protest pics from Salt Lake City..(and an article)

[SoCalDem]

http://extras.sltrib.com/tribphoto/galleryPhotos.asp?GID=PROTE_0822&sort=Gallery



http://www.sltrib.com/utah/ci_2964923

Article Last Updated: 08/23/2005 01:59:20 AM

Protests greet President Bush on arrival in Salt Lake City
ROCKY RECEPTION
By Glen Warchol
The Salt Lake Tribune



A confrontation in front of the Salt Palace Convention Center Monday between pro-Bush veterans and war protesters started out with jeers and competing chants, only to end with both groups singing "God Bless America." The incident, in the conservative bastion of Utah, supported activists' claim that a new and stronger anti-Iraq war movement has begun. This peace movement has made patriotism, flag-waving and support for the troops part of its rhetoric.

Salt Lake City Mayor Rocky Anderson, who called for demonstrations against President Bush when he visited the Veterans of Foreign Wars national convention, picked up the theme, both in his welcoming speech to the veterans and to peace activists two blocks away in Pioneer Park.

"We can debate, as we should in a free country, the decisions of our political leaders," Anderson told the VFW conventioneers, many who booed him. "But we must always support without wavering, and be grateful toward, our men and women in the armed forces." After that, Anderson's comments received nothing but cheers, even as he defended his right to protest. At the peace rally, Anderson told about 2,000 activists, "We are grateful for what have sacrificed for our country and our freedom."

But, "Our nation was lied into war," he said. "You are true patriots for being here today," he said, referring to the criticism of his call for protests of the president's visit.

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[DIKB]

1. They're ignorant

Utah Sen. Orrin Hatch - "we ought to show respect to the office and the person regardless of what party they come from."

When will they realize that it ISN'T about the Party. It's about the things that have been done by this administration. They've bought their own BS lines that it's all partisan hatred. When people protest a war based on lies, there's nothing partisan about it.