Rocky Anderson's speech today:

[partylessinOhio]

Rocky Anderson was the stealth speaker at the peace rally today. WOW, where did he come from? He could knock all the declared Democrats right out of the box. Go, Rocky!
:yourock:

Mayor Anderson delivers speech at massive protest against Iraq War in Washington, DC. Read the speech here: http://www.ci.slc.ut.us/mayor/speeches/2007%20Speeches/012707washingtondcantiwarspeech-web.pdf

An excerpt from his speech today:

As mayor of the capital city of the reddest state in the nation, I am
proud to join with millions of good, patriotic Americans who are
standing up and willing to raise their voices against this madness.
We are here today to say, “No more!”

No more Iraq war.
No more God-is-on-our-side religious nonsense to justify this
immoral, illegal war.
No more torture of human beings.
No more denial of the right of habeas corpus.
No more kidnapping of people and sending them off to secret
prisons in nations where they will be tortured.
No more glorification of torture by the entertainment industry.
No more centrally-owned, hysteria-driven, corporate news media
complicit in selling the Bush administration’s lies to the American
people.

No more unconstitutional warrantless wiretapping of American
citizens.
No more dependence on foreign oil.
No more wars to provide a fix to oil-addicted American
consumers.
No more failure to support clean, domestically produced
alternative sources of energy.
No more manipulation of national intelligence for political
purposes.
No more manipulation of our news media with false propaganda.
No more authoritarian assertions of power by the president.
No more silence by the American people.

We have a tremendous opportunity to come together as a nation –
not as red or blue, not as black or white, not as rich or poor – but as a
people who share the common values underlying our Constitution and
the formation of this great nation.
Now is the time to take a stand and speak up. Personal
responsibility calls upon each of us to assert a basic, common morality.

Do we support the assertion of power by one man to engage in
warrantless wiretapping of American citizens?
Do we support the torture of our fellow human beings?
Do we support the kidnapping, disappearance, and brutal
imprisonment of people without charges being brought against them?
Do we support the killing, maiming, and displacement of hundreds
of thousands of people on the basis of lies and ever-changing
justifications?

It is time for leaders who can move us toward peace – leaders who
will pursue peace and constructive relations as aggressively as the Bush
administration and Congress have pursued violence, hostility, and
hatred.

Let us all join together, admit our nation’s tragic mistakes of the
past, and pursue constructive engagement with all peoples and all
nations in the pursuit of a more compassionate, peaceful world.

This is a new day. We can unify in our insistence upon the truth,
upon peace-making, upon more humane treatment of our brothers and
sisters around the world. ...

[LiberalEsto]

1. That's awesome

Is he the mayor of Salt Lake City?

[helderheid]

2. yes! Salt Lake City is a progressive haven in my Red state of Utah

[in_cog_ni_to]

3. Rocky Anderson is my new hero! He gave one of the BEST speeches today.

Tim Robbins, Jane Fonda, Susan Sarandon and Sean Penn rocked too, but Rocky Anderson FLOORED ME! The Mayor of Salt Lake City? who'da thunk it?:) NOT ME!

Go Rocky!:thumbsup:

[helderheid]

4. k

[Hubert Flottz]

5. I'd love to see him take Hatch's job away from him.

That would be Sooooooooo Sweet!

[OKNancy]

6. A good lesson not to stereotype n/t

[EstimatedProphet]

7. That speech was a knockout!

[immoderate]

8. Not surprising. Mayor Anderson is progressive and articulate.

WTG, Salt Lake.

--IMM

[rubberducky]

9. This man is like a breath of fresh air!

I will support this man in any political endeavers.

[malaise]

10. He was fabulous

Heard him live

[MissWaverly]

11. sounds good to me

also Lt. Watada's father gave a speech to the crowd, it was a breathtaking call to sanity,
I wish his speech was repeated everytime that Joe can'tkeeplyinberman was up there with
his blah, blah speech.

[cal04]

12. Rocky post on Kos:Remarks at DC Anti-War Rally

Dear Kossacks:

Below please find my prepared remarks for the anti-war protest in Washington, DC today. Thank you for all of your support and feedback. Working together, we can change this nation for the better, and pursue peace and innovative, lasting solutions to our greatest challenges as vigorously as the Bush administration and a complacent, compliant Congress have pursued violence, war, and deception.

Best regards,

Rocky Anderson

more


http://www.dailykos.com/story/2007/1/27/184225/932

[NNN0LHI]

13. Shouldn't this man be running for president or something?

How is he on other issues if anyone knows?

Don

[porkrind]

15. Rocky's my mayor, and a class act all the way.

Very well liked here in SLC. He definitely "gets" the progressive mindset.

[xultar]

14. K&R!