Red State Riot
A crowd of thousands cheered Salt Lake City Mayor Rocky Anderson for calling President Bush a "dishonest, war-mongering, human-rights violating president" whose time in office would "rank as the worst presidency our nation has ever had to endure."
The group, including children and elderly and some hailing from throughout Utah, then marched to the federal building Wednesday to deliver a copy of a symbolic indictment against the president and Congress for abuse of power and failure to uphold the U.S. Constitution.
With their signs labeling Bush, Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld the "axis of evil," calling the Iraq war a "mission of lies" or comparing the invasion of Iraq after Sept. 11, 2001, to invading Mexico after Pearl Harbor, the estimated 1,500 to 4,000 protesters hoped their demonstration at the Salt Lake City-County Building sent a message about the reddest state in the country.
"If they [the Bush administration] lack support in Utah, my God they're in trouble," the Rev. Tom Goldsmith of the First Unitarian Church of Salt Lake City told the lively gathering between protest songs and banner waving.
HAT TIP: Salt Lake Tribune
posted by John Good @ 9:23 PM
3 Comments:
It was really a great demonstration. I must say however there were at the most 2,000. Pretty good for a week day protest in SLC.
Years ago when I and 2 buds were traveling the west being roustabouts, we "lived" in Evanston Wyoming(locals call it "the armpit of the world"). In search of some excitment we went to SLC. We drove around for hours looking for the fun zone before coming to the realization that there was no such place in SLC.
You can watch Rocky Anderson's fact filled and rousing speech here if you like -Rocky for Prez! (It's about 40 minutes)The only MSM cable News who dared show any of Rocky and the demo was on countdown w/Keith Olberman.
WOW!! Go SLC!! GO Rocky!!
I have since learned that there was a march afterward and according to the SLC Tribune(by way of Countdown) 4,000 marched. At all the anti American Iraq War demos I have been to the march has about double the participants of the preceding rally.. So yeah in all Rocky most likely had around 4,000 supporters show up 2 days before a big holiday.
Peace.
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