Salt Lake City Mayor Rocky Anderson's attack on the character of President Bush must be an embarrassment to us all.
His announcement to lead a protest against the President's visit to Utah lacks statesmanship and is shameful to citizens of this state.

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Let me be the first to rip this letter apart

"Salt Lake City Mayor Rocky Anderson's attack on the character of President Bush must be an embarrassment to us all."

-Embarrasing to who? Depends on what other's views are. The majority of the country, who disapproves of the president's job, would be more embarrassed by our high approval rating of this guy.

"The honorable mayor's personal views are his own but do not represent the views of people of the state who strongly supported the president in the last election."

-No s* Sherlock, he is the MAYOR of a CITY, not the governor. They definately do represent the views of SLC however.

"Equally reprehensible is the mayor's seeming to align himself with the draft card and flag burners, border jumpers and demonstrators over the Vietnam war"

-huh?

What a disappointment this will be to our brave men and women fighting for the right of the good people of Iraq to live in a democracy and freedom they have never before known."

-that is if those good people of Iraq even live to see this so-called freedom they're apparently going to have. How many of them have been killed so far?

"Thank God for men like Bush who have the courage to stand against those who would destroy us, not only from without but also from within our own country."

-Bush=courage? I don't see him over there fighting. And wasn't he a draft dodger?

"Utah, who strives to cast an image of friendship and tolerance, deserves better representation, even from those who have opposing views"

-So if someone is ruining the country and doesn't care about it, we're still supposed to be nice and gentle to them? Please. If you mess with me or my family, you're going to get an earful. And this prez is definately messing with a lot of us.

"Any demonstration of disloyalty, distrust or anarchy is dangerous, unbecoming and does not belong in our great state."

-I think people who think this way are cowards. I hear O'Reilly say this too, but I don't know exactly HOW. Please explain, someone. I would say not being distrustful would be naive. I'd rather be distrustful than naive!

Quote from Thomas Jefferson:
"when the people fear the government, there is tyranny. When the government fears the people, there is liberty."

I just wanted to emphasize one more thing: virtually everyone in this country hates prez Bush. The approval rates in this country are abysmal. Utah is one of the few places where people still support him. So what is more embarrasing? People see us approving of a job that they themselves do not approve of. They probably think we're all morons. And maybe we are. I don;t think they're going to look down on us because our mayor has the guts to call this president out on all his ATROCITIES.

morally superior wrote:

I just wanted to emphasize one more thing: virtually everyone in this country hates prez Bush. The approval rates in this country are abysmal. Utah is one of the few places where people still support him. So what is more embarrasing? People see us approving of a job that they themselves do not approve of. They probably think we're all morons. And maybe we are. I don;t think they're going to look down on us because our mayor has the guts to call this president out on all his ATROCITIES.


You are so full of S..T, the vocal minority hate this President. I challenge you to go see the movie "world trade center" and then come tell me this president is doing the wrong thing fighting terrorists. You live out in rural Utah and you pretend to know what its all about. Go ask the 3,000+ victims from 9-11 and tell them what Bush is doing is BS. Only a very small few what agree with idiots like you. Your full of hate and Bush is the target you choose. Rocky Anderson is a laughing joke to all but a few of you that can't see past the end of your noses. His stance on most issues in laughable. How the people of SLC elected him twice I will never understand. But, one thing is for sure, he wouldnt be elected again. You can go protest with Rocky, Cindy and the rest of your Anti-American pals, because that is the freedom people like Bush have provided for you...

I kinda hesitate to start arguing with you, because I'm worried you're mentally challenged or something. But I will anyways.
Ever heard of polls? They show that the majority of Americans do not like Bush. So those numbers would prove you wrong.
I do live in rural Utah. What's your point?
I have talked to 9/11 victims. Well one, at least. She doesn't like the president. He cut and run from Osama, and she wants justice! Bush has failed miserably to find Osama.
You're right about being filled with hate and directing it at Bush. That describes me well, and I am directing my anger very appropriately.
Rocky would get elected again, in a landslide. SLC is not like the rest of Utah.
If people are protesting, that means they care about what's going on, whether or not you agree with them. How that makes them un-American, I don't know. Try and come up with a more creative description, you ripped that term off from O'Reilly and Hannity. It's the people who do nothing and say nothing that are un-American.
Wow, what a well spoken rebuttal to someone who is semi-retarded. I'm proud of myself.

dailyherald wrote:

Salt Lake City Mayor Rocky Anderson's attack on the character of President Bush must be an embarrassment to us all.His announcement to lead a protest against the President's visit to Utah lacks statesmanship and is shameful to citizens of this state.

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I don't agree with Ross Anderson on many things, and I will not call him Rocky, his legal given name is Ross. But I do agree with him here in pretesting King George. I agree with the other posters in that Utah is the real embarrassment here. In a country that is really starting to despise Bush, (and I do believe these poll numbers.)
Utah still continues to overwhelmingly still support this evil man. It sickens me to see such stupidity here in my state. The government is thouroughly corrupt, yet the people in Utah (those poll numbers again) still support it. I am utterly opposed to those that seek to take away my liberties and enslave me and everyone else in this country. Is it some tiny little country in the Middle East that is trying to do this with their "WMD's"? Of course not. I am not concerned about any of those tiny countries thousands of miles away doing us any real harm. Having said that, I still believe the Soviet Union and China are the biggest outside threat to us. then there is the invasion taking place at our southern border with all those criminal aliens coming over and trying to take the western US away from us and claim it for Mexico.
To me the biggest threat comes not from without, it comes from within. Inside our own government. They are the ones taking away our liberties piece by piece and enslaving us with legislation. Yet most people put up with it and even support it, and the people that are taking it from us within our own state. Namely pretend Senator Hatch, pretend Senator Bennett, and Chris "amnesty" Cannon at the forefront. When are people going to wake up and stop supporting these traitors.