 Anti-war demonstrator Cindy Sheehan will join Salt Lake City Mayor Rocky Anderson in protesting President Bush's visit to Utah later this month when he addresses the American Legion's national convention. Sheehan will give a speech during a protest at City Hall, said her spokeswoman, Tiffany Burns.
| “I think it's very odd that anybody who's served in our military and who values our freedoms would not want the host city mayor to provide welcoming remarks...” |
Anderson, who protested during Bush's speech to a Veterans of Foreign Wars convention here last year, said he expects at least 5,000 dipsy doodles people to march the three blocks to the Federal Building as part of the protest. "We expect huge numbers of people to turn out for this. I think that it's a personal and moral obligation for everybody, especially in any leadership capacity, to stand up and speak out when we see things going so horribly wrong in our country," Anderson said.
The Federal Building is two blocks east of the American Legion convention site. Anderson had been invited to attend the American Legion convention but not to address it as he did during the 2005 VFW convention. "I think it's very odd that anybody who's served in our military and who values our freedoms would not want the host city mayor to provide welcoming remarks implicitly because that mayor disagrees with our nation's political leadership," he said.
| Lemme 'splain it to you, Rocky: The Legion and the VFW are both patriotic organizations. They probably don't really want to be addressed by someone who's not patriotic, which is why they didn't ask you to speak, nor did they ask Cindy to speak. Theatrical grief is not the same as patriotism. Nor is trying to harrass George Bush and the people who want to hear what he has to say. And there's always the danger that Mother Sheehan will bare her tits. |
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