a shout out to salt lake city mayor rocky anderson!!!

i don't live in salt lake city but rocky is sure speaking for ME. it's a damn shame people so blindly follow king george. just because someone is a republican????? how can ANYONE admire king george after all he has done (and in the case of katrina, NOT done)???? how can anyone follow someone who lies, makes horrible decision after horrible decision (we ALL make mistakes but king george makes NOTHING but mistakes), spits in the faces of the people AND stomps on the constitution of the united states of america? let's be real if a non-republican did just ONE of the things king george did, she or he would be eviscerated. USE YOUR HEADS

GOP callers overwhelm City Hall lines
Extra help hired: More than 300 people responded to Republican ads urging them to tell the SLC mayor his protest is 'embarrassing'
By Heather May The Salt Lake Tribune Salt Lake Tribune
Offended by Rocky Anderson's plans to protest President Bush this week, the Utah Republican Party is waging a public-relations campaign urging Utahns to call the mayor and tell him to "stop embarrassing" the state. And while Utahns have listened - flooding City Hall with almost 300 calls and overwhelming the phone system - Anderson hasn't. Salt Lake City's mayor isn't altering his protest plans. "Given the nastiness of some of these people, it actually just bolsters my resolve," said Anderson, who previously alleged that the "real embarrassment" is Utahns' unwavering support of Bush. The GOP acknowledged that its push, sending out thousands of voice-mail messages to Republicans and running ads on about 20 radio stations around the state, wouldn't change Anderson's mind. "This is all about letting the rest of Utah have a voice to counter his voice," said Utah Republican Party Executive Director Jeff Hartley. "We want to make sure the rest of Utah at least lets him know they disagree with his behavior. It may not change his behavior, but he will at least know he doesn't get a free pass when he embarrasses the state." Hartley said party headquarters and Republican elected officials have received "dozens" of calls from people upset that Anderson, a Democrat, is speaking at the protest and invited Cindy Sheehan to join him. Since Sheehan's son died in Iraq in 2004, she has become a national face of the anti-war movement. Ads started running Monday with heavy play in Utah's rural counties, where residents are "hopping mad this man is representing our state to the world," Hartley said. City Hall was inundated with calls Monday and hired three temporary workers to handle them. The city won't ask the Republican Party to pick up the $144 tab for the temps and the $1,000 extra cost to the phone system. "It's part of the democratic process," Anderson said. "It's part of being responsive." And the GOP won't offer to pay. Hartley was glad to hear about the volume of calls to tell the mayor "he's gone too far off the reservation of sanity." "He's using the people of Utah and using his position as mayor to draw national attention to himself. It's clear he wants to be a national figure. It's clear he's using his office to get there." Anderson announced last month he wouldn't seek a third term as mayor. He said the protest has "nothing" to do with his future plans. "These people are so deluded. They make this stuff up as they go along." ........