Rocky Versus the Capitalists

Counterpunch:

There are no candidates for president who have the breadth of political accomplishment and progressive credentials to match Rocky Anderson, a Mister Rogers look alike, whose gentle, but firm, voice resonates deeply in any venue. This is the man who took on ‘W’s Administration, before, during, and after the Iraq invasion, traveling across the land crying out for im...peachment, testifying before the U. S. House Judiciary Committee: “There has never been a more compelling case for impeachment.”

Rocky’s indomitable, audacious opposition, coast-to-coast in speeches and public meetings, calling for impeachment, earned him the accolade, “One of the most outspoken critics of the Bush Administration and the Iraq War,” by Democracy Now’s Amy Goodman, proof positive of his political courage.

He is one of America’s progressive bulldogs, never letting go in the face of improprieties by public officials, publicly opposing Reagan’s efforts to overthrow the government of Nicaragua and going so far as to organize two trips to Nicaragua for dozens of Utahans to see first hand what was happening in Nicaragua.

Rocky is unabashedly progressive in every aspect of life. As mayor, he turned Salt Lake City into one of the Greenest cities in the world, internationally renowned for his Salt Lake City Green Program, he achieved 31% reduction in greenhouse gas emissions from municipal operations in 3 years; dramatically improved efficiency of the city’s fleet; established a bicycle and pedestrian friendly city; established cogeneration plants, doubled recycling, and recaptured methane gas from landfills to generate electricity, committing Salt Lake City to the Kyoto Protocols, surpassing Kyoto standards seven years ahead of schedule. WOW! If only America could do the same, setting an example for the world, we might not spend so many sleepless nights worrying about lonely polar bears floating on tiny ice flows.

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