Excellent. This is the same thing ANY voter should do to ANY Political party that REFUSES to represent them, for ANY reason.
Scott > Former S.L. mayor Rocky Anderson_divorces himself from 'gutless' > Democratic Party_ > > by Dennis Romboy > The Deseret News > (Salt Lake City, Utah) > 8/12/11 > > SALT LAKE CITY — One of Utah's most liberal politicians has divorced > himself from the Democratic Party. > > > In a harshly worded email, former Salt Lake City Mayor Rocky Anderson > this week asked the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee to > remove his name from its list. > > > "I'm done with the Democratic Party. As I said on Amy Goodman's show a > couple years ago, I've put my 'Proud Democrat' coffee mug in storage. > I think now I'll just throw it in the garbage and have done with it," > he wrote. > > > Anderson said in an interview that he thinks people are fed up with > the Democratic and Republican parties, Congress and the Obama > administration to the point of being ready to do something about it. > > > "I think the answer is a new political party that actually will > advocate for and promote the interests of the public rather than the > narrow interests of the wealthy who bought and paid for not only > Congress but the White House," he said. > > > Though he doesn't have plans to run for office, Anderson said he would > be interested in working with others to form a new party. > > > Anderson, executive director of High Road for Human Rights, listed > several issues on which he believes Democrats have failed to "stand > strong" as the party espouses. > > > "How dare you send an email with the subject line 'Standing strong,'" > he wrote. "You didn't do it on Iraq; you didn't do it on torture; you > didn't do it on signing statements; you haven't done it on > Afghanistan; you haven't done it on defense spending; you haven't done > it on real health care reform; you haven't done it on energy policy > and the climate crisis; you haven't done it on the evisceration of our > system of checks and balances through the invocation of the state > secrets doctrine; and you haven't done it on the debt ceiling fiasco." > > > Anderson wrote that he wants no part of the Democratic Party until it > "shows some spine and draws a line in the sand — that an end to the > tax breaks for the wealthy needs to be part of any debt/budget bill." > > > He says he can count on one hand those who have stood strong in > Congress, "and they have faced nothing but opposition by Nancy Pelosi > and most of the rest of the so-called Democrats." > > > A good chunk of the letter deals with what he sees as the party > ignoring torture and war crimes at the highest level of government. > > > "The Constitution has been eviscerated while Democrats have stood by > with nary a whimper," he wrote. "It is a gutless, unprincipled party, > bought and paid for by the same interests that buy and pay for the > Republican Party." > > > > http://www.deseretnews.com/article/705389115/Former-SL-mayor-Rocky-Anderson-divorces-himself-from-gutless-Democratic-Party.html > > > > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------------------ --------------------------------------------------------------------------- LAAMN: Los Angeles Alternative Media Network --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Unsubscribe: <mailto:[email protected]> --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Subscribe: <mailto:[email protected]> --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Digest: <mailto:[email protected]> --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Help: <mailto:[email protected]?subject=laamn> --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Post: <mailto:[email protected]> --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Archive1: <http://www.egroups.com/messages/laamn> --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Archive2: <http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]> --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/laamn/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/laamn/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: [email protected] [email protected] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [email protected] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
