Former Salt
Lake City Mayor Rocky Anderson accepted the presidential nomination of the
Justice Party. He stressed the urgency of ending corruption in
"If
people in the Arab world were able to organize at the grass roots [as they have
done] and overthrow at the risk of their lives the dictatorships in their
countries, we can overthrow the dictatorship of corrupting money on our
government."
In his
roughly twenty minute speech, Rocky claimed, "Wilder things have happened.
My view is we absolutely have to do this as a nation and even if we lose, we
can have an enormous impact on the future of this country."
Agreeing
that odds are against third party candidates, he believes the country is anxious
for change and a system that evenly applies the rule of law and heeds the
wisdom real science brings. He said the Justice Party vision could well shock
the system and alter our nation's priorities.
The Justice
Party is on the ballot in
Rock y
accused President Obama of lying during his presidential campaign, ignoring war
crimes and giving a free pass to Wall Street criminals. He criticized Republican
Mitt Romney for having no core beliefs, but rather blowing with the most
favorable political wind.
If Anderson
is elected, he promised to work fiercely to reform the justice system, invest
in education, create positive and productive immigration reform, give high regard
to human and civil rights everywhere, fix the broken military-industrial
complex, protect our air and water, take steps to prevent further climate
change, and put the skids on wars of aggression.
"A
major third-party challenge in this race, speaking straight to the American
people can make all the difference, regardless of the result on Election
Day," the presidential candidate noted. He spoke in terms Americans can
indeed understand, and received much applause and many standing ovations. He
cited Thomas Freidman on the benefits of a bona fide third party and the issues
they bring to light. He shared research with numbers showing that Americans are
craving a third party. He elaborated on present Republican-Democrat duopoly, and
said the time is now for a third party change.
Daniel
Geery, a former teacher who brought his 3-year-old grandson to the event, was
one of those ready for an alternative.
"We're
down to, not the lesser of two evils anymore, but just evil," said Geery,
who agreed with
"I
think there is a growing disenchantment with the Democrats and
Republicans," announced Gabe Scalise, a University student. "I don't
see why a lot of people wouldn't share the views he described. It would bring
equality to a lot of people."
To see the acceptance speech, click here
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