Published on Friday, January 22, 2010
By LA Daily News Staff Writer
Here are some of the comments made by Santa Clarita City Councilman Bob Kellar at a Jan. 16 anti-illegal-immigration rally.
(In his statement, he refers to a Theodore Roosevelt quote which read in part, "We have room for but one flag, the American flag... We have room for but one language here, and that is the English language.")
"We have got to wake up America. I know you guys are engaged and you understand. But I'm telling you this is serious. And if I sound like a radical, thank you. I consider that a compliment.
"Roger (a previous speaker at the rally) a moment ago mentioned what Teddy Roosevelt had said, and he was right on: One flag, one language.
"I read that comment by Teddy Roosevelt at one of our council meetings a couple years ago. I said, `Folks this is important.'
"The only thing I heard back from a couple people was `Bob you sound like a racist.'
"I said, `That's good. If that's what you think I am because I happen to believe in America. I'm a proud racist
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