Karen, at left.
Posted on 04/08/2025 8:16:50 PM PDT by simpson96
Karen Chickering counts herself among the Vermonters appalled by President Donald Trump's stance toward Canada, from his tariff threats to remarks about annexation. Rather than just stew over it, the 69-year-old Burlington woman decided to make amends.
On March 15, Chickering drove up to the border town of Sutton, Québec, and went into every store she could find. She looked for something to buy — usually a piece of chocolate — then went up to the counter and explained the real purpose of her visit: to say sorry about the guy in Washington, D.C.
She asked whether each shop might be willing to display a handmade poster, either in the back, for staff, or out front, for the world to see. The posters featured the words "Vermont loves Canada," inside a big red heart, beneath which Chickering wrote, "Neighbors by chance, friends by choice. Merci, Canada!"
"I wanted to show our neighbors, our friends for hundreds of years, that we appreciated them and we weren't the threat," she said.
The apology tour was a nerve-racking venture for the self-described introvert, made more so by the fact that some younger store clerks weren't quite sure what to make of a gray-haired poster peddler. But those old enough to recognize how damaging Trump has been to U.S.-Canada relations were touched, Chickering said.
Many mentioned that friends are no longer crossing the border in protest of U.S. policies. Some recalled how other Vermonters had stopped by to offer similar regrets. A few even burst into tears.
"We had shared lots of hugs and stories," Chickering said, "and I left feeling like I had done, on a small scale, something positive."
Karen, at left.
Can we trade Vermont for Alberta?
I don’t like to critique appearances, but that’s almost too much ugly for one single photo.
No, wait a minute. Is the goof with the glasses a guy?
Karen, apropos..................
She still pines for the late 1960’s protests, I’m sure.
...and the 70’s Vietnam War protests.
...and the 80’s ‘No Nukes’ protests.
Etc.
Sigh….thats why we can’t have nice things.
Deny her reentry
She just wants an excuse to load up on chocolate ...
Exactly, if she loves her Canuck socialista friends so much, she can live with them for the rest of her days.
Most likely.
Ha ha. Bad French teeth.
A 69 year-old woman from Vermont.... Who would have thought?
From her Facebook page. Her posts and her photos section are loaded with hatred towards President Trump.
"Mail those postcards today!", she states.
You lost, Karen (appropriate), and with JD you won’t see another favorite of yours as President for as long as you live. Piss off and stay in Canada.
Crazy old mountain lady…the woods up there are full of them. They’re innocently ignorant beyond belief. I happen to know one personally and when it comes to anything regarding, history, politics, civics or economics she is totally lost in space while honestly believing everything she hears on NPR or reads in the Boston Globe and The New York Times.
Yea, I think his name is Geddy Lee.
Take off to the Great White North - take off.
(Geddy’s highest charting song!)
Would a trade of Vermont for Greenland work? We could throw in Colorado!
If she rally means it, she must hug a Polar Bear to prove it. The hungry 1200 pound bear will hug her back and all will be good. Now off you go Karen.
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