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Vermont anti-Bush petition sparks anger [people who say residents are "wackjobs" and "nuts.".....]
breitbart.com ^

Posted on 01/30/2008 3:49:02 AM PST by Sub-Driver

Vermont Anti-Bush Petition Sparks Anger Jan 30 05:20 AM US/Eastern By JOHN CURRAN Associated Press Writer BRATTLEBORO, Vt. (AP) - A town petition making President Bush and Vice President Dick Cheney subject to arrest for crimes against the Constitution has triggered a barrage of criticism from people who say residents are "wackjobs" and "nuts."

In e-mail messages, voicemail messages and telephone calls, outraged people are calling the measure the equivalent of treason and vowing never to visit Vermont.

"Has everyone up there been out in the cold too long?" said one.

"I would like to know how I could get some water from your town," said another. "It's obvious that there is something special in it."

The petition—with more than 436 signatures, or at least the 5 percent of voters necessary to be considered—was submitted Thursday and the town Select Board voted 3-2 Friday to put it on the ballot. It goes to a town-wide vote March 4.

It reads: "Shall the Selectboard instruct the Town Attorney to draft indictments against President Bush and Vice President Cheney for crimes against our Constitution, and publish said indictments for consideration by other authorities and shall it be the law of the Town of Brattleboro that the Brattleboro Police, pursuant to the above- mentioned indictments, arrest and detain George Bush and Richard Cheney in Brattleboro if they are not duly impeached, and prosecute or extradite them to other authorities that may reasonably contend to prosecute them?"

News of the measure made the rounds on the Internet, and soon people started calling and writing. The Brattleboro Area Chamber of Commerce got about 60 e-mails Monday, all of them negative, said Executive Director Jerry Goldberg.

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TOPICS: Culture/Society; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: Vermont
KEYWORDS: brattleboro; nutjobs; sillydems
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To: Sub-Driver

The problem is that these people just have too much time on their hands...

They need something to do with their time when they’re not collecting sugar maple sap...

Mark


21 posted on 01/30/2008 5:25:05 AM PST by MarkL
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To: TNCMAXQ

We have property up there where we go for weekends to get away - I refuse to let the old hippies ruin it for me.

In the nearest “big” town, there is an Iraq war protest every Saturday morning. We usually try to avoid it, but the few times we’ve caught it, it is truly pathetic. A handful of the over 60 crowd, still looking wild & unwashed standing around in clothes left over from the 60’s w/ signs left over from the 60’s. Told my husband in another year or too, the wheelchairs and walkers will outnumber the bikes & VW micro buses.

And this is a college town. This group is so pathetic they can’t even round up one or two college kids!!


22 posted on 01/30/2008 5:34:19 AM PST by KosmicKitty (WARNING: Hormonally crazed woman ahead!!)
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To: PubliusMM

“any threats would be taken seriously and possibly prosecuted. So far, no threats have been made”

So what’s the problem?


23 posted on 01/30/2008 5:37:07 AM PST by toddlintown (Building More Highways For Children---Huckleberry Talking Point)
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To: Sub-Driver

“...for crimes against our Constitution,...”
That sounds like the Soviet Union’s infamous charge of anti-revolutionary activities.
Is Ver


24 posted on 01/30/2008 5:48:02 AM PST by em2vn
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To: PubliusMM

Ready, Aim, Fire!


25 posted on 01/30/2008 5:50:11 AM PST by usslsm51
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To: toddlintown

Somebody don’t like us Baaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!!


26 posted on 01/30/2008 5:51:19 AM PST by usslsm51
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To: Sub-Driver

Liberals are so childish.


27 posted on 01/30/2008 5:54:31 AM PST by reagan_fanatic (If McCain wins, we lose)
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To: Sub-Driver

They’ll never get over the agony of their dear billyblythe being impeached. They’re out to exact revenge, and they don’t care how or who.

Rabid, blind fools


28 posted on 01/30/2008 5:57:40 AM PST by bannie (clintons CHEAT! AAAALLWAYS!)
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To: Sub-Driver

I’d like this to pass....and then for Bush to purposely visit the town.....and see if the Secret Service will allow them to arrest him.

I spend a lot of time in VT.....good fishing.....and they ARE nutty up there.


29 posted on 01/30/2008 6:01:14 AM PST by ElectricStrawberry (1/27 Wolfhounds...cut in half during the Clinton years.)
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To: Sub-Driver

Well it is good to see that they are taking a hard line approach to certain “criminals”. Since they are soft on child rapists (don’t have the link but I am sure we all rememeber that about VT) one can only expect them to be “by the book” with the legaly elected representatives of our nation’s government. I mean it’s Bush they are after. Only makes sense. Right?

/sarcasm off

I think the cold is seeping into their brains and doing serious damage. And I have good friends that live there and have to deal with idiots like that every day. But is some beautiful landscape up there all year round.


30 posted on 01/30/2008 6:03:22 AM PST by SabianKinslow
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To: Sub-Driver

“Resident Kurt Daims, who submitted the petition, said late Tuesday he was chagrined that the town and its employees were subject to ridicule.

“I feel bad for people who are loyal to Bush who have lost a son or had one in the service and it’s hard for them to admit the utter waste of it, and that it was caused by this man in the White House,” he said.”

What an absolute, unadulterated jackass. Just listen to the condescension in his words when speaking of the family members of deceased military members. Jeffords country, indeed.


31 posted on 01/30/2008 7:17:53 AM PST by Roberts
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To: Sub-Driver

Typical liberal facists. Threaten to arrest and imprison anyone who dare opposes them.


32 posted on 01/30/2008 9:27:17 AM PST by rockthecasbah (He has sounded forth the trumpet that shall never call retreat.)
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To: rockthecasbah
facist spelled fascist (sp)
33 posted on 01/30/2008 9:28:42 AM PST by rockthecasbah (He has sounded forth the trumpet that shall never call retreat.)
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To: KosmicKitty

“Vermont - where old hippies go to die!”

They can’t die fast enough


34 posted on 01/30/2008 9:32:26 AM PST by rockthecasbah (He has sounded forth the trumpet that shall never call retreat.)
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To: rockthecasbah

“The petition prompted Brent Caflisch to go to his computer in Rosemount, Minn. “Maybe the terrorists will do us all a favor and attack your town next, our country would be much safer with several thousand dead wackjobs in Vermont,” he wrote.”

This guy might be my long lost twin!


35 posted on 01/30/2008 9:46:17 AM PST by ohioman
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To: Sub-Driver
The reaction caught town officials off guard, and left some workers on edge.

"We have some concerns about safety," said Town Clerk Annette Cappy. "After reading some of these e-mails, you can't help it."

Islamic terrorists with bombs don't worry us, but those Freepers with e-mail are scary!

36 posted on 01/30/2008 3:03:49 PM PST by Bubba_Leroy ("I believe in Santa Claus. I believe in the tooth fairy." - John Edwards)
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To: KosmicKitty
Told my husband in another year or too, the wheelchairs and walkers will outnumber the bikes & VW micro buses.


37 posted on 01/30/2008 3:11:39 PM PST by Bubba_Leroy ("I believe in Santa Claus. I believe in the tooth fairy." - John Edwards)
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To: Bubba_Leroy

ROFLMAO

Yep, that picture could have been taken at the anti-war protests we’ve seen!!


38 posted on 01/30/2008 3:41:22 PM PST by KosmicKitty (WARNING: Hormonally crazed woman ahead!!)
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To: Dog

I gotta live with these people.

sigh...


39 posted on 01/30/2008 8:24:18 PM PST by Straight Vermonter (Posting from deep behind the Maple Curtain)
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