In Vermont, a Town-Meeting revolt over Iraq war

The Christian Science Monitor ^ | 2/28/05 | Sara B. Miller

[common-sense-man-1776]

To Mr. Scotch, who makes buttons reading "Only Resolution Can Stop War" in his dining room, it's the best approach available. To many others, it is nothing short of antiwar propaganda. "If you call a meeting in Town Square to denounce [President] Bush, that is fine," says John McClaughry, moderator of the Kirby Town Meeting since 1967. "But they are hijacking Town Meeting ... to protest a completely different agenda."

Scotch has received e-mail calling him foxy, guileful, insidious, sly, and devious, among other things. But he maintains that the movement is not easily defined along political lines.

[common-sense-man-1776]

Let me see, how many "Resolutions" did the "Great and Powerful UN" issue about Iraq? I think Mr. Scotch is tipping the bottle with some UN people making those buttons. My button reads "Peace through Victory!"

As for "...the movement is not easily defined along political lines." "Political lines" in his mind is either liberal (over 50 yrs old) or progressive (49 and under).

[Paladin2]

I want to see them carrying "Stop Jihad Now!" signs.

[Argus]

Ethan Allen weeps.

[Darkwolf377]

A bunch of leftist coots sit on their fat maple-syryp-sticky asses and refuse to see the move to liberty ACROSS THE WHOLE PLANET which our soldiers have helped make happen. They need to be HEARD because they're liberals, damnit, who cares that Saddam isn't stacking up bodies like cordwood? They are cranky Vermont libs and it's time THEY were listened to!!!!

Go play with the cows on Ben & Jerry's land, old fools.

[DM1]

"Go play with the cows on Ben & Jerry's land, old fools."
oh i think he does moer than PLAY with them - in fact what he does with animals is downright illegal i am sure

[okie01]

But he maintains that the movement is not easily defined along political lines.

I'd say it's defined neatly by right-thinking Americans on the one hand and loony left A.N.S.W.E.R. peaceniks on the other.

[Lancey Howard]

Bush won, Bush WON, BUSH WON!!!

[thackney]

My button reads "Peace through Victory!"

[donmeaker]

I too am against the war. The terrorists should surrender immediately.




Thanks Ann.

[Darkwolf377]

Not in Vermont it ain't. ;)

[popdonnelly]

"The terrorists should surrender immediately."

Now there's a novel idea. Put the onus for the continuing deaths exactly where it belongs. On this phony "insurgency".

[Heatseeker]

Ms. Racht, who helped shepherd Huntington's petition, says she doesn't want to cause more hardship for families with loved ones in Iraq. "But I feel we have a state National Guard that's in Iraq and shouldn't be there. People who went into the Guard thought they would be doing things like floods. They weren't expecting to go and be part of an army fighting a war."

I think being given guns and taught how to use them might have been a bit of a clue.

[nosofar]

in fact what he does with animals is downright illegal i am sure

No for long.

[A message]

ding, ding, ding !

[Mad Mammoth]

Who cares what a bunch of left-wing ding-a-lings in Vermont think? They're as useless and irrelevant to U.S. foreign policy as that proverbial accordion on a duck hunting trip. (thank you SecDef Rumsfeld!)

[Alonzo]

Vermont used to be a great place to live...before all those very unusual people from Massachusetts moved there.

[A message]

yep I agree

and my nickname for Rumsfeld is, "Nails"

cause that is what he is as tough as.....

Go get em Nails