Leahy Dismisses Conservative Boycott Of Vermont - Hugh Hewitt says "Let's FReep these CREEPS!"

WCAX-TV (Burlington, Vermont) ^ | 06/02/2002 | Andy Potter, Channel 3 news

[RonDog]

Leahy Dismisses Conservative Boycott Of Vermont

Burlington, Vermont - June 2, 2002

A radio talk show host is launching an attack against Senator Patrick Leahy reminiscent of the battle over civil unions. When Vermont adopted the landmark legislation giving homosexual couples the rights of marriage, an explosion of angry letters and emails flooded in from around the country. Some threatened to boycott Vermont entirely. Now comes another frenzy -- aimed at Leahy for blocking conservative judges from appointment to federal courts.

Leahy wins applause almost everywhere he goes here at home. After all, he's brought back a lot of federal money during his 28 years in Washington. The new City Market in Burlington never would have been built without the grant that Leahy secured. The crowd at the market's grand opening on Saturday was glad that he held up several Bush administration nominees to federal court -- including personal favorites of Attorney General John Ashcroft. Leahy joked, "I'll tell Attorney General Ashcroft I will speed up the process when he speeds up sending better people." the crowd cheered its approval.

But outside Vermont, among conservatives, Leahy has become a national lightning rod. The latest strike against him comes from syndicated radio talk show host Hugh Hewitt, who launched an email campaign to boycott Vermont tourism.

"It's targeted at Senator Leahy and it's all wrapped around the judicial nominations," Chris Barbieri of the Vermont Chamber of Commerce acknowledged. But he's not too worried. As a result of Leahy's block against the judicial nominations, the Chamber has received 250 emails threatening to cancel visits to Vermont.

"250 boycott emails is really nothing significant," he told Channel 3. "We get eight to eight-and-a-half million visitors every year. We get about five million in the summer and fall, and 250-300 is really a drop in the bucket. It's not really going to have any impact."

Leahy also dismissed the boycott: "As everybody has said, this happens about every year on one issue or another. And it ends up we just get publicity for Vermont and more people end up coming here."

"A rainy weekend in the summer costs us a lot more tourist business than this will ever cost us," Barbieri added.

Leahy says he'll move ahead with the majority of judge nominations, but don't expect him to budge on account of a boycott that appears to be a bust.

Andy Potter, Channel 3 news.

[SkyPilot]

"really a drop in the bucket. "

"this happens about every year on one issue or another"

"A rainy weekend in the summer costs us a lot more tourist business than this will ever cost us,"

Then why are you all commenting on it? They are scared of it getting publicity, so they are in "SPIN MODE." Nothing to worry about. Ha, we laugh in their faces!

Sure.

[Grampa Dave]

Hugh does this and targets the real enemy.

Rush targets our president and forgets the real enemy!

Which talkshow should conservatives listen to?

[RonDog]

250 boycott emails is really nothing significant,

Except they tell their friends and they tell their friends....

EXACTLY!

From http://www.lindalarsen.com/Complaining%20Customers_golder.htm:

"Complaining customers are the exception.

Research conducted by TARP, Inc. found that for every complaint a company receives, there are 26 other customers with a problem and they won’t tell you about it. They will, however, spread negative word-of-mouth advertising to 11 people on average.

If unhappy customers don’t complain, you can’t retain. The first step toward turning complaining customers into loyal customers is to get customers to complain. Dissatisfied customers are often silent, opting to switch brands rather than talk."

from
http://payitforward.warnerbros.com/Pay_It_Forward

PAY BACK can be a bitch, too.

[Victoria Delsoul]

Bump!

[nutmeg]

Vermont ping!

[nutmeg]

MA ping!

[nutmeg]

CT (and a few New Yorkers) ping!

[nutmeg]

RI ping!

[nightdriver]

"Leahy wins applause almost everywhere he goes here at home. After all, he's brought back a lot of federal money during his 28 years in Washington.

Unfortunately, this is all that matters to all too many Americans.

The siren sound of socialism always seems to lure populations to their demise.

[Angelique]

LOL

[RonDog]

Thanks for the greater New England-area pings!

We need to whack the Vermont tourism industry NOW the way that black activists whacked the Arizona tourism industry THEN.

From http://odin.indstate.edu/Newsletter/jan98.html:

"In 1986, Ronald Reagan declared the first Monday in January a federal holiday in honor of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. However, many states had started celebrating the holiday before 1986. In Atlanta, the holiday has been celebrated since January 1969, 9 months after King's assassination. In total, 27 states, and Washington D.C., had been celebrating before President Reagan's declaration.

There were opponents to making the holiday federally recognized, but by 1991, all states except Arizona had adopted the federal holiday. In 1986, the bill was defeated by one vote in the Arizona State legislature. Even though defeated, the Governor signed an executive order making King's birthday a holiday. The new Governor elect rescinded the order in January of 1987. Because of their refusal to recognize the holiday, many entertainers and conventions boycotted the state. Also, the 1993 Super Bowl, which was to have been held in Phoenix, was moved to Pasadena in protest. Sometime later, Arizona caught up with the rest of the nation..."

[MeekOneGOP]

bumpity bump!

[MeekOneGOP]

Looks like leahy and daschle are doing the Obstructionist Tango, huh?............

Tiny Tommy Da$$hole:
What did he obstruct?
And when did he obstruct it?
Free the Daschle Fifty
http://freedom.house.gov/library/economics/dasch50.asp

House Majority Leader Dick Armey today called upon Senate Majority Leader Tom Daschle to vote on 50 bills that have passed the House and are stalled in the Senate.

"The American people want action," said Armey. "They don't want political posturing. The Democrat-led Senate has a responsibility to vote on legislation. In fact, it's their job."

[LoneGOPinCT]

I gave up snowmobiling in VT years ago. The trails that we VAST (VT Assoc. of Snow Travelers)members built, maintained, and repaired were littered with cross country skiers who went out of their way to inconvenience sledders and make us feel unwelcome on the trail system we were responsible for. As usual, there were some perfectly pleasant folk who would smile and wave as we passed, but most were the typical yuppie tree hugger-types who were resentful of those of us who dared enjoy the VT wilderness via internal combustion engine.

Snowmobilers, stick to NH and ME (not politically much better). The trails are better and less crowded and the eco's haven't taken over yet. Better yet, go to Canada where the locals actually value the business that snowmobilers bring.

[DLfromthedesert]

Yes, and it comes in low calorie versions; like the fudge pops.

[inspector]

Vermont is where the liberal minded rich go to vacation while driving past the trailer park poor who provide all of the essential services for them.

[kcvl]

Check all your purchases to see if they are made in Vermont. Be sure to call the number on the package if they are and tell them about it. I guarantee that will wake them up.

[MinuteGal]

Up among Vermontillians
Maple sap flows by the zillions
So it's always extra tummies that they want
They've got an awful lot of syrup in Vermont

They don't sell cherry soda
'Cause they've got to fill their quota
If we boycott, then they surely cahnt
They've got way too many saps up in Vermont

Leni

[PBRSTREETGANG]

I usually ski in Vermont a couple of times a year. I didn't this past winter. Jeffords was the last straw.

[mwl1]

Leahy is bluffing. Working together, this boycott will most definitely add up.