Just Say No to VermontMy WorldNetDaily column of (May 29, 2002) put out an argument for a vacation boycott of Vermont. The case for this boycott grew even more compelling on June 3, 2002 when Senator Leahy directed the staff of the Judiciary Committee to demand internal memos from the Office of the Solicitor General from the days when Miguel Estrada was a Deputy Solicitor General. This is a fishing expedition of the worst sort, and the Administration will of course reject this demand, giving Leahy an excuse --threadbare and repugnant, but an excuse nonetheless-- to delay Estrada and other nominees to the federal appeals bench for months into the future.
The answer of course is to elect a GOP majority and strip Leahy of his power to impose this one-man blockade. Help do that by contributing to the leading GOP candidates in races where a Democratic incumbent is on the ropes: www.JohnThune.com; www.ColemanforSenate.com; www.TalentforSenate.com; www.Saxby.org.
But the story of Leahy's outrageous tactics must make it to Vermont as well, and there is no better way to get a State to look up than by telling it you are not going there for vacation. Hundreds of you have already done so, as the spokesman for the Vermont Chamber of Commerce stated on Channel 3 news in Burlington this weekend. But he also professed to not be bothered by this as Vermont captures millions of tourists and their dollars.
So I guess the volume needs to be turned up if Leahy is going to hear anything from his constituents. E-mail the chamber at www.vtchamber.com. And let the editor of the Burlington Free Press know as well. But most important is your random selection of a travel destination --hotel, B&B, or ski resort-- that you might have visited but now won't. Make sure to let them know that their establishment is off your radar because Estrada and seven other nominees --sent to the Senate more than a year ago-- are off Leahy's scope.
Repetition matters. Many of you tell me that your contribution budget is tapped out and ask what else you can do. Well take up this cause, and let the media in Vermont and beyond know what you are doing and why. "Critical mass" is only a few weeks of activism away.
Hey VT... bite me!
Trajan88; TAMU Class of '88
With Leahy's arrogance, Vermont is now asking God to humble them. It could be a very wet summer in Vermont. He forgets God and one good man makes a majority. Hugh is that man.
"...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 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..."Leahy also dismissed the boycott...
"A rainy weekend in the summer costs us a lot more tourist business than this will ever cost us," Barbieri added.
Them's FIGHTIN' words!
Let's show "Leaky Leahy" and the weasels at the Vermont Chamber of Commerce some REALLY "significant" FReeping!
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If you listen to Hugh Hewitt, or read his WND commentaries,
this PING list is for YOU!
Please post your comments, and BUMP! (If you want OFF - or ON - my "Hugh Hewitt PING list" - please let me know)
From Ethan Allen and the Green Mountain Boys to
a latter-day Benedict Arnold.
Keep your maple-syrup candy and sheep.
Americans will ski the other states.
That is my email to the paper and C of C.
FReep the Freaks!
Except they tell their friends and they tell their friends....
"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.
Unfortunately, this is all that matters to all too many Americans.
The siren sound of socialism always seems to lure populations to their demise.
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