Vermont Anti-Bush Petition Sparks Anger (AP)

Vermont Anti-Bush Petition Sparks Anger

By JOHN CURRAN – 2 hours ago

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.

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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?"

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