{"id":4347,"date":"2007-12-28T21:08:36","date_gmt":"2007-12-29T03:08:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/impeachforpeace.org\/impeach_bush_blog\/?p=4347"},"modified":"2018-01-18T20:18:20","modified_gmt":"2018-01-19T02:18:20","slug":"activists-in-vermont-town-want-bush-cheney-subject-to-arrest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/impeachforpeace.org\/blog\/2007\/12\/activists-in-vermont-town-want-bush-cheney-subject-to-arrest\/","title":{"rendered":"Activists in Vermont town want Bush, Cheney subject to arrest"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"float: left; margin: 0px 15px 15px 0px; width: 250px;\" src=\"https:\/\/impeachforpeace.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/12\/red-berret.png\" alt=\"red-berret.png\" align=\"left\" \/>MONTPELIER, Vermont (AP) &#8212; President Bush may soon have a new reason to avoid left-leaning Vermont: In one town, activists want him subject to arrest for war crimes.<\/p>\n<p>Kurt Daims of Brattleboro, Vermont, speaks Friday about his movement against Bush and Cheney.<\/p>\n<p>A group in Brattleboro is petitioning to put an item on a town meeting agenda in March that would make Bush and Vice President Dick Cheney subject to arrest and indictment if they visit the southeastern Vermont community.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;This petition is as radical as the Declaration of Independence, and it draws on that tradition in claiming a universal jurisdiction when governments fail to do what they&#8217;re supposed to do,&#8221; said Kurt Daims, 54, a retired machinist leading the drive.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20081107033120\/http:\/\/www.cnn.com:80\/2007\/POLITICS\/12\/28\/vermont.banning.bush.ap\/\">(Original Article)<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MONTPELIER, Vermont (AP) &#8212; President Bush may soon have a new reason to avoid left-leaning Vermont: In one town, activists want him subject to arrest for war crimes. Kurt Daims of Brattleboro, Vermont, speaks Friday about his movement against Bush and Cheney. 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