Original Article: http://dartreview.com/archives/2005/05/09/protesters_cant_move_on.php
Monday, May 9, 2005
Roughly a dozen Upper Valley residents affiliated with MoveOn.org, a leftist activist group, protested on April 27 to preserve minority rule in the Senate and to oppose Republican judicial nominees.
Braving the rain, the hardy bunch (with not a student among them) began their vigil at 5 p.m. on Ledyard Bridge between Hanover and Norwich. Their protest in favor of existing Senate filibuster rules was co-ordinated with other similar protests around the country.
The protesters boasted several hand-made signs, most of which were probably too small to be seen from the road. One sign prophesized, "Republicans Majority Now, Minority Later." Another proclaimed that "Filibuster = Democracy," suggesting incorrectly that in a democracy minorities pick the leaders. There were no signs advocating positive policy positions.
Sharon Racusin, a protester and a computer technician at the College, said there was no reason to compromiseon the issue. There is no "way to negotiate and debate religious tyranny," she said.
Her opposition, she said, is not to judges, but to "the small group that espouse out of the mainstream views. I don't want them to sit on a federal bench and you should not want them either."
Several cars honked their horns at the small group, but it was unclear whether they were offering support or expressing anger.