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April 1, 2004 - Thursday
Fred Tuttle
Having first denounced Fred's candidacy as a "publicity joke," he turned up next on the evening news, unwilling or unable to reply when he was asked "why the voters shouldn't decide for themselves."
"Uhhh," said McMullen, before falling silent for eight full seconds, a veritable Ice Age in TV time.
Tuttle has hammered out a few positions.
On money, Tuttle says, "Too much money in politics."
With his thick Vermont accent and the absence of several key teeth (lost in a bar fight years ago) his name sounds like "Furry Turtle."
Republican senate candidate Fred Tuttle says he's voting for his opponent, the three-term Democrat Sen Patrick Leahy.
Fred Tuttle is not alone. His wife Dottie is voting for Mr Leahy and so is his campaign manager.
Fred H. Tuttle is the man with a plan. At 73 years of age, the retiree discovers he cannot pay his property taxes and that his elderly father and old car need costly attention. Unable to resume dairy farming, Tuttle follows his father's advice and runs for U. S. Congress, because it is the highest paying job an inexperienced man with a 10th-grade education can get.
Thanks, Fred, for reminding us what democracy is all about.
We've lost a true Vermonter -- Fred Tuttle.
A 20 x 24 inch framed photograph of the late Fred Tuttle, beloved Vermont politician, film actor and Tunbridge dairy farmer, will hang permanently in the State Capitol Building in Montpelier.
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