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Political notes from Free Press staff writers Terri Hallenbeck, Sam Hemingway and Nancy Remsen

3.12.2008

Pollina plan kickoff

For those of you wondering whether Anthony Pollina's lack of an official campaign announcement meant he was giving himself an out if the right Democrat came along, wonder no more.

Progressive Pollina will hold that kickoff at 5:30 p.m. Thursday at the Center for Technology in Essex.

"No matter where I go, people come up to me and thank me for running," Pollina said in a news release. "There is a lot of frustration with the current administration and politics as usual. Vermonters know we can do better."

Ben & Jerry's co-founder Ben Cohen and dairy farmer/Irasburg Democratic Town Chairwoman Maureen Lehouillier will join Pollina on the stage.

- Terri Hallenbeck

posted by vt.Buzz | 12:40 PM |

Comments:

Check out today's www.Broadsides.org article on Pollina's campaign.

# Posted by:

Anonymous | 1:29 PM, March 12, 2008

Glad he's going for it. Someone needs to be challenging Doesless...

# Posted by:

Anonymous | 1:39 PM, March 12, 2008

The word on the street is if Kurt Wright gets elected again as President of the city council - he might use that as a springboard to Washington.

# Posted by:

Anonymous | 2:34 PM, March 12, 2008

I hope Pollina at least seizes on this golden opportunity the shred the living hell out of Doesless. I gotta say though that the video of him promoting Vermont products and showing himself with tropical fruit behind him is pretty amateur hour. Hopefully, more politically astute minds will be asked to join the campaign.

P.S. You don't see Snarky showing any balls to do anything but sit on the sidelines and throw bombs.

# Posted by:

Anonymous | 2:42 PM, March 12, 2008

I'll vote for Pollina on one condition:

He must promise that when he looses, he will never run for statewide office ever again.

What do ya say Tony? Is it a deal?

# Posted by:

Anonymous | 3:17 PM, March 12, 2008

He does need to be a little looser, doesn't he? It's "loser" my friend, not "looser". You've made that mistake before.

# Posted by:

Anonymous | 3:32 PM, March 12, 2008

... and somehow the world kept turning ...

# Posted by:

Anonymous | 4:19 PM, March 12, 2008

what's more of a joke?

Pollina for governor?

Skip Vallee, Walt Freed, or Randy Brock for Congress?

# Posted by:

Anonymous | 6:19 PM, March 12, 2008

I'm sick and tired of hearing Gov. Douglas talk about Vermont like it is a horrible place. I grew up here and I've stayed here because I love it here. Anthony Pollina recognizes all that is GOOD about Vermont while also coming up with creative but super common sense ideas for how to make it even better. I'm a young Democrat and I'm for Pollina all the way. I hope the higher tiered Democrats catch up with their grassroots engine. We need Douglas out--bottom line. Let's get behind our strongest candidate and get to work. This is ridiculous trying to force Galbraith into running when his passions and talents lie elsewhere in the world. Vermonters will not elect someone who has been out of the picture for the last 30 years in Vermont.

# Posted by:

Anonymous | 7:38 PM, March 12, 2008

Anonymous said...

"The word on the street is if Kurt Wright gets elected again as President of the city council - he might use that as a springboard to Washington."

Really? And what Senator or Congressman from another State does tne nameless-nitwit grapevine have little kwik-stop fella workin' for?

2:34 PM, March 12, 2008

# Posted by:

JWCoop10 | 9:26 PM, March 12, 2008

huh?

# Posted by:

Anonymous | 2:24 AM, March 13, 2008

Gee, little nameless-nitwit fella, was that too fast for ya?

# Posted by:

JWCoop10 | 9:51 AM, March 13, 2008

yawn

# Posted by:

Anonymous | 10:42 AM, March 13, 2008

JW maybe we can get Rizko to Pollina

Great slogan "Two Tony's for the Price of One!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

I hope Tony R likes sitting around coffe shops all day long.

# Posted by:

Anonymous | 10:51 AM, March 13, 2008

Bupkis.

# Posted by:

JWCoop10 | 9:18 PM, March 13, 2008

yawn

# Posted by:

Anonymous | 12:43 AM, March 14, 2008

Who is running for the other state wide offices?

# Posted by:

Anonymous | 9:37 AM, March 14, 2008

You've got tenure, schmuck.

# Posted by:

JWCoop10 | 7:43 PM, March 14, 2008

...but you have all the charm.

BTW, show some respect for the office. That's Mr. Schmuck to you.

# Posted by:

Anonymous | 8:00 AM, March 15, 2008

So ......... you two don't really know anything about the statewide races??????????????????????

# Posted by:

Anonymous | 1:20 PM, March 16, 2008

Tony Z and Tony P

two useless bums for the price of one

Maybe we should check Tony Z's price for we print that bumper sticker

# Posted by:

Anonymous | 8:57 PM, March 17, 2008

Anonymous.....

"Maybe we should check Tony Z's price for we print that bumper sticker"

Or, in the alternative, you could do something completely different and check the facts, deduce bag.

Dismissed.

# Posted by:

JWCoop10 | 9:09 PM, March 17, 2008

What fcats do you think need checking
JW the Obama the Slama apologist

# Posted by:

Anonymous | 9:12 PM, March 17, 2008

Karl Rove is dumping all over Obama on TV tonite.

Time to support Hillary and send Barack packing

# Posted by:

Anonymous | 9:14 PM, March 17, 2008

Anonymous has left a new comment on the post "Pollina plan kickoff":

"Karl Rove is dumping all over Obama on TV tonite."

Karl Rove, eh?

He's the chicken hawk-slime son Herr Goebbels neglected to poison in the Fuhrer Bunker along with his brothers and sisters.

They were gonna call him the architect but Albert Speer already had the gig.

Think clumsy, klutzy, nerdy, asthmatic, OJ without the Heisman and the NFL rushing records.

# Posted by:

JWCoop10 | 9:52 PM, March 17, 2008

"What fcats do you think need checking
JW the Obama the Slama apologist"

Well, given the fact that you've provided none while coughing up your usual bounty of delusional dreck and ignorant-trash bupkis, little factually challenged, fundamentally-dishonest fella, the point's rather moot, meshuggah schmuck.

Gai tren zich.

Dismissed.

# Posted by:

JWCoop10 | 9:59 PM, March 17, 2008

yawn..... you need new material.

# Posted by:

Anonymous | 6:56 AM, March 18, 2008

Anonymous has left a new comment on the post "Pollina plan kickoff":

"yawn..... you need new material."

You need some new lies, schmuck.

Get yourself a legitimate case and a legitimate point of view and I'll give ya the time of day.

Unless and until you demonstrate the ability and the willingness to do that, you remain ignorant trash with bupkis.

Dismissed.

# Posted by:

JWCoop10 | 9:29 AM, March 18, 2008

Now there is something I strive for in life....JW's approval and the day he will proclaim I have a legitimate point of view (which obviously will be the day I repeat his POV).

Finally my life has meaning and a goal.

# Posted by:

Anonymous | 10:26 AM, March 18, 2008

Anonymous has left a new comment on the post "Pollina plan kickoff":

"Now there is something I strive for in life....JW's approval and the day he will proclaim I have a legitimate point of view (which obviously will be the day I repeat his POV)."

Actually, it'll be the day you can justify the ignorant-trash one ya got now, deduce bag.

"Finally my life has meaning and a goal."

Yeah, a seemingly-unobtainable one.

Bummer.

Disappear, deduce bag.

# Posted by:

JWCoop10 | 12:37 PM, March 18, 2008

yawn

# Posted by:

Anonymous | 1:02 PM, March 18, 2008

Get jw some help.

# Posted by:

Anonymous | 5:19 PM, March 18, 2008

Can Pollina sign a check

That is the question many farmers are asking

What a brilliant businessman Tony P is.

Maybe Barack-ass's friend Tony Z could float him a loan!!

What a bunch of sorry losers!!!

# Posted by:

Anonymous | 8:12 PM, March 18, 2008

Anonymous said...
Can Pollina sign a check

Maybe Barack-ass's friend Tony Z could float him a loan!!

What a bunch of sorry losers!!!

Yeah, but you've evidently got no place else to go and as long as you're here makin' asses outta yourselves, ya can't cheney stuff up elsewhere.

Speaking of schmucks with the ability to sign checks, maybe you can talk Richie Tarrant into running for office, little fella.

A smart captain of industry like him like him would be a lock - just like Mitt-wit Romney - in the Vermont you live in, little fella.

Too bad nobody else lives there. Nobody with a name anyhow.

Get yourself some new lies, schmuck.

Dismissed.

# Posted by:

JWCoop10 | 2:44 AM, March 20, 2008

jw spews: "Yeah, but you've evidently got no place else to go and as long as you're here makin' asses outta yourselves, ya can't cheney stuff up elsewhere."

....spoken while looking in his bedroom mirror.

It always is a slow day when the shift at Ben and Jerry's doesn't begin until 2PM

# Posted by:

Anonymous | 8:12 AM, March 20, 2008