Per today’s Burlington Free Press:
MONTPELIER – State Auditor Tom Salmon… confirmed Tuesday that he is considering running for the U.S. Senate next year against independent incumbent Bernie Sanders.
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He said he would announce his decision by March 5, the birthday of the U.S. Navy Seabees, with whom Salmon served in the Reserves in Iraq. He chose that date, he said, because the Seabees are predicated on a can-do attitude.
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“He’s out of balance,” Salmon said. “We need someone who can operate from the center.”
So…
I think I just have to say how much I love this idea. Not only will it make the Senate race far more interesting than I expected (in that it will be interesting in any sense of the word whatsoever), it will give us a shot at getting someone into the auditor’s office who (1) has some sense of what the job actually entails and who (2) does not think it’s appropriate to use the position of Auditor to evade a DUI. (Please, Mr. Salmon. It’s not like you’re Governor. At least people know what a Governor does. “Auditor” won’t get you out of a ticket any more than “High Bailiff” will)
So, please, please, please, Tom. Run. Run like you’ve never ran before. Go for that brass ring and ring that bell!
Go for it.
Please?
Tom Salmon has become a delusional legend in his own mind. I have to say this: when did he become so toxic that he went from salmon to salmonella?
My heart did leap with joy when I read the headline.
Look who’s talking!
I agree; this is going to be entertaining. Salmon’s gonna get creamed!!
The Free Press reports Tom Salmon has chosen a special day, March 5 to announce his decision by. It’s the day the US Navy Seabees, in which he served were established in 1942.
Some other notable events also took place on March 5 lets take look:
On this date in history————
March 5 1770-The Boston Massacre took place
March 5 1845 – The U.S. Congress appropriated $30,000 to ship camels to the western U.S.
March 5 1963– Arthur “Bud” Melin first finally patented the Hula-hoop marketed since 1953 by Wham-O
March 5 2004 -Martha Stewart convicted of obstructing justice
Yeah, that silly Bernie, working with the rest of the delegation to get waivers so we can all have healthcare. Contrast to that wonderful centrist Lieberman…
..100 dollars in gold, 9 packs of chewin’ gum, 1 issue of prophylactics, 3 lipsticks, 3 pair of nylon stockings. Shoot, a feller could have a pretty good time in Montpelier with all that stuff!
Governor Douglas …oh,heh former Governor Douglas, preaching from his high horse to Vt. Democrats about starting the campaign too early and how it would effect their ability to do their jobs.
No such complaint from the Vt. Republican Party’s executive director this year.
Ow! Hurts to laugh so much….. He wants to run against BERNIE? It would be a gift, all right: increase Bernie’s publicity, increase attention to Salmon’s increasingly bizarre behavior, AND get us a real auditor. Is there a dry fly we can hang from our rear-view mirrors as a lure?
A “salmon” campaign would provide economic stimulus: collections of jokes, posters, cook books (I make a lovely casserole with canned salmon), fly fishing lessons, stand-up routines — and I feel sure there has to be a song in there somewhere. This is making my collage artist heart beat faster, for sure.
If he announces a run, can we all show up at the presser with bagels and cream cheese?
Oh, bring it on.
My wife’s reaction was to copyright and order printing of bumperstrips
SANDERS FOR SENATE
SALMON FOR LUNCH
Tom, the jr., Salmon, Vermont’s state Auditor, is the son of former Vermont Governor Thomas P. Salmon.
Who knew?
Guess I’ll have to change his Catch-22 name from Major Major Major to Senator Senator Senator–a way to steal votes from the half-asleep voters. Or does he think that the Sanders/Salmon alliteration will help him? Could it be the case that he’s only running against Bernie because the name thing? Shumlin/Salmon not close enough. Or Salmon could change his name to Shithead, and go for the Laugher vote. Now there’s a thought. Let’s call his staff.
Who is going to be their auditor while he’s out there campaigning?
Oh, never mind. We’ve been getting along without one for years now.
Toast, after toast, after toast, after toast, after toast…
(Like any other night the Salmon boys get together…)
The Totten exchange, which is not widely known outside the VT blogsphere, in which he tells us who he really is-in his own words-will be damaging, I think, as it reveals his charcter in an extremely rude response which was unnecessarily nasty. ‘Son’??? Oh please. His arrogance seems to know no end. He further descends into the pit he shovelled for himself w/his finger-shaking ‘threat’ to Sanders about a run against him. I’m sure Bernie got a chuckle out of that one.
The mess he turned in re his campaign finance disclosure seems small, but really isn’t & especially puzzling when one remembers the office he was running for. He has not amassed enough of a record. His credentials are weak to nonexistent.
The DUI stop further tells us what he thinks of the law, enforcement & himself. It’s pretty bad.
His uneventful ‘memoirs’ he uses as a resume are as disingenuous as he is & pretty thin. Eddie Haskell comes to mind. He trumpets mundane achievements which are really no different than what any responsible Joe Shmoe does all the time, which is why most ppl do not use these things as milestones or achievements, much less write about them-they’re quite laughable in the cosmic scheme. Ten years in the life of John Q Public, who has risen to the enviable & vaunted ‘Auditor of Accounts’. Who cares?
His language seems to indicate he’s hoping to ride the Tea Party wave, as party does not necessarily matter to their constituancy-they vote those who uphold their ‘ideals’. Not really much of a ‘wave’ in VT. VT was also impervious to voter discontent partly due to the stellar achievements of our legislature & their service to Vermonters. I do not see this as changing unless it is to further maginalize the right.