July 10th, 2006

BBQ Narrative Coming Soon

by Philip Baruth

The First Annual VDB/GMD Political Barbeque and Hamburger Summit was a beautiful thing, and we’ll be writing it up at length tomorrow and the next day, when the various digital images stream into headquarters.

But suffice it to say, for now, that we’re deeply indebted to a long list of people for their help in making it fly.

It goes without saying that John Odum and the Green Mountain Daily folk moved heaven and earth — but very special thanks also to What’s The Point’s Neil Jensen, who did yeoman’s work from beginning to end, managing all the while to keep up a running commentary about the netroots, the genesis and apocalypse of the Dean campaign, and early Steve Martin stand-up.

Maggie Gundersen, who stepped in when the grill was hottest and all hope seemed lost, also deserves special early thanks. As do the campaigns that sent candidates and staffers: the Parker, Welch, Rainville, Dunne, Tracy, Lorber operations, to be specific.

Pictures and stories to follow. Again, deepest thanks to all.

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  1. on July 11th, 2006 at 7:44 pm

    […] Philip gives me some props for helping out. And promises to write up a full post soon. I’ll take the “yeoman” in the best sense of the word. He also has a really great interview with T.J Donovan, Democratic candidate for Chittenden County State’s Attorney. […]