ARE YOU NUTS OR JUST DELUSIONAL?

Former United States Attorney Mary Beth Buchanan announced on Tuesday that she was a candidate for the 4th Congressional District, turning what could have been a gain for Republicans, into a hellacious defeat.

Was Alan Keys not available?
Ms. Buchanan who is forever tied to the witch hunts and waste of taxpayer's money for the malicious prosecutions of Tommy Chong and Dr. Cyril Wecht, thinks that after alienating both democrats and Republicans, she has a chance to win.

Ms. Buchanan is delusional if she thinks she can convince people that she will do the work of the people if she is sent to congress. She is a political hack who quite frankly does not follow what she purports to believe. Ms. Buchanan is reported to be a member of the Federalist Society, but certainly her prosecutorial record shows the opposite.

I have speculated here previously that for the prosecution of Dr Wecht, I was willing to bet that certain members of the democratic party in Allegheny County cut a deal with the gullible Ms. Buchanan. It is possible that because Mr. Altmire is a "centrist," the democrats might throw him under the bus.

Don't count on it.
The dems will not abandon Mr. Altmire and why should they? He voted for the stimulus, he voted for and then against he health care bill and probably will get on board when Queen Nancy needs him and he holds the seat for the dems.

This correspondent is not a big fan of Mr. Altmire. His campaign against Ms. Hart was sleazy, full of lies and was not focused on the issues. Mr. Altmire rails against the "big insurance companies," of which he was a part of for many years. It appears that Mr. Altmire will say or do anything to get elected.

To his credit, Mr. Altmire has been an advocate for veterans during his term(s) in office. He has been a "centrist" and he does show up for work, (Bob Casey call your office) evidence of this is his perfect voting record. On issues that matter to this correspondent (and in turn you the reader) he has tried to stradle that line, jumping on and off on both sides trying to keep everyone happy.

An appraisal of Mr. Altmire's congressional career from GOVTRACK.US reads: "Altmire is a follower according to our statistical analysis of bills in this legislative session. Altmire tends to cosponsors the bills of other Members of Congress who do not cosponsor Altmire’s own bills."

Mr. Altmire is "milk toast" at best. In the past, if the race was between Buchanan and Altmire, we would have held our noses, picked the lessor of two evils and voted for Altmire. Now we see that half a loaf is NOT better than none and will we will not violate our principals, values and core beliefs anymore.

If Ms. Buchanan is the Republican nominee, we will go and vote (we have a perfect voting record in both the primaries and general elections since 1976) but WILL NOT cast a vote for the 4th congressional district. We may write in our favorite candidate, Mickey Mouse.

If Ms. Buchanan is the winner of the Republican primary, then the Republicans can save some money and not plan on having a victory celebration in the 4th district on election night.