SD-58: Throwing A Hero Under The Bus For Party Loyalty
by Matt at Oct 23rd, 2008
Back in March, Buffalo Pundit had nothing but praise for Dennis Delano, calling him “a Buffalo Hero” for his role in the release and exoneration of Anthony Capozzi and Lynn DeJac.
Of course, now that Dennis Delano is running for the State Senate as a Republican and Buffalo Pundit is a Democrat his feelings about the Buffalo Hero have soured. Yesterday Buffalo Pundit questioned Delano’s role in exonerating Capozzi and DeJac:
Dennis Delano may have a public image of being a mavericky hero cop, but some of his colleagues are challenging that perception, wondering where he gets off taking all the credit for something that was not only done by a team of people, but also a very long time in coming.
Today he also mocked Delano as “the guy running against Stachowski” who is “taking all the credit for something a lot of people had a hand in doing.”
I guess it isn’t too surprising. Buffalo Pundit has justified supporting unqualified candidates over career politicians just for being career politicians. Yet now he attacks the credibility of a genuine hero (who is a Republican) while trumping up Bill Stachowski, a career politician (who is a Democrat).
UPDATE: Looks like I struck a nerve…