Pennsylvania: Daryl Metcalfe

He's announcing his candidacy a little earlier than he originally planned.

Just got this in an email from Zack Byrnes:

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
October 21, 2009

Zack Byrnes to Announce Candidacy for 12th District State Representative Seat

CRANBERRY TOWNSHIP, PA – Democrat Zack Byrnes will announce his candidacy for the 12th District state representative seat on Sunday, November 1st, 2009 at 2:00 PM at the Butler County Democratic Fall Event at South Butler Fire Hall.

Byrnes will challenge Representative Daryl Metcalfe, who has held the office for nearly 12 years. For Byrnes, the decision to run was made after Metcalfe’s most recent outburst against veterans. In an email to Operation FREE, a veteran’s group focused on the national security implications of climate change, Metcalfe called veterans supporting the organization traitors and compared them to Benedict Arnold.

Here's Dennis Roddy in the P-G:
State Rep. Daryl Metcalfe, a Republican firebrand from Cranberry known for controversial remarks, yesterday refused to back down on comments in which he suggested a group of veterans were "traitors" for promoting a message about climate change.
And:
Rep. Metcalfe, who served in the U.S. Army from 1980-84, defended the remarks, saying "if the type of policies that an individual promotes undermines the Constitution and the law of the land in our country, then they are not patriots." He said cap-and-trade proposals on carbon emissions interfere with the rights of businesses and states and violate Constitutional principles. "It looks like, from their violent reaction from their statement, they haven't disputed that it's leftist propaganda," he said of the veterans group.

Rep. Daryl Metcalfe is helping to coordinate a "Taxpayer's Protest" on June 9 in Harrisburg. All taxpayers are encouraged to come down to the state capitol and talk to their legislator, or simply sit in their office all day.

The Tea Parties succeeded in grabbing the attention of the media and legislators, but those events were only the beginning. This is your chance to keep the pressure on your elected officials to end years of out-of-control spending, borrowing, and unprecedented fiscal irresponsibility. Policies that have resulted in an estimated $3 billion budget deficit.

For more details visit www.statecapitolprotest.com

State Rep. Daryl Metcalfe (R-Butler County) on Monday continued his surprising, last-minute campaign to become Speaker of the House, issuing a press release that called Democratic opponent Keith McCall fiscally irresponsible while touting his own economic conservatism.