One wack job runs for AG; Do I hear two?

If there were any doubt, we now have confirmation that there is one full-fledged wingnut extremist in the Republican primary for attorney general.

Pro-Life Wisconsin's PAC made it official by endorsing JB Van Hollen.

Those folks are the wack jobs of the pro-life movement. They are for no abortions anywhere, anytime, no exceptions, don't care if you were raped and impregnated by a family member, or even that you'll die from the pregnancy.

They're the same nuts who went after the family of a Marine, critically brain damaged in Iraq, calling the family murderers when they finally, reluctantly, followed his wishes and allowed him to die.

WisPolitics reports:

The organization says in a release Van Hollen will defend the state's anti-abortion laws and the First Amendment rights of abortion opponents who protest. PAC director Matt Sande said Van Hollen's GOP opponent, Waukesha County DA Paul Bucher, did not return a survey the organization uses as part of its endorsement process. Pro-Life Wisconsin believes life begins at the moment of conception and opposes abortion in all cases without exception. "This endorsement was coveted by both Republican campaigns and we're now the only campaign with the support of both major pro life organizations in the state," Van Hollen spokesman Brian Fraley said in a statement. Last month, Wisconsin Right to Life endorsed both Van Hollen and Bucher.

What does that mean? That if Roe v. Wade is overturned Van Hollen will gleefully start locking up doctors who perform abortions.

So we know there is one nut case running for AG. We can't say for sure there aren't two.

Paul Bucher was smart enough not to answer their survey. He probably recognizes that their positions are so far out of the mainstream that Pro-Life Wisconsin's endorsement would hurt, rather than help, in the general election. But Van Hollen said Bucher "coveted" their endorsement. Is that true?

Or does he disagree with them? We won't know unless he says something publicly. He is anti-choice enough to share the Wisconsin Right to Life endorsement with Van Hollen. But by Pro-Life Wisconsin standards, that group is awfully squishy. It is even willing to endorse candidates who think there should be exceptions for victims of rape and incest.

If Bucher really wants to let the voters know that he is not as big a fruitcake on the abortion issue as Van Hollen, all he has to do is speak up. He has nothing to lose but the fringe.

Time for a profile in courage? Watch and see.

UPDATE: Conservative bloggers Jim Wigderson and Dad 29 want to know where Bucher stands. Is he wacked out enough to get their support?