Yond Munsey has a Lean and Hungry Look

Whether it's Democrats or Republicans, Lehigh or Northampton County, I don't think county parties have much to do with getting anyone elected. At one time, when there were all kinds of patronage jobs to hand out like candy, local parties may have made a difference. But these days, they are a relic of times past. No serious candidate relies on his party, and builds his own organization if he wants to get elected. Though the people on the inside of a local party are really little more than a sewing circle, they think they are Kingmakers. I've told you about the wars going on in Northampton County, where the Ronnie DelWackos want to take over the local GOP. Or in Lehigh County, where Wayne Woodman thought he ruled. The latest rumbles are among Northampton County Dems. Some inside this little clique have managed to delude themselves into thinking that party boss Walt Garvin lost the most recent county elections, and not the candidates who actually ran. So they want to dump him, and they're intent on electing the King of the Easton Democrats, Matt Munsey.

If it's Walt Garvin's fault that Democrats failed to turn out in the county, then it's Matt Musey's fault that Democrats failed to turn out in Easton. But Munsey wants the top spot, and some of Garvin's supporters have abandoned ship.

Munsey is originally from Virginia and came here to work the Obama campaign. Then he just stayed. He does not represent the typical Northampton County Democrat, but is an Obamaphile who is pushing the left side of the Democratic party.

And he's a schemer. He denies this, but some are convinced that he persuaded Joe Capozzolo to run for state senate, knowing that this would guarantee Mark Aurand's victory. You see, Aurand got involved in politics because of Obama, too.

Ever talk to him on the phone? I have, and there are ten second pauses before he answers any question. You can actually hear the wheels spinning.

Yond Munsey has lean and hungry look;
He thinks too much: such men are dangerous.

In his effort to remodel the Northampton County Democratic party in the image of Obama, he has actually taken it upon himself to call Democratic committee candidates and instruct them not to run, even in races where they are unopposed.

We'll have no democracy here.

Don't believe me. Maybe you'll believe the Wilson Borough police (see report here). A Democratic committee candidate was running unopposed,, and Munsey was trying to talk her out of it. He called her repeatedly, after she told him to stop. Then he came without invitation to her home ... on a Sunday night ... at 9 pm. He would later tell police he was merely inviting this woman to different events, but that's not the way she remembers it.

So the Dems have one ego trip running against another. Name your poison.