WE CALL UPON KEITH THE CANDIDATE ROTHFUS TO APOLOGIZE TO WESTERN PA CANCER VICTIMS AND SURVIVORS. USING YOUR CANCER SURVIVORSHIP FOR PARTISAN POLITICAL PURPOSES AND SELF-GAIN IS DESPICABLE, ESPECIALLY WHEN YOU’VE BEEN MIA IN REGIONAL EFFORTS TO AID CANCER VICTIMS! WE, CITIZEN JOURNALISTS, OFFER YOU A SAMPLING OF SOME OF THE SINCEREST POLITICAL APOLOGIES OF RECENT TIMES!

WE CITIZEN JOURNALISTS WANT TO SUMMARIZE SOME POINTS WE MADE EARLIER IN THE WEEK! 1. WE SALUTE ALL CANCER SURVIVORS INCLUDING KEITH THE CANDIDATE ROTHFUS. WE ADMIRE THE COURAGE OF ANYONE WHO HAS HAD TO FACE THIS MALADY. 2. WE ARE APPALLED THAT KEITH THE CANDIDATE ROTHFUS HAS CHOSEN TO EXPLOIT HIS CANCER SURVIVOR STATUS FOR PARTISAN POLITICAL PURPOSES. 3. THE ROTHFUS CAMPAIGN’S DECISION TO PLAY THE CANCER CARD IS EVEN MORE GALLING WHEN MR. ROTHFUS HAS BEEN MIA IN THE FIGHT LOCALLY FOR BETTER CANCER CARE, SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH TO FIGHT CANCER, AND CANCER PREVENTION. LEADING UP TO THE TAMPA RNC CONVENTION AND MR. ROTHFUS’S BRIEF ADDRESS, WE CITIZEN JOURNALISTS INTEND TO EDUCATE THE FORMER EMPLOYEE OF PAT ROBERTSON ON OPPORTUNITIES TO JOIN IN THE FIGHT AGAINST CANCER. LET’S START WITH UPCI THE AFFILIATE OF UPMC, OUR LARGEST EMPLOYER IN THE REGION AND A WORLD-CLASS MEDICAL SYSTEM. MR. ROTHFUS YOUR ETERNAL CRUSADE TO RETURN TO THE BELTWAY HAS NOT IMPROVED THE LIFE OF ONE CANCER VICTIM!

WE CITIZEN JOURNALISTS WANT TO COMMEND THE COURAGE OF CANCER SURVIVORS AND THEIR FAMILIES LIKE KEITH THE CANDIDATE ROTHFUS AND COUNTLESS OTHER CANCER SURVIVORS IN THE AREA! THIS DISEASE IS ONE OF THE BIGGEST KILLERS IN THE REGION AND OUR PRAYERS AND THOUGHTS ARE WITH ALL THOSE WHO WILL EVER ENCOUNTER THIS DREADED KILLER. IN FACT, MANY OF OUR CITIZEN JOURNALISTS HAVE FACED THIS DISEASE IN THEIR OWN FAMILIES. THAT BEING SAID, WE ARE APPALLED THAT KEITH ROTHFUS, FORMER EMPLOYEE OF PAT ROBERTSON, WOULD PLAY THE CANCER CARD IN HIS RNC ADDRESS TO WAGE CLASS WAR AGAINST PA SENIORS, THE WORKING POOR AND THE UNINSURED IN OUR REGION! WE CITIZEN JOURNALISTS BELIEVE LEADERSHIP IS A BIG ISSUE IN THIS RACE. BUT KEITH THE CANDIDATE ROTHFUS, IS NO NANCY BRINKER, FOUNDER OF THE KOMEN FOUNDATON, OR LANCE ARMSTRONG. TO TELL THE TRUTH RONALD MCDONALD HAS DONE MORE FOR CANCER VICITIMS AND CANCER ADVOCACY IN THE REGION THAN MR. ROTHFUS. JUST ONE MORE STORY READERS: ONE OF OUR CITIZEN JOURNALISTS WAS HAVING A DRINK IN A SHADYSIDE WATERING HOLE WITH A VERY PROMINENT UPCI ADMINISTRATOR AND THIS UPMC OFFICIAL SUGGESTED THAT THEY WOULD SUPPORT WHATEVER POLICY MEASURE INCREASES COVERAGE FOR ALL THE THOSE SUFFERING FROM CANCER IN THE REGION. SADLY MR. ROTHFUS AND HIS BELTWAY ELITE BACKERS OFFER NO PLAN TO IMPROVE COVERAGE AND CARE FOR ALL OF OUR WESTERN PA CITIZENS, AS THEIR ULTIMATE PURPOSE IS TO WAGE CLASS WAR ON THE WESTERN PA MIDDLE CLASS TO SUPPORT TAX CUTS FOR THE WEALTHIEST! LET’S COME UP WITH SOLUTIONS MR. ROTHFUS, NOT DEMAGAGOUERY, SOMETHING SURELY LACKING IN BELTWAY ELITES LIKE YOURSELF.