Chong and Wecht form an unlikely alliance against Buchanan(R)

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Cyril H. Wecht, right, introduces Tommy Chong of the stoner duo Cheech and Chong, at a Democratic Party fundraiser Wednesday at the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers Local Union 5. For a video report, go to post-gazette.com.

Sissy Dillon, 27, of Oakdale, has her picture taken with comedian Tommy Chong at Mellon Square in Downtown on Wednesday. Mr. Chong was in town for his show, "Laugh 'til You're Blue," presented by the Allegheny County Democratic Committee. In the background is Cyril Wecht, the former coroner.

Two icons of days gone by -- one an expert in everything from pharmaceuticals to the law, the other a former coroner -- joined forces Wednesday to send Mary Beth Buchanan's political career up in smoke.

Tommy Chong, the perennially stoned hipster of Cheech and Chong fame, and Cyril H. Wecht, the perennially incensed pathologist of cut-and-thrust fame, took the stage at the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers Hall on the South Side for a comic fundraiser for the Allegheny County Democratic Committee.

Each man paid an acerbic homage to the woman who prosecuted them, former U.S. Attorney Buchanan who, in Mr. Chong's case, sent her quarry to prison for nine months in 2003.

"When I got to prison, the first thing they did was make me take a drug education course. Man, I was the first in line every day. I wanted to learn about drugs," Mr. Chong said.

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[Greyhound]

1. K&R.

[Warren DeMontague]

2. I think anyone who wastes taxpayer dollars with idiotic shit like going after Tommy Chong

has no business being anywhere near a public office.