Mark Bircher sticks to conservative script during CD 13 campaign launch

To say Mark Bircher is conservative may be a bit of an understatement. He’s about as far right as a serious American politician gets. The retired Marine Corps Reserve brigadier general and commercial pilot made sure to highlight those conservative views of his during his campaign kick-off last night. He’s running for Pinellas County’s 13th Congressional District seat in 2016. “My platform is [based] on our Republican principals,” said Bircher from a banquet room at Quaker Steak and Lube, in Clearwater — the Republican debate…