“Raising Buchanan” (*1/2 out of four) was a witless comedy about a woman (Amanda Melby) in dire financial straits who attempts to remedy her situation by (!) stealing the corpse of former President James Buchanan (Rene Auberjonois) and attempting to sell it back for ransom but problems arise when no one wants to buy him back. Oh- did I forget to mention that there are hallucination scenes in which she actually has conversations with the former President? Bewildering storyline is played for strained comedy with terrible results. Melby’s likeable performance is wasted.