Liar
McHenry's Voting Record, or why Mark Foley was a "good Conservative" too
Submitted by Thoreau on Wed, 04/16/2008 - 8:12pm.I can't take responsibility for this (This was posted on anythingbutpatrickmchenry.blogspot.com), but I love it. Also, he stole my Astroturfing line.
It seems that Patrick McHenry, the man who has now been publicly shamed for his actions regarding the troops in Iraq (Belittling a Security Guard by calling him a "Two Bit" as well as potentially being responsible for the deaths of two soldiers thanks to a horrible PR stunt by McHenry himself) wants us to believe that he's a "Good Conservative". Using his Astroturfing (pretending you're "grassroots" or otherwise pretending to be a "concerned citizen") blogs, Patrick McHenry has been attempting to rouse the little support he has by convincing him that he's a "Good Conservative", even going so far as to say that it speaks for his Integrity.
Our Congressman Coble?
Submitted by momoaizo on Tue, 01/23/2007 - 10:15am.
That’s what he tells us, but let’s look at his recent voting record and see if Mr. Coble really has his constituents best interest at heart.
On January 10th, the House voted on H.R.2, The Fair Minimum Wage Act that raises the federal minimum wage to $7.25 hr from the current $5.15 hr. over 26 months. It was passed 315 to 116 with Mr. Coble in the “nay” column.
January 12th was the vote on the Medicare Prescription Drug Price Negotiation Act of 2007, the bill passed 255 to 170, Mr. Coble voted AGAINST !
The Hood in my Hood
Submitted by momoaizo on Wed, 11/15/2006 - 7:24pm.(This is usually Anglico's territory, so I apologize in advance if I step on any toes.)
In today's issue of the Pilot, our hometown newspaper, The Hood has an opinion piece titled, "N.C. Democrats Win Broad, Not Deep, Victory". I can just imagine him writing this surrounded by used tissues tossed willy nilly waiting for someone to clean up after him.
He starts in his usual biased manner saying that the voter will get what they deserve by voting in Democrats. He continues with what at first looks like sugar, but ends up tasting like vinegar.
Democrats won an impressively broad victory in state races this year. They outmaneuvered, outraised, outrecruited, and outorganized state Republicans in virtually every competitive district, and indeed in some GOP-leaning districts available in this uniquely Democratic year. Their broad victory, however, was not a deep victory. It was not an earth-shattering, ideological transformation of the political landscape.
