patrick mchenry

I was searching the Library of Congress page for bills on LGBT equality, when I stumbled upon something odd, that I dismissed at the time as I was running late for a meeting anyway. Then I saw it again today on another site. And I was livid.

A hearty congratulations to Patrick McHenry! I hear he is engaged to be married. I hope that his marriage is a strong as mine, that they are as happy together as my husband and I, and that they receive all the same legal rights on a state and federal level as my husband and I do.

And on a marriage note, I would like to direct your attention to an article from PHB about a special guest visiting NC:
http://www.pamshouseblend.com/diary/12954/carrie-prejean-brings-opposite...

TIME has a very unappealing (if you are Republican) article available that is damning to the right wing of American politics while still being overtly fair to the Party of Greed.

We all have read about the utter failure of the listening tour of NCNA (National Council for New America) and metrosexual host Eric Cantor's pizza party with friends Jeb Boy, and all those other non-intresting Republicans.

Dayum! They all got their asses handed to them by their Boss, Limpbaugh. Then they decide that it isn't a listening tour. It's a teaching tour, via Boss Limpy. Then they say...oh the hell with it. Let's let Patty tell us what they really feel. Today. This minute. Until Rush sez it isn't what they feel.

Patty sez:

I got this little jewel e-mailed to me from the DNC:

The Party of No: 50 Days of GOP Obstructionism

House Republican Leader: “Our Goal Is To Bring Down Approval Numbers” For Democrats.

“GOP Rep. Patrick McHenry, a key player in helping craft the Republican message, has offered an unusually blunt description of the Republican strategy right now. McHenry’s description is buried in this new article from National Journal (sub. only): ‘We will lose on legislation. But we will win the message war every day, and every week, until November 2010,’ said Rep. Patrick McHenry, R-N.C., an outspoken conservative who has participated on the GOP message teams. ‘Our goal is to bring down approval numbers for

We've all known and seen this, the Republican party has become the obstuctionist party filled with liars (to be politcally correct it's not lying, it's now "distributing mis-information") and whiners. They have lost the House, the Senate and the White House by an overwhelming edict from the American people.

GOP Rep. Patrick McHenry, a key player in helping craft the Republican message, has offered an unusually blunt description of the Republican strategy.

“We will lose on legislation. But we will win the message war every day, and every week, until November 2010,” said Rep. Patrick McHenry, R-N.C., an outspoken conservative who has participated on the GOP message teams. “Our goal is to bring down approval numbers for Pelosi and for House Democrats. That will take repetition. This is a marathon, not a sprint.”

I'm glad to see Pat McHenry's smug little face out front as the poster boy for the GOP. But why people in his district are willing to settle for such a politically motivated asshole is beyond me.

Yesterday when news that Senator Judd Gregg had withdrawn his name from consideration as Commerce Secretary broke I immediately wondered which taxes he hadn't paid. It wasn't until I heard he had also claimed he wouldn't run for reelection in 2010 that I started looking for a shoe to drop. Something had to be up for the man to drop out of public life completely.

It didn't take long to figure it out. I had read earlier at TPM that Gregg's name surfaced in the Jack Abramoff scandal, but now find his name linked with the New Hampshire phone jamming scandal as well. There are shoes one and two in one fell swoop.

Is Pat McHenry a liar, or just a dumb bell?

Elizabeth Dole, US Senate:

Robin Hayes, US Congress, NC-08:

Want a good way to get the elephants in Catawba County riled up? All you have to do is hold a rally against the union boogeyman.

Rep. Patrick McHenry (R) pre-empted an embarrassing cash-on-hand tie with his unknown general election opponent late last month, loaning his campaign $175,000 on June 30, the last day of the quarter.

I was on my way home from work this morning when I heard a pleasant surprise--the DCCC was airing an ad attacking Patrick McHenry for his cozy relationship with Shrub and Big Oil. What's more, the DCCC is highlighting its ad script teeing up McHenry as part of its campaign to tee up 13 House Repubs for voting with Big Oil. (note, the audio is from the ad for Robin Hayes)

Surprising, to say the least.

The DCCC is coming to play in North Carolina, with a radio spot targeting McHenry and Hayes for their continued support of giving more and more tax breaks to oil companies while working Americans can barely afford gas.

Even the NCGOP are embarrassed of Patrick McHenry nowadays- with some new group emerging of "Republicans against Patrick McHenry" and a new CharO article with NCGOP leaders speaking out against Patrick McHenry with terms like "get a clue", Patrick may be having the worst election season of his life.

Links:
NCGOP: McHenry Xenophobia doesn’t get you elected.
Republicans Against Patrick McHenry
Full CharO Article

Earlier in the week I put up something about Daniel Johnson and Democrats Work. Well we are down to the wire, and you can make a difference!