NEXT Repub Congressman To Be Dragged Out Of Closet -SOON (Will Make Craig Look Like Little Bo Peep)

[kpete]

kpete-never used this site - but was sent there by a reliable source - anyone KNOW anything more about these allegations?

Friday, August 31, 2007
WHO'LL BE THE NEXT REPUBLICAN HYPOCRITE TO BE DRAGGED OUT OF THE CLOSET SCREAMING ABOUT MEDIA WITCH HUNTS?

A certain lil' congressman allegedly likes his trade rough



Lil' Patrick McHenry isn't a character in Comedy Central's brilliant Lil' Bush, which features Lil' Cheney, Lil' Rummy, Lil' Condi, Lil' Tony Blair, Lil' Jeb, Lil' Hillary, Lil' Mikey Moore, Lil' Obama... but not Lil' Lil' Patrick McHenry. He's too... lil'! But he may be about to get a lot bigger, at least in terms of the traditional media that has made Larry Craig a household name-- and soon. DWT readers already know that the North Carolina arch-conservative (other than 3 nut-case freshmen, McHenry's got the most reactionary voting record in Congress) is another hypocritical closet queen waiting nervously for his moment on the national stage.

And yesterday BlueNC http://bluenc.com/florida-murder/suicides-nc-ties gave Rep. McHenry's closet door a nice, loud jolt. In a scandal that will prove to be far bigger than South Park's outing of Tom Cruise (covered in great depth and detail by Wikipedia), it looks like there is a connection between McHenry and a murderous Republican homosexual love triangle/escort service.

The murdered gay Republicans include Ralph Reed's purported ex-lover, Ralph Gonzalez (former head of the rabidly homophobic Georgia Republican Party), David Abrami and McHenry guy-pal Robert Drake, the shooter. All three were found last week in a murder-suicide in an Orlando apartment. According to right-wing website, the North Carolina Conservative "All three men were active in Republican politics." They mention that Drake is "an associate" of McHenry's but don't define that. He is alleged to be an associate of quite a few younger men, some of whom are gay and some of whom are just gay-for-pay. (Note: The website in this GOP report are graphic pornographic gay prostitute sites and if you don't want to see that kind of stuff DO NOT copy and paste the links. They are purposely not in the form of links.)

http://downwithtyranny.blogspot.com/2007/08/wholl-be-next-republican-hypocrite-to.html

[Tandalayo_Scheisskopf]

1. That's Howie Klein there.

And Howie is not the sort of person to go blowing something like this out of there wasn't more than a bit of truth to it. He is not some itenerant blogger. He used to run Warner Bros. Records, amongst many other things.

I would say: keep your eyes peeled.

On edit: Howie is also quite gay and quite out. Just in case some people were wondering.

[Fredda Weinberg]

2. There may be more ... see this letter to the editor

What is the Source of McHenry's New-Found Wealth?

...

According to the Catawba County Geospatial Information Services (GIS) system, there’s a condo on Lake Hickory at 2200 6th St. NW (#2), Hickory, for which McHenry is listed as the owner since April 27, 2005. If you know the area, it’s located between the former sites of the old Rock House and the old Moose Club on “the lake road.”

...

This residence is not listed among his apparent real estate rental properties in Gastonia, Cherryville and Charlotte on Schedule III—Assets and “Unearned” Income that he reported on May 7. And yet, there it is, big as day in Deed Book 2658, Page 496, Parcel ID 3704170122320002, showing Patrick T. McHenry as the owner.

Is it barely possible that this young public servant, who likes to have his friends register and vote illegally in places where they don’t actually live, is hiding some of his assets from the public? Maybe he thinks we might object to his amassing too much of a fortune too fast?

So, for sure, something is amiss. Both the deed for 2200 6th St. NW (#2) and the House ethics reports bear McHenry’s signature. What gives here, Congressman? Can he explain this?

...

http://www.newsatnorman.com/default.asp?sourceid=&smenu=103&twindow=Default&mad=No&sdetail=551&wpage=&skeyword=&sidate=&ccat=&ccatm=&restate=&restatus=&reoption=&retype=&repmin=&repmax=&rebed=&rebath=&subname=&pform=&sc=1967&hn=newsatnorman&he=.com

[TomInTib]

12. Great catch, Fredda.

That appears to be criminal intent.

[DCKit]

99. Yeah, thanks Fredda. At least it's not another queer scandal.

I'm beginning to doubt my doubtful sexuality. Thanks for a purely "cash and carry" scandal.

BTW, did I tell you all of my personal experience with the "angry, psycho-homo" who strongly resembles Larry Craig? Hmmm, guess not. Let's just say you were taking a dump and somebody busted in on you by hitting the door so hard the lock popped.
I should'a flung some poo, but I didn't. Too fucking shocked to react properly.

This person not only believes he's entitled, but immune from "persecution". Been there, done that, not impressed.

Y'all have no idea how sleazy they are "off the boat"

It's not carrotts, it's cash

[DURHAM D]

18. What is even more interesting to me -

that letter seems to appear on a very right wing website.

[NCarolinawoman]

60. I have read (on local blogs) that even Republicans can't stand him.

It has nothing to do with his being gay, either. He is just VILE. Republicans have been hoping that Democrats will "take him down". For some reason, local Republicans feel powerless to do so.

[peacetalksforall]

111. Powerless? That word never touches their lips. They are pumped

up with power. There must be levels of power behind the curtains.

If someone doesn't have the power within a state or county, then someone from above them is empowering the person others feel powerless against? They just work too closely together, normally, and empower each other. Always moving money around to help and defeat someone not in on their games.

Powerless? Does that mean PT McHenry has knowledge? Could fit the story.

[Sam Ervin jret]

150. I feel more comforable following the money than playing pin the tail on the tail hounds.

[Stinky The Clown]

3. OhPleaseOhPleaseOhPlease .......

NOTHING would give me more joy than to see that little fucking dweeb gone from the public eye.

What a sad little shit of a boy he is.

[Greeby]

4. Seconded, in the crowded field for "Most Annoying House Repuke"

He takes the trophy.

If this turns out to be true, it's gonna be fun next time he's talking and Barney Frank is the speaker for the day :evilgrin:

[GMFORD]

71. I hope it is true.

Would like to see Patrick "Point of Order" McHenry get booted. Surprised Barney Frank hasn't strangled him yet.

[Augdog20]

158. What does McHenry have for defending American Samoa?

Amen to Rep. Frank, for cutting off his side-tracking questions!!!
But what was really curious was Why was the North Carolina Congressman so bent on defending American Samoa? Could it be that he has some contributors that have sweatshops there???

Check out the youtube video, courtesy from politicsandspice. (The poster praised McHenry as brilliant, but it's really Frank that comes off as the smarter one that won't get side-tracked by the Repugs' agenda-laden questions.)
http://www.politicsandspice.com/2007/meet-us-rep-patrick-mchenry-doesnt-wear-diapers-like-vitter-didnt-have-intercourse-while-an-army-officer/

[DURHAM D]

5. Amen - what a vile little prick.

He so needs to be pushed out of his homophobic hypocritical dungeon.

[SharonAnn]

7. Oh yes! PleaseOhPlease. That would be wonderful! He deserves it.

[Kookaburra]

8. You ain't kidding

I cannot abide this lying, self-loathing idiot. The sooner we don't have to see him again the better.

[TalkingDog]

23. Hi SpankieJane, another NC DUer here in McHurtMe territory.

Welcome to DU!

My Favorite Master Artist: Karen Parker GhostWoman Studios

[knowledgeispwr]

42. Yet another NC DUer hoping this is true....

Fortunately, I do not live in his district (at school I'm in Price's district (D), but at home I'm in that witch Virginia Foxx's district (R)) but I've seen and heard enough of him to know he's scum. I'll be watching and waiting.

[TalkingDog]

49. FoXXX? Didn't you know? She's a MAN, BABY!

or at least the spousal unit thinks that would be the next great (R) scandal.

It would make him very, very happy. She is a foul creature.


Welcome to DU!



My Favorite Master Artist: Karen Parker GhostWoman Studios

[PurpleChez]

51. Don't get yourself flamed there, Roscoe!

I've been in threads where the simple mention of Ann "The Man" Coulter led to accusations that the poster was a vicious anti-transgendered bigot. But don't worry...I've got your back....

[TalkingDog]

65. Ummmm... Not that there's anything wrong with that????

Hey, thanks....

But in the 3 or so years I've been lurking and posting here, I've seen everyone accused of everything over nothing by everybody.

So, if they aren't fans of Austin Powers and his unreconstructed manliness, there's not a whole lot I can do about it.


edited for the missing article (grammar: part of speech)


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[PurpleChez]

103. I've seen everyone accused of everything over nothing by everybody.

Bwah-ha-HAH!

We do destroy our own, don't we? Just a week or two ago I was reading a thread where someone said something to the effect of "I'm not gay, but I hate anti-gay bigotry", and the dude got stomped on because he (supposedly) should not have had to have made the "I'm not gay, but..." disclaimer. Someone comes in, he's essentially "on our side" about one issue or another, and we still find some reason to trash him. No wonder we lose elections to imbeciles like Gee Dumbya.

[toddaa]

127. Somebody nominate this for a weekly DU award thingies

I've seen everyone accused of everything over nothing by everybody.

[Preening Fop]

104. Ann "The Man" Coulter

:yoiks:

[PurpleChez]

161. Hail and well met, Preening Fop!

[Stinky The Clown]

77. She looks like Dame Edna

[Itchinjim]

79. Gaaah!!! What the hell is that?!

She looks like somebody's drunken, cross eyed and deranged auntie! Sweet Jesus!

[TalkingDog]

113. And you know, that pretty much sums her up.

We see her out and about all the time. She likes to visit the local Tractor Supply and Farm & Garden for some reason. I guess that's where she assumes all the sheeple hang out. Some politicians make my skin crawl, including FoXXX (and our "fearless leader").

Voted YES to the permanent institution of the Patriot Act.
Voted YES to Ban Gay Marriage.
Voted NO on criminalizing oil cartels like OPEC.
Voted NO on removing oil & gas exploration subsidies.
Voted NO on keeping moratorium on drilling for oil offshore.
Voted YES on scheduling permitting for new oil refinieries.
Voted YES on authorizing construction of new oil refineries.
Voted YES on deauthorizing "critical habitat" for endangered species
Voted NO on protecting whistleblowers from employer recrimination.
Voted YES on requiring photo ID for voting in federal elections.
Voted YES on restricting independent grassroots political committees.
Voted YES on prohibiting lawsuits about obesity against food providers.
Voted YES on limiting attorney's fees in class action lawsuits.
Voted YES on prohibiting product misuse lawsuits on gun manufacturers.
Voted YES on denying non-emergency treatment for lack of Medicare co-pay.
Voted NO on requiring negotiated Rx prices for Medicare part D.
Voted NO on restricting no-bid defense contracts.
Voted YES on allowing electronic surveillance without a warrant.
Voted YES on continuing intelligence gathering without civil oversight.
Voted YES on federalizing rules for driver licenses to hinder terrorists.
Voted YES on continuing military recruitment on college campuses.
Voted NO on restricting employer interference in union organizing.
Voted NO on increasing minimum wage to $7.25.

She's not even FROM North Carolina. She was born in the Bronx. I guess she figured she needed a redder state to peddle her wares.


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[aquart]

133. The Bronx did that? I'm so ashamed.

[PurpleChez]

162. Maybe it's Ann Coulter's larval stage.

[donheld]

92. How fucking dare you disgrace Dame Edna like that

Ms Edna wouldn't ever look that bad.

http://www.theage.com.au/ffximage/2006/08/23/edna_narrowweb__300x387,0.jpg

[Joe Bacon]

126. I wonder what Larry Flynt has on this clown!

Flynt supposedly has dirt on 30 Republican congressmen, he says he's waiting for the right moment to release his stuff...

[Up2Late]

6. Man, I do hope this is true, this guy is a 100% slime-ball.

He love going on Fox "news" and repeating the latest RW "talking points" without any clue about what any of it really means.

[Bitwit1234]

9. If this keeps up,

the republicans will defeat themselves. The democrats will then have an overwhelming victory in 2008.

[PurpleChez]

52. I bet we can still find some way to fuck it up....

[djjimz]

81. What could we possibly do to fuck it up...

that could be worse than what these nit-wits have done?
No, I'm a little more optimistic than that.
Let these assholes burn themselves.
They're all demons anyway.

:puke:

[PurpleChez]

105. I just mean we'll find some way to lose the election.

If nothing else, our side is the side of dormitory intellectuals who say things like "the candidates are all the same...it doesn't matter if I vote or not", or who won't vote for the Dem because "sure, he's environmental, but he's not environmental ENOUGH...he doesn't support my pet micro-sub-issue, so I can't vote for him." Meanwhile, the Rethugs would vote for a bucket of sand if that were their candidate.

[Unca Jim]

121. More likely...

They'd vote for a bucket of sand that said it was "pro life", at least around here.

[MilesColtrane]

139. Diebold is still around. They just changed it's name.

Not outlawing Republican owned voting machines counts as a big fuck up.

[liberal N proud]

10. Not another one?

Who could ever think the hypocriters could be this deep?

[DCKit]

90. Ummmm, me and 99.5% of the others who read DU (yeah, we can read you dumbshits) nt

[notadmblnd]

11. And here's the motive

The Associated Press reports that Robert Drake, of Rutherford County, NC was the gunman. Newspaper reports describe Drake as a friend of Gonzalez and Abrami. All three men were active in Republican politics. Gonzalez was an influential political consultant, who owned Strategum Group, and managed Congressman Tom Feeny’s 2002 campaign. The house was owned by Gonzalez; Abrami lived with Gonzalez. Newspapers and political websites have been abuzz with posts from friends and associates of Gonzalez, who speculate the motive for the murder-suicide as being a gay love triangle gone wrong. Officials have yet to release details about a possible motive.

Another, more sinister motive has been put forth by several sources, including CrimeBlog.us. Reporters there say that Drake was associated with the owner of a gay escort service in the Virginia Beach area. The owners of that escort service are facing charges that they murdered the owner of a rival company catering to the gay community. A source for the Crime Blog reporter states:

“My solid, but unconfirmed, sources say that Drake was trying to hit Gonzalez up for cash to raise money to defend a kid (Harlow Cuadra) who is on trial for murder up in Pennsylvania. The 26 year old “kid” ran a gay escort and porn business in Virginia Beach and may have had several Republican clients–Drake being one. (See www.norfolkmaleescorts.com and www.boybatter.com). . . My sources say Drake may have approached Gonzalez for funds for Cuadra’s defense, threatening to blow the lid off everything by MAKING THE REPUBLICAN CLIENT LIST OF THE GAY ESCORT BUSINESS PUBLIC KNOWLEDGE.” http://crimeblog.us/?p=536#more-536
http://www.northcarolinaconservative.com/index.php?subaction=showfull&id=1188428152&archive=&start_from=&ucat=&

[Kip Humphrey]

54. Jeff Gannon's book is coming... Gonzales and Drake... Drake is dead... Gonzales resigns... Hmmm...

[bbgrunt]

67. I was wondering where the name Gannon had disappeared to

in the wake of Craig. No body on the corporate media ever mentions his name even though they take delight in naming Vitter and Foley. If he is really writing a book, I wouldn't bet on any earthshaking news, or he would have been part of the slaughter in Florida last week.

[Garbo 2004]

72. Gonzalez, associated with Drake, is dead. Not the AG Gonzales. n/t

[DemBones DemBones]

75. But AG Gonzalez resigned, as did Rove, and

I wouldn't be surprised to learn that they are both gay. I wish Andy Stephenson were still alive because he was a good guy and because he wanted hypocritical gays in the GOP outed. He'd love this, I think.

He said many times that his gaydar said * himself is gay, that Victor Ashe is his long-time lover. THAT would be a really interesting scandal.

[PurpleChez]

164. I know you're just passing along something that someone else said,

so I'm not meaning to jump on you or anything, but some of my gay friends have had the most questionable gaydar I've ever been witness to. They seemed to think that nearly everybody was a closeted homosexual, either undiscovered or in denial. And there was an unfortunately stereotypical cattiness about it, too. Fun guys, though, and I miss them terribly.

[blogslut]

91. Wrong Gonzales

The Gonzales in question is also dead.

As for Guckert's book, I wouldn't hold my breath for any earth-shattering revelations.

[DCKit]

93. "Family values" Bwahahahahahahaha

Fucking preverts. (sp intentional for the Freepers benefit)

[Joanne98]

123. What jail is Harlow Cuadra in?

[notadmblnd]

149. I'm not sure he is in jail

I found his MySpace and another interesting article on him when I did the google on his name.

Check them out if you like.

http://www.myspace.com/harlowcuadra

here's a snip of the article that I found on a blog thatled me to his MySpace

"Just this morning, TBB posted their latest entry in what has been a litany of posts digging deeper into the case. It turns out the Kocis case could be about a hell of a lot more than some starlet who wanted his 15 minutes—it involves allegations of pedophilia, bribery, vengeance and fucked-up forensics. It also offers the possibility that Cuadra is a patsy being set up by police so that they can close the Kocis case and get rid of a young gay punk currently making a mint running an escort site and recruiting gay soldiers to perform in his amateur porn videos."


http://www.queerty.com/queer/porn/anatomy-of-a-frameup-20070418.php

[loudsue]

13. Woo boy! If there's one thing NC repug rednecks can't abide, it's one

of their own being seen messing around with boy toys!

If this turns out to be true, the bloggers need to make sure it gets AT LEAST as much coverage as Larry Craig. This is tooo good!!

:kick:

[NC_Nurse]

14. That would really help blow this red state out of the water!

Hope it's true.

[valerief]

15. This would be a wonderful story to discourage the Family Values voters from voting rethug. nt

[PurpleChez]

53. I hope that's how it would go down

I'm just really cynical about that.... When I first moved to Georgia we had a Dem gov, a Dem legislature, and it had been that way for 130. But in just...what...six years?...the Thugs just effing took over. It just seems like Joe NASCAR and Sally Double-Wide have totally bought into the idea that "Republican = God, Democrat = Evil Traitor". Gee Dumbya could get caught on live video molesting a corpse and they would STILL insist that he walked with God and should be obeyed without question.

[Spiffarino]

63. You can thank your new voting machines for that.

2002 was a watershed year for Repubs in GA. Coincidentally, the new touch-screen voting machines came online at the same time and got a shiny new "patch" from Diebold about three weeks before the election. :argh:

[defendandprotect]

64. or maybe you're voting on electronic voting machines --- ????

[PurpleChez]

106. Yes indeedee-doo

thieving criminals

[DemBones DemBones]

76. Don't blame GA voters, blame Diebold.

That election was the year every county in GA voted with Diebold machines and the polls the day before showed Gov. Barnes and Sen. Cleland with good leads. Yet they "lost." Things that make you go hmmm, and :wtf:

Bob Barr lost too and I think it's because he spoke out against the PATRIOT Act instead of being a good little Republican and following orders from the WH. He does consulting for the ACLU now in addition to his law practice.

[PurpleChez]

107. I seem to remember Barnes even being declared a winner at some point

and then being in the car on my way to work and hearing that Elmer Fudd...oops...I mean Sonny Perdue had actually "won." And I will always despise Chambliss for what he did to Max

[DemBones DemBones]

157. I remember that ol' Sonny was surprised he won.

Or acted that way.

Yes, I'll never forgive Shameless for the tv ad showing Max morphing into Osama and Saddam. The hand of Rove was behind that one, methinks.

Shameless couldn't serve in the military because he had a "bad knee." :eyes:

Max lost both legs and an arm in Vietnam and anyone dares question his patriotism? The Bushistas just couldn't stand it that he wouldn't just go along with their plans without asking any questions. None of them had combat experience but they thought they knew better than he did.

I knew Iraq would turn out as it has.

[vickitulsa]

135. This same scenario applies to Oklahoma.

I have wondered for a long time what ever happened to the solidly Democratic state I grew up in and always came back to after my many travels over the years. I'm retired now and back home for good in the Tulsa area, and I can't say when it was exactly that I noticed everything here seemed to have gone "R" in a big way, but it surely happened.

We may still have a "D" governor or a fair scattering of "D's" in office, but I know the Revolting "R's" must certainly count Oklahoma in their column (ahead of time) in every national election.

My state's current senators are among the worst of the worst (Inhoff and Coburn, the wicked idiot twins).

Was talking with my brother recently about this shift in our home state's hue from blue to red, and he was every bit as puzzled as I am about just what happened that this longtime Dem state turned Repuke and has stayed that way for way too damn long....

WAS it the machines? Or the Bible-belt mentality of so many here that bought into the Dumbya-as-God's-mouthpiece BS? I honestly don't know, but it makes me sick, and sick at heart, that OK just plain SUCKS politically these days.

[PurpleChez]

160. I know. Some of the others just talked about Deibold machines,

and I don't mean to discount that, but I'm talking about the attitudes of the actual PEOPLE, not the damn machines. In a relatively short span of time these people fell 100% for the idea that Dems and liberals were atheistic traitors who all wanted to destroy Murka, and that Pubbies were the only ones who could make the world safe for Jesus.

[Orsino]

144. I'm afraid that it would mainly redouble gay-hatred...

...and fuel a political purge. If the only scandals that get big coverage are Teh Gay ones, then the orientation itself will become further criminalized in the pointy heads of the thirty-percenters.

[wicket]

16. Mmmmm popcorn

:popcorn:

[underpants]

20. move over

:popcorn:

[malaise]

125. Move over popcorn

These fuckers are nuts.

[volstork]

44. Yeah, this is gonna

get GOOD!! :popcorn:

[Ilsa]

17. I wonder if he could be Craig's Union Station liaison? nt

[starroute]

19. There were insinuations going around in 2005

This is from a College Republican National Committee blog whose contents appear to have been scrubbed. (The URL was http://crncchatter.blogspot.com/2005/06/mchenry-caught-in-scandal-clear-abuse.html, but there's nothing there now except an empty front page.)

Wednesday, June 29, 2005

McHenry Caught in Scandal; Clear Abuse of Power
'Congressman's Aide in Trouble'

Congressman Patrick McHenry, the 28 year-old freshman lawmaker from North Carolina, and former Treasurer of the CRNC, is coming under heavy fire for his involvement in the recent CRNC election.

As reported here, and on other CR blogs many months ago, Congressman McHenry threatened and imtimidated College Republican leaders in North Carolina to change their votes from Davidson to Gourley, or face retribution. Today, The Hill, "The Newspaper for and about U.S. Congress," reports that McHenry and his chief of staff, Jason Deans - who was noticeably present at the convention - made calls to numerous College Republicans, telling them that if they failed to support Paul Gourley, "y'all are screwed." . . .

Jason Deans, McHenry's Chief of Staff, and a former Chairman of the NCFCR, admits to indicating that "helping Paul was helping me and helping the congressman."

Many believe that Deans should be fired, but that the aide knows too much about the congressman's personal life. "He's basically his confidant, and knows way too much," indicates one source who worked on the campaign, "he would never fire Jason."

[Deb]

21. This would help explain why he defended Foley on the tube

:puke: He's a political freaky twit.

[TalkingDog]

22. Ah, yes. My lil' ol' congressman....Patty McHurtMe

I don't care what does it...just wipe that insipid smirk off his freakin' face, please.



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[Musty]

24. I thought you were...

gonna say that the next outed will be David Dreier.

[wryter2000]

35. Welcome to DU

:hi:

[kimmerspixelated]

25. These scandals seem to be running on autopilot!

It's quite pleasing, kinda like finding extra moolah in your account! On the other hand, the neocons might be glad to have these kind of newsy tidbits or meteors to divert attention away from something else they have planned. Wouldn't put anything past these evil bozos!

[Jackpine Radical]

46. But why would they uncover their own for cover? Surely they could do better than that.

They must have some juicy scandals or half-truths or something on a few Democrats to chum the waters with.

[morningglory]

58. What about the money in the freezer??!! n/t

[Jackpine Radical]

68. THAT was my idea of cool cash.

[KoKo]

26. OH! If Dreams Could Come true!!!! Patrick McHenry is the newly designated Tom Delay

and since I live in NC....let me tell you...he's one that I would go say a prayer to God in a Fundie Church if we could get him out...and take that evil witch Virginia Foxx with HIM!!!!

I'm praying hard right now....

[Major Hogwash]

27. That guy is a little jerk.

And so hawkish on the Iraq War. I can't believe he's even in Congress.

[Catherine Vincent]

28. This is definitely popcorn worthy...

:popcorn:

[DianaForRussFeingold]

29. K&R This is getting really weird!

:wow: Another hypocrite! Rep. Patrick McHenry's crazy conspiracy claims that the Foley Scandal was orchestrated by the Democrats- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O6_ye2lFedA Patrick McHenry gets slapped down by Barney Frank and Bart Gordon while trying to turn the issue of Pelosi's plane into an issue Barney Frank "The Plane Boss!"-
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HGtAIUaZRG0 Patrick McHenry :spank:- Worst Person In The World-
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JX6niGeGfrE&mode=related&search=
:popcorn:

[wryter2000]

36. I wonder if it was the plane thing I remember

That doesn't seem awful enough to be what I remember.

[sarcasmo]

30. Kick, or the Hypocrisy.

[Buttercup McToots]

31. Wowie Zowie

:popcorn:

[Stephanie]

32. This is hearsay from an unknown source.

I don't like this. It insinuates that (a) those people were associated with McHenry - based on what proof?; and (b) that somehow he's connected to the murders. Unless it can be verified from a known reliable source, I don't think it's fair to post this. Even the source quoted in the 'Down with Tyranny' blog posts his story with a disclaimer.

{div class="excerpt"]
http://crimeblog.us/?p=536#more-536

Bryan, Harlow, and “Drake”
Posted by CrimeBlog.US on Aug 27 2007 | True Crime/Speculation, homicide, developing story, True Crime-Weird

[wryter2000]

33. That asshole!

The smarmy bastard did something really gawd-awful on one of the Meet the Snooze programs. Can't remember which one. I just remember he made DeLay look like a rational human being.

Lordy, I wish I could remember which show and what the issue was. I want to say he called Valerie Wilson a "glorified secretary," but I'm not sure that was it.

Anyone remember?

[David Zephyr]

34. And David Dreier is hiding so deep in his closet this week that no one can find him

Republican closeted homosexual and anti-gay Congressman, David Dreier sure has disappeared this week. Wonder why?

[Tinksrival]

48. There's this.........

http://www.reuters.com/article/politicsNews/idUSN3042486720070830?feedType=RSS&feedName=politicsNews

U.S. congressman contrite after Colombian faux pas
Thu Aug 30, 2007 6:39PM EDT



BOGOTA (Reuters) - A U.S. congressman said on Thursday he meant no offense when he hoisted himself onto the lectern of Colombia's lower house to address his Andean colleagues, some of whom were offended or simply amused by the faux pas.

Colombian newspapers carried pictures of Rep. David Dreier, a California Republican, sitting on top of the wooden podium and talking with local legislators on Tuesday while on an official visit





He's just a good ol' white boy working on free trade. :eyes:

[Joanne98]

124. That fucker is down there trying to start shit between Columbia and Venezuela!

[Mz Pip]

37. Well, that would explain

why this little war mongering chickenhawk isn't in the military. He's just honoring the military's opposition to gays in the military. :sarcasm:

Mz Pip
:dem:

[in_cog_ni_to]

38. Mike Rogers, the blogger who outed Craig, has info on McHenry too.

I mean, enough already!

The funny thing about McHenry is this: I've received tons of tips from across the state, including one from an elected official who told me, "I can tell you Patrick McHenry is gay. I've known him long enough to know."

Now, I'm not saying he is gay, but he does seem to like engaging with Barney Frank. If you have not seen the video of their exchange, it's priceless.

And on Thursday, McHenry refers to Congresswoman Ellen Taucher as a man. It seems clear to me that Patrick has some serious gender identity issues.

In typical form, is it any wonder that Patrick McHenry was the Republican attack dog against the Democrats on Foleygate? What is really funny here, is how he tries to call Foley an "obscure congressman from Florida." Check this video out:

http://www.blogactive.com/2007/05/not-just-one-voter-in-question-at-rep.html


Then there's this:

How do I know Patrick McHenry is gay? Let me put it this way: "everyone" knows Patrick McHenry is gay.

This weekend I learned that "everyone" knew Mark Foley was gay. Isn't that strange, since last week no one (outside the DC gay community) knew Mark Foley was gay?

In McHenry's case, I have completely reliable sources. With any luck they will go on the record soon.

Today we learned that Kirk Fordham is also gay. Fordham was Foley's Chief of Staff for 10 years, and then became Tom Reynold's chief of staff. Is Tom Reynolds also gay? If so, that would explain why he was sweating buckets during his press conference with Laura Bush today.

Of course there are more Republicans who "everyone" knows are gay. Joe Scarborough discussed gay Republicans at length on tonight's show, although he avoided naming names. He eventually forced rightwinger David Bossie to admit there are gay Republicans high in the House leadership. That probably means David Dreier, chairman of the Rules Committee, who "everyone" knows is gay - but I'm just guessing. Heck, John Boehner seems excessively "natty" to me - that's a possible sign. And Denny Hastert was a high school wrestling coach who spent every afternoon with his arms (and legs?) around sweaty, muscular, scantily-clad young men - doesn't that raise suspicions? Why doesn't Scarborough name names if he's really a "journalist" - not a Republican hack?

Interestingly, the highest-ranking closeted gay Republican whom "everyone" knows is gay - Ken Mehlman, the Chairman of the Republican Party - is going nowhere near the cameras. Isn't it strange that the Chairman of the Republican Party is afraid to appear on TV at the moment when the Republican Party is facing Armageddon?

The Foley/Hastert/Boehner/Reynolds/Shimkus/Fordham scandal is metastasasizing - even neofascist Charles Krauthammer said so on FOX tonight. Joe Scarborough went even further on Olbermann - he said the GOP has hit the iceberg and there is nothing they can do to avoid sinking to the bottom of the sea.

Before L'Affaire Foley is over, the whole "sick" Republican Party - closeted gay and perverted straight alike - could well be exposed and swept out of office en masse.<snip>

http://www.democrats.com/gay-patrick-mchenry-defends-hastert

[WinkyDink]

40. Still waiting for the Jeff Gannon thorough expose'.

[Divine Discontent]

56. JEFF GANNON EXPOSE

exactly - that needs to be done - a big documentary on how he could do the things he did in his private business affairs, and then get approved through the SS to get into the white house all those times to be beside (vertically, definitely, horizontally, still unsure) the pResident.

I wish someone would make a great doc on all the right wing evangelical hatred of gay rights and expose them with all the truth serum they can muster on the subject! I'm tired of being a vote tool for the rethugs when you will NEVER find me in a public restroom propping people for BJ's!

[Rosa Luxemburg]

59. when is this going to occur?

[WinkyDink]

84. When JG feels safe enough to speak. IMHO.

[ArkySue]

96. Rogers may out two other Senators

Mitch McConnell and Lindsey Graham. Like we couldn't tell already...HA!

[mod mom]

110. The Boehner-oh how I would love that hypocrite to be exposed!

[blogslut]

39. Been reading about this

Messy stuff, to be sure.

[KoKo]

41. Kick...this post is getting lost even if it goes to "Gretist" because M$M isn't picking up on it!

This post has to LIVE in the BLOGOSPHERE and GROW LEGS! It was reported three or four days ago as a "footnote" that Repug Operatives were killed in Orlando Florida. I've not seen any follow up since KPete's post about this.

Yet these folks were killed in FLA the scened of the Boulis killings that were related to ABRAMOFF and these Rep OP's helped STEAL THE 2000 ELECTION FROM AL GORE!

Let's keep on this one by kicking it...hoping that folks will notice. And, did anyone send this to Josh Marshall's Muckraker Site? This is something with the NC links to a Conservative Site...I would think his reporters would be VERY INTERESTED IN!

Patrick McHenry is the NEW HOUSE BULL DOG...even though he looks wimpy...he's as good or better than wimpy Ralph Reed who is also mentioned in the links from KPete's post.

Let's get on this and give a break on Craig for a bit to focus on getting Abramoff, Delay and the NC Repugs along with the SC ones who are RUNNING THE REPUG PARTY and the HEIRS TO KARL ROVE AND THE CHRISTIAN COALTION!

KICK! :kick:

[Viva_La_Revolution]

57. KoKo, you are tireless...

I think I love you! :hug:


:P

[go west young man]

143. These guys are tied into Tom Feeney and the 2000 election

theft. Brad Blog did extensive coverage on the death of Raymond Lemme of the Florida inspector General's Office in Vadosta, Georgia in 2003.

Excerpt: Lemme was the investigator from the Florida Inspector General's office at the Florida Dept. of Transportation (FDOT) to whom Clint Curtis had initially reported his allegations of wrongdoing by Rep. Tom Feeney (R-FL) and Yang Enterprises, Inc. (YEI). Feeney, the former running-mate of Jeb Bush in his original run for governor of Florida, was the corporate counsel and registered lobbyist for YEI while he also served as Speaker of the Florida House. In 2002, Feeney ascended to the U.S. House of Representatives where he is now a member of the U.S. House Judiciary Committee.



http://www.bradblog.com/Docs/ClintCurtis/LemmePhotos.htm

WARNING: Graphic Photos.

[go west young man]

146. Link To Gonzales bio on the Strategum website:

http://www.strategumusa.com/staff.html

[tom_paine]

43. If true...let the truth out.

n/t

[seemslikeadream]

45. Congressman Patrick McHenry aide indicted on voter fraud charges,

http://www.proudofwhoweare.org/storypm.html

[dmr]

138. Charged by the local proscecutor/grand jury - not the US Attorney

Wasn't that the complaint made by the GOP, that some of the fired US Attorney's were not following through on voter fraud? Well, here they had their chance ... oh, silly me, they only indict Democrats!

http://www.cbsnews.com/blogs/2007/05/11/primarysource/entry2793560.shtml
- snip -
According to Gaston County, North Carolina District Attorney Locke Bell, Lay was indicted on Monday, May 7 by a local grand jury.

- snip -

[Nimrod2005]

47. Oh man that would be great, this guy is the biggest fucking asshole on earth!!!

He is one bastard mother fucker!!!

[libnnc]

50. dang!

:wow:

[MrMickeysMom]

55. We should take some opportunity here with these lying liars

Remember how Larry Flint was going to "blow the lid" off of congressional names? I'm sure there are numbers coming...

I'm personally not looking for kinky shit on this numb nuts Republican liars who must be so repressed sexually (and who know how else?). I think we should just make the case about how the biggest homophobes in the universe are in denial.

I want to emphasize out of all of this the formula:

Republican Denial = unable to lead country by misrepresenting reality and the inability to tell the truth.

[Felinity]

116. More than denial

Denial is more like, "I can eat ice cream everyday--the cellulite will go away on its own."

This seems more like a severe dissociative disorder. It's one thing to deny an important aspect of yourself; it's quite another to dissociate from that aspect to the point that you go to great lengths to oppress others who share it. Then, when the suppression becomes too painful, you express that part of yourself in a very inappropriate way--airport johns & strangers, prostitutes, even children.

They are dangerous because they live in a fantasy world, where bombing the crap out of an innocent nation is an unselfish act of rescue, where putting people in positions who are totally unqualified is appropriate, where people without health care is not a problem.

I welcome any corrections or embellishments from someone who actually knows something about psychology.

[MrMickeysMom]

130. Well, now I'm going to delve into reading "severe dissociate disorder"! Good reply-

:hi:

The traits you've described are far more representative of these misanthropic flock of Repugs!

[vickitulsa]

137. I wish they'd take the dissociation all the way to its extreme of FUGUE STATE.

That way they'd be beyond reaching, totally out to lunch for good -- or at least for a very long time if we're lucky.

Twisted, hypocritical bastards, the lot of them! If they make it to fugue state, they'd be out of our hair (oops, I mean out of our lives, must avoid pun-bait) and we could get on with restoring our nation to some sense of sanity!

:applause:

[LiberalFighter]

61. Gay -for-pay? So there are men that are gay only when they are paid to be gay?

[TalkingDog]

69. In some cultures only certain acts are considered homosexual.

Getting a BJ from a man is not considered gay. Giving is.
Penetrating is masculine, receiving penetration: feminine.

This has antecedents in Ancient Roman cultures, that is still reflected today in cultural perceptions of homosexuality.

I have seen news articles on Middle Eastern practices that reflect this idea. Similarly for some Hispanic and Latino systems. I saw a documentary on child prostitution in Russia and, in this instance, a father was pimping out his son on the condition that the 12 year old only participate in a penetrative way.


And as to the direct question of gay for pay:

2 male (or female) prostitutes or porn actors that are straight-identified will have sex with each other for pay.


My Favorite Master Artist: Karen Parker GhostWoman Studios

[ruiner4u]

70. Yup...

some percent of hustlers <male prostitutes who take money for sex from men> are straight and just do it for the money...

[struggle4progress]

86. What is the Source of McHenry's New-Found Wealth?

Dear Editor:

I’ve been looking at Patrick McHenry’s recent U.S. House of Representatives Financial Disclosure Statement on the internet ... McHenry’s financial reports show, for instance, that he went from owning virtually nothing—he said—when he ran for Congress in 2004 to having a net worth in the bracket of “$720,000-$1.2 million” ... When McHenry first entered Congress, according to his filing, the Gastonia whiz kid reported “$68,009-$281,000” in net worth ... That year, the owner of McHenry Real Estate of Cherryville listed zero assets in his business—same as he does now ... But the disclosure forms apparently, don’t tell the whole McHenry financial story ...

http://www.newsatnorman.com/default.asp?sourceid=&smenu=103&twindow=Default&mad=No&sdetail=551&wpage=&skeyword=&sidate=&ccat=&ccatm=&restate=&restatus=&reoption=&retype=&repmin=&repmax=&rebed=&rebath=&subname=&pform=&sc=1967&hn=newsatnorman&he=.com

[LuckyLib]

152. But, but, I thought public service reduced your income . . .

;-)

[struggle4progress]

154. Well, perhaps he is also in the business of servicing the public

[bear425]

62. Yes, this should happen soon. Here are a couple interesting links.

http://www.scrutinyhooligans.us/?p=3949#comments

Pay particular attention to Drama Queen's posts. She apparently has some inside track on this story and is working hard to get some national coverage.

Also, here is another useful link:

http://patgobyebye.blogspot.com/

Should prove to be an interesting week coming up.

edit: linkage

[BigBearJohn]

66. Has anybody sent this to K.O.?

[Tellurian]

73. If they haven't, they should wait until Monday...for Tuesday's news..

popping up more :popcorn:

[orleans]

74. totally kicking and recommending this.

let's keep this rocking and rolling through the weekend. this is some very interesting stuff. (and that's an understatement)

[Wapsie B]

78. Oh dear goddess in heaven .....................

Let them all self-destruct. This is way more than Monica's dress. Sounds to me like the Log Cabin boys should have way more members than they do.

[pingzing58]

80. Looking forward to seeing another Repug self-hater taken down!

The hardest thing for any human being to do is to accept oneself for who one is (and, may I add, as God created you). Seriously, they need to do some soul searching.

[Drum]

82. I wish "we" (Dems) could prevail on the merits,

rather than by being the party of outing. But oh well, blood in the water and all that. :shrug:

[WinkyDink]

85. If Craig resigns, would he have been forced to do so, by Democrats? Or by the knowledge

that his fellow REPUBLICANS wouldn't again vote for him?

[Drum]

101. I suppose we'll never know. nt

[Maraya1969]

83. I copied and pasted and this male escort is in JAIL. I don't know

the details but I am curious. As soon as the page opens an audio plays and the guy is explaining how he is in jail and asking for donations to help pay for his defense. He says he was wrongfully accused.

Warning - this is a graphic site. You must copy and paste it. I hope it doesn't get deleted.


http://www.boybatter(dot)com/

EDIT: This disclaimer is if you want to enter the site. It was way wild and well just read.


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[Lindsey]

87. Wow - this seems hugh..l read what drama queen was saying....

Also, I think I saw Ralph Reed's name come up in one of the early posts. I sure haven't seen him around lately.

[blogslut]

88. The audio pleading for $$$ is unusual

However, the Warning message is just a warning message. Rather standard for an adult site featuring military-type content.

[DCKit]

89. OMG, I so knew this was coming. nt

[opihimoimoi]

94. Its POURING PUBs...its a DELUGE....its a FLOOD.......The PERFECT TIMING. GOP is TOAST

[Liberal_in_LA]

95. Finally someone mentions Ralph Reed and gay in the same sentence. & what about Lou Sheldon?

[Fading Captain]

147. Hello!

Jeezus.
Isn't that practically earth shaterring for the Republicans, if true?

Is the Republican Party just a bloody cult that seeks homosexuals, helps them into positions of power, and then blackmails them, literally, to death?

[Sam Ervin jret]

151. we know they have to get something on all of them!

[varun]

155. and Gary Bauer?

he gets my gaydar buzzing...

...although in a creepy way

[krj44]

97. i must be out of the

loop but is this post for real,i mean i fell out of my seat.

[spindoctor]

98. It's official. The GOP is gay and they are about to nominate a drag queen for the GE.

My sincere apologies to the gay community. You are more than welcome to stay with us for as long as you like but I'm afraid that this is no longer your home.

In a way you did overstay your welcome.
We fought for you all these years. We were ridiculed by the Right for defending your rights. We were put down in 2004 because America considered your civil status more important than a little thing called war.
And what did we get out of it?
Now we have to find out that all this time you were flirting with the enemy. Ah, we should have known. Andrew Sullivan gave it away a long time ago. How could we be so blind not to see that we were the ones being infiltrated?
But now it is all getting clear. You used us to further your political agenda, whatever that is. The P in PNAC stands for Pink, doesn't it? Oh what a devious game you played. You made us believe you loved us, you made us believe you hated us. It is a clear case of abuse.

Never the less, we will continue to fight for what we believe is right, and that is your right to express your sexuality with pride. Your right to walk hand in hand with your head held high instead of having to do your tearoom routine in airport restrooms.

Yes, we are disappointed and sad that all these years you have played both sides of the game, but we are not angry.
If you want to stay, then stay. But if you want to leave, we will understand. If you do decide to stay, then remember that there are certain rules. Most importantly that hypocrisy is not allowed here.

Also, I expect all of you to form a queerleader squad and make a presence at the RNC with chants like: "We're here to stay, Republicans are gay!" and "Giuli, Giuli, you're our gal. Democrats will burn in hell!"

[Divine Discontent]

100. may I be the first gay boy to say...

that was hilarious! if you'll have me, I'd like to stay! and if Julie Ani ends up being their candidate I cannot wait to make bumper stickers with him in drag to discredit their party even further for being extreme fanatics when it comes to h8n on GLBTers. Don't worry anyone, I will make the sticker say something like "b b but! I thought this kind of behavior was wrong?!"

[and-justice-for-all]

102. Uh huh...

:popcorn:

[Kolesar]

108. WTF is this guy talking about? That was three terribly written paragraphs

Lil' Jeb, Lil' Hillary, Lil' Mikey Moore, Lil' Obama
South Park's outing of Tom Cruise
murderous Republican homosexual love triangle
(Note: The website in this GOP report are graphic pornographic gay prostitute sites and if you don't want to see that kind of stuff DO NOT copy and paste the links. They are purposely not in the form of links.)

[mod mom]

109. It's always great to see hypocrisy bite them in the butt! rec'd

[Jane Eyre]

112. How He Won, or McHenry vs. The Local Republican Party Establishment

One of the interesting things to note here is how McHenry won this seat. Basically, he was an outsider of the local party establishment (with national ties) who used every Rovian trick imaginable to win the Republican primary. For one thing, it appears that McHenry doesn't even live in the district. For another thing, one of his top election officials (a guy named Michael Aaron Lay - you can't make this stuff up!) was recently indicted for voter fraud because he was allegedly living in a house owned by McHenry in the district which he listed as his voting address even though his paychecks were sent to an address in Tennessee. And not just that, but it looks like McHenry may have had more than one paid (male) staffer using his district residence as a voting address during the primary - a primary that he won by only 85 votes!

http://www.blogactive.com/2007/05/not-just-one-voter-in-question-at-rep.html

McHenry won in one of the most reliably Republican districts in the state. He won in the second primary held in August after no candidate in the first primary succeeded in winning a majority of the votes. McHenry gathered only 26% of the votes in the first primary while his challenger, long-term sherriff David Huffman, got 35%. The second primary was really, really nasty with both pols going after the hard-right voters who were about the only ones you would expect to turn out for a special 2nd primary held in the heat of a southern August. Huffman raised questions about McHenry's background and personal life, McHenry went after Huffman for alleged financial discrepancies and not being a "real conservative".

Oh, and it is worth noting too that the 10th district of North Carolina includes part of Gaston County. The head of Gaston County's Board of Elections, Sandra Page, was forced out of her position just after the 2004 election because there were 12,000 missing votes in this largely rural county. Seems she hired a voting machine technician to upload the votes and failed to oversee the process. Wow, just wow....

More general stuff here:

After one term in the North Carolina General Assembly, McHenry successfully ran for Congress in the 10th Congressional District, which had come open when nine-term incumbent Cass Ballenger retired. McHenry faced a heavily contested primary in the 10th and bested his closest opponent, Catawba County Sheriff David Huffman in a runoff primary by only 85 votes. In the general election, McHenry earned 64% of the popular vote, defeating Democrat Anne Fischer. However, it was generally thought McHenry's victory in the primary runoff was tantamount to election in November. His district is considered North Carolina's most Republican district, having sent Republicans to represent it since 1963.


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patrick_McHenry

[tinymontgomery]

114. He's my rep and I can't stand him.

hope we get someone decent to run against him.


http://patgobyebye.blogspot.com/


Edited to add link about pat

[peacetalksforall]

115. If there is truth to this, shouldn't the first question be - who is the

governor - will it be a Vitter protected non-exit or a Craig escorted exit. We can no longer assume that McHenry will be gone if the story is true and it breaks.

[Jane Eyre]

118. Gov. Mike Easley - Democrat

Only empty Senate seats are appointed by the governor though. This would have to be a special election.

Read my previous post, the NC-10th is solidly Republican and is considered one of the most conservative districts in the South. That McHenry won the general election with only about 65% of the vote pretty much shows that his support among the local Republicans can be considered weak. He won the seat in the very low turnout 2nd primary held in August 2004. Part of the reason that he won is that he spent a lot of money showing voters how close he was with the Bush administration. Another part of how he won was bringing in young men from different parts of the country to live in his house in the district while they worked on his campaign and voted for him. McHenry has lots of enemies in the local Republican party establishment, which is why he has been working on a remake of the party establishment by bringing in his cronies.

[peacetalksforall]

120. Thanks. We keep on learning with credit to Repbublicans for

setting up the classrooms.

[SaveAmerica]

119. Governor Easley is a Democrat

[nolabels]

117. "All three were found last week in a murder-suicide in an Orlando apartment"

If true, this story really might be interesting, but seeing people died it won't get have the laugh track like the bigot Craig was. Not making fun of anyones sexual orientation but more of people being such poor liars and finally getting caught with the proverbial 'pants down'. These bigots are corrosive people and it seems good to see them getting their due, dead people not included :-(

[Jane Eyre]

122. Slain consultant worked in Alabama campaigns

http://www.decaturdaily.com/decaturdaily/news/070828/slain.shtml

A Republican political consultant killed in a double murder-suicide in Florida had worked on several Alabama campaigns, including Attorney General Troy King's winning race, and helped distribute an "Adam and Steve" leaflet in a legislative race that angered Democrats.

Ralph Gonzalez, 39, president of the Stratagum Group, was found dead at his Orlando home Thursday along with his roommate, attorney David Abrami, 36, and a friend, Jason Robert Drake, 30.

<more>

[aquart]

134. Who killed who?

And are we sure about that?

[tanyev]

128. Error: You've already recommended that thread.

Crap.

[Olney Blue]

129. When will the GOP learn that honesty is the best policy?

[Lorien]

131. I'm in Orlando. I think this is the case in question:

http://www.orlandosentinel.com/community/news/ucf/orl-murder2807aug28,0,1867451.story

Police: Ex-Marine killed consultants, self
Jason Drake's motive remains unclear, they say

Henry Pierson Curtis

Sentinel Staff Writer

August 28, 2007

A former U.S. Marine shot and killed two political consultants before killing himself last week but investigators still cannot say why, the Orange County Sheriff's Office announced Monday.

Forensic evidence identified Jason Drake as the killer of Republican strategists Rafael "Ralph" Gonzalez and David Abrami, sheriff's Cmdr. Joe Picanzo said.

"What prompted him to go in and commit that crime remains undetermined and may never be known," Picanzo said. "We have had so many different and conflicting statements from people."

All three men died in Gonzalez's home on Hickory Oak Boulevard on Aug. 21, but the bodies were not discovered until Thursday.

"All three associated socially and professionally to some degree," said Picanzo, who did not know how the three met.

Gonzalez, 39, was the president of Strategum Group and a former head of the Republican Party in Georgia. He managed U.S. Rep. Tom Feeney's 2002 campaign and the 2003 Orlando mayoral campaign of advertising executive Pete Barr.

(snip)

[Augdog20]

159. Strategum -what a funny name. Kinda sticks to you. n/t

[Alizaryn]

132. As the plot ... sickens

ugh

[L0oniX]

136. K&R

"Let all the poisons that lurk in the mud hatch out" -- I Claudius

[WillyT]

140. Big K & R !!!

:bounce::kick::bounce:

[AnnieBW]

141. I was wondering about those three guys in the Orlando hotel

Something smelled fishy there, especially when one of them was connected to Ralph Reed.

[tibbiit]

142. what about Orin Hatch?

my gaydar says Yes!
tib

[Tandalayo_Scheisskopf]

148. Old saying in Washington:

"They don't call Orrin Hatch "The Master" because of his political acumen in The Senate"

[Orsino]

145. I wonder whether he's reserved a spot in rehab yet? n/t

[rocktivity]

153. Those three GOP-connected deaths that went down Flordia??? GET OUTTA TOWN!

And to think I made a point of not stooping to reading anything "gay" into it!!!


rocknation
:wow:

[Connie_Corleone]

156. This should be interesting. Kick

[Chipster]

163. How Patrick McHenry Spent His Summer Break

"Rep. Patrick McHenry spent six days in Israel as a guest of the American Israel Education Foundation, a charitable organization....McHenry’s trip was paid for by the American Israel Education Foundation, an independent, non-profit, charitable organization affiliated with the American Israel Public Affairs Committee. AIPAC, as it is commonly referred to, is a lobbying organization that promotes stronger ties between the United States and Israel.

According to the Center for Responsive Politics, a nonpartisan organization that monitors the role of money in politics, the foundation has spent more money on travel for members of Congress in the past two years than any other organization....Massie Ritsch, the communications director for the center, said that Israel is the top destination for elected officials.

“Members of Congress have been to Israel more often over the last two years than they have been to Chicago,” he said.

The foundation sponsored two trips this summer to Israel, one for Democrats and one for Republicans. Josh Block, the press secretary for AIPAC, said that the cost of the trip is approximately $5,000 a member.

McHenry, who had never been to Israel before, said that the trip was “very powerful.”

“To stand on the Golan Heights and look off in the distance and see Syria was incredible,” he said.

During the six-day visit, he met with numerous elected officials, including Prime Minister Ehud Olmert, as well as the foreign minister and two previous prime ministers."

Full article

[Augdog20]

165. GOP stands for . . . ?

Gay Old Party? or Grand Old Party?

[texpatriot2004]

166. I thought that news about the 3 found dead was not the end of

that story.