Republican primary gets nasty in North Carolina district

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Posted on Sun, May. 04, 2008
By LISA ZAGAROLI
McClatchy Newspapers

... McHenry's GOP opponent has accused McHenry of putting American lives at risk after he returned from Baghdad ...

McHenry enters the state's primary on May 6 trying to shake off recent headlines from his first trip to Iraq, during which the two-term lawmaker referred to a man protecting a U.S. Embassy gym as a "two-bit security guard" and then filmed himself talking about the buildings hit by enemy fire.

... Lance Sigmon of Newton, N.C., is airing a TV ad that essentially accuses McHenry of endangering Americans by giving away battle damage details. McHenry threatened to sue Sigmon if he didn't take the ad down, but Sigmon refused ...

... last year .. a young campaign aide whom McHenry housed during his first campaign faced voter fraud charges for casting a ballot in the 10th District without proper residency ...

http://www.miamiherald.com/692/story/520969.html