Is Patrick McHenry (sleazy repuke - NC) gay?

[jefferson_dem]

Another closeted hypocritical repuke? Just wondering. :shrug:

His "aid" has been nabbed in a vote fraud scandal and registered to vote at McHenry's house. But wait...there's more --->

Patrick McHenry’s night-time buddyMay 12th, 2007

More news on 26 year old Michael Aaron Lay, pictured right, (previous posts), aide to Congressman Patrick McHenry (NC-10) recently indicted on voter fraud by a North Carolina grand jury and registered to vote at the home of McHenry.

Pictured right: Michael Aaron Lay (myspace photo)

I’m sure somebody will end up claiming that Lay doesn’t live with McHenry. If that is claimed, then it just seems as though McHenry’s been getting secret night-time visits from his good “pal” Lay (src):

While looking over the activities of Michael Aaron Lay during the 2004 election year my attention was drawn to a traffic ticket that he recieved in March of 2005. Originally, the ticket drew my interest because Mr. Lay continued to show his voter registration in North Carolina, but on the day of the ticket his residence, his vehicle registration and his license were all from Tennessee. Out of curiousity I pulled the ticket from Gaston County, and I noted the time of the infraction. Michael Aaron Lay was pulled over at 4:57 am on a Thursday morning heading down Highway 321 in Dallas, Gaston County. Presumably Mr. Lay was leaving his “home” in Cherryville on his way to I-40 and Knoxville, TN where he was attending law school. My question is this: Is it really appropriate and seemly for a 29/30 year old Congressman to be sharing his home with a 23/24 year old law student on a weekday/school night such that the young college student is up at 4:30 am and headed back to school at 5:00 am. In my opinion there are only a few good reasons for a young man to drive 3 1/2 hours on a Wednesday after classes to spend the night with someone and then get up the next morning at 4:30 and drive the 3 1/2 drive back to make his classes. I cannot imagine what legitimate tasks in this “Age of Information” could not be accomplished over phone, fax and internet. If this young man’s visit was not for inappropriate reasons, at least our Congressman should realize and avoid such an obvious “appearance of impropriety”. Michael Aaron Lay is a young man compared to Patrick McHenry. It should be obvious to the Congressman and anyone else that a single man in Patrick’s position would be well advised to avoid overnight guests who find it necessary to scuttle out of town on a school night before the sun is even up.
http://www.interstateq.com/archives/2048/

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[babylonsister]

1. Who cares? All I need to know is the 'sleazy' is applicable. nt

[karlrschneider]

2. Maybe. Does it matter to you?

...

[jefferson_dem]

4. Not particularly...only insofar as he may be another hypocritical "say one thing do another"

scumbag. That's all...

EDIT: Is the question offensive?

[karlrschneider]

11. Not offensive but it might come off that way. I see where you're coming from

but by posing the question there's a subtle implication or suggestion that if he is, that's automatically something bad.
Maybe it would have been better if you had asked "Is he a hypocritical gay man?"...or something along those lines.

edit: I see you added a good comment at the top...thanks.

[jefferson_dem]

16. Points well taken, Karl. Thanks.

n/t

[monarch]

8. Matters to me.

I sure don't want to claim him

[karlrschneider]

9. same here...

;-)

[Greeby]

3. Maybe, maybe not. Either way......

He's a smug, arrogant, snotty, whining, irritating little puke.

[theothersnippywshrub]

13. You have a much higher opinion of him than I do. n/t

[tularetom]

5. Not that there's anything wrong with that

On the other hand there is a lot wrong with being sleazy, hypocritical and dishonest.

[jefferson_dem]

6. Thanks. Of course, the Seinfeld principle applies...

n/t

[IChing]

7. Follow my tread and links on this guy

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=389&topic_id=873864&mesg_id=873864

This is the real story......

[donco6]

10. If he's bad he's Repub; if he's *really* bad he's Repub and GAY.

Isn't that how it works?

:sarcasm:

[aquart]

14. No. If he's really bad he's a closeted gay Repub voting for anti-gay laws.

It's the hypocrisy, genius.

[donco6]

21. Uh huh, sure.

And that's why people practically foam at the mouth to make these connections. I fear it's not about hypocrisy as much as making sure really "bad" people aren't in the straight-people club.

[jefferson_dem]

22. Thanks for questioning people's motivations.

Maybe you could take a closer look at the websites that "broke" the story and reconsider your conclusions?

http://www.interstateq.com/archives/2048/

www.blogACTIVE.com

[donco6]

26. Not questioning motivations is de facto naivete.

But thanks for the link.

[Tandalayo_Scheisskopf]

15. Well...

If he is a repuke and gay and has supported initiatives aimed to abrogate the human rights of the LGBTI people of The United States...then yes, it is bad. It is bad because there are an awful lot of LGBTI people out there who do not enjoy the cover and support and privileges that come from being a member of congress.

But any way you slice it, such things leave one feeling soiled and in need of a good acid dipping and sand-blasting.

[theothersnippywshrub]

12. Don't know and don't care. But even the coprophagic freepers

think he is dirty and sleazy.

I found this on the internets by using the google:

Without going into sources, I expect this will be only the tip of the iceberg for criminal charges from the McHenry 2004 election. There are REALLY nasty things out there, the sort you'll want to take a shower after you read them.

Often, a Democrat getting an indictment against a Republican IS a partisan ploy. But not this time. There is much more to this, and it is very bad for McHenry.

Congressman Billybob

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1832467/posts

Of course this could merely be a reference to McHenry being gay. It is from a freeper after all, and coprophagia can impair the mind.

[babylonsister]

20. Holy Shit! I learned a new word! And now know why I

didn't know it prior to tonight. (Again, no puns intended)

co·proph·a·gy

: the eating of excrement that is normal behavior among many especially young animals but in humans is a symptom of some forms of insanity

Thanks (I think), and welcome to DU, theothersnippywshrub! :hi:

[hfojvt]

17. I regret that I have only one secret McLife to live for my McParty n/t

[bluestateguy]

18. Outing

Any politician who takes a public position against full civil rights for gays is fair game for outing. If a politician supports full civil rights for gays, then I say that they should get to keep their sexual orientation private if that is what they choose.

[Greeby]

19. The Frank Rule

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

The Frank Rule

Frank's blunt stance on outing certain gay Republicans has become well-publicized, dubbed "The Frank Rule" — that it is acceptable to out a closeted gay person, if that person uses their power or notoriety to hurt gay people.<4> The issue became especially relevant during the page scandal of 2006, during which Frank clarified his position on HBO's Real Time with Bill Maher:

"The fact is, yes, the Republicans do think should be a crime. And I think there’s a right to privacy. But the right to privacy should not be a right to hypocrisy ... people who want to demonize other people shouldn't then be able to go home and close the door, and do it themselves.<5>"

[LeftCoast]

23. Does the possibility of him being gay make him a worse person than he already is?

I don't understand why his sexuality is even being brought up in this circumstance.

[jefferson_dem]

24. Not necessarily, LeftCoast. But if he is a fucking hypocrite on this issue,

it makes him an *even* worse person than we already know he is.

[LeftCoast]

25. I'm not aware of him being particularly anti-gay

and it wasn't brought up in the context of the original post. As it stands now it basically just says he's a republican who might *gasp* be gay. I truly wish people would think about how some of us feel when we see things like this.

[donco6]

28. You're just being too sensitive.

It's all about the "hypocrisy".

:sarcasm:

[devilgrrl]

27. Wow! I hope I look that young at age 32!

:sarcasm: