Evidently...past behavior is only relevant if you're A) Democrat
B) Black... or C) Female

Not necesarily in that order.

"It’s a new dawn in the House and the Republicans will not like it all that much…"

Yes, it's a new dawn alright, and we've got to be grateful for small victories. A year of Democratic Congress and we're still in Iraq, still torturing, still imprisoning people without habeas corpus or due process, still spying on Americans, still not impeaching a war criminal who lied us into a war and authorized torture in violation of international treaties and hence the US Constitution he swore to uphold, but, hey, at least the Republicans don't get to win on procedural technicalities... Victory is ours!

Reich-wingers....always on the wrong side of every issue.

As someone from NC... I couldn't agree more with this scolding.

And as someone who is gay... this guy's wide stance may need to be checked into.

Where's the Sargent-at-Arms when you need them?

Another reich-winger providing intelligence to the opposition.....good job, Patty.

Isn't McHenry the guy trying to claim a DC Homestead credit yet lists his residence as some swanky lake house in NC?

Or do I have him confused with some other Republican criminal?

tallerghostwait, I think all of them are criminals. Once they get to D.C. they become inhuman, greedy, and indifferent. It must be the water.

I shutter at the fact that if Republicans start acting like Republicans I may vote for one.
Until then I will vote to increase the Democrats majority in the Senate & House since it seems Republicans do not make any sense.

Patrick is another closeted, self-loathing gay who is very sneaky and possibly corrupt. Yes, he's the same one who is trying to get a real estate exemption on his property.

I think if his constituent's knew of his behavior in DC, he'd be back selling real estate in NC.

He was peripherally involved in a case last year in Florida that involved some friends of his who were gay and 2 were murdered and the 3rd committed suicide. I think one was a former campaign staffer of his. You can google him and it should pop up.

One of these days though, he is going to shoot his mouth off and he will get his dimpled ass kicked all over DC. He is a pathetic little jerk.

liberalHUSSEINmoderation @ 19:

I shutter at the fact that if Republicans start acting like Republicans I may vote for one.
Until then I will vote to increase the Democrats majority in the Senate & House since it seems Republicans do not make any sense.

Shit...I'd vote for a republican no prob if they acted like a real republican...alas...their party has been hijacked by xtianofascist warmongering criminals...won't be voting for a republican for a looooooong time to come.

I don't even know what a real republican looks like or what they should act like or what they believe in. I can't really imagine voting for a republican, even an apparently "good one" because I wouldn't be able to trust one to the right thing once they got in office.

(Argh...when I think about the average politician, dem or rep, the irony of that second sentence just chafes...)

I love Barney also. He knows how to handle a "two-Bit" closet case like McHenry.

Phil @ 9:

What was it Michael Weiner Savage said?

Nothing of value ............

Next time, why doesn't McHenry go all out and just give the anti-occupation fighters a guided tour of the green zone. He could point out where U.S. troops and other personnel are housed, where the Iraqi leadership stays, possible points of entry, guard posts to avoid, etc. I mean, why doesn't McHenry just cut to the chase and save those fighters the trouble of gathering that intelligence themselves. After all, he has probably done it already by airing that video.

Bonkers Hussein @ 22:

liberalHUSSEINmoderation @ 19:

I shutter at the fact that if Republicans start acting like Republicans I may vote for one.
Until then I will vote to increase the Democrats majority in the Senate & House since it seems Republicans do not make any sense.

Shit...I'd vote for a republican no prob if they acted like a real republican...alas...their party has been hijacked by xtianofascist warmongering criminals...won't be voting for a republican for a looooooong time to come.

I don't even know what a real republican looks like or what they should act like or what they believe in. I can't really imagine voting for a republican, even an apparently "good one" because I wouldn't be able to trust one to the right thing once they got in office.

(Argh...when I think about the average politician, dem or rep, the irony of that second sentence just chafes...)

Well, I USED to be a Republican before Reagan. But hten the party started to change.
The Republican Party used to be the party of LESS government intrusion into States Rights and Personal/Moral life. The party of strict rules on Spending.

As you can see by what you've seen in the last years (since the Eighties, the Republicans have gone to the dark side of that. Now they want to intrude on every side, force THEIR moral ideas on the rest of us, and run wild without any ethical behavior.

They are having a very difficult time not having the power they had for the last 12 years.
They can't understand that they can't just run amok any longer without any over site.

now the will Whine for the next few year as the pendulum is on this swing.

sulphurdunn @ 31:

While most politicians are undeniably arrogant, unethical, greedy and shameless, it's apparent that most Republican politicians are also stupid.

And closeted. At least Barney came out and his party and constituents STILL appreciate who and what he is and stands for.

Lindey Graham and Craig etc. on the other hand ... well, you figure it out.

Randy @ 33:

That is one angry homosexual.

I don't think he was angry, i think he is just doing what needs to be done and that is stop the stampede over the rules that the Republicans have gotten used to. They can't stand that the party is over.

I like the fact that you guys go on DST this time of year. I can stay awake long enough to enjoy the West coast crowd as they get on line. But it is still late here, midnight to be exact.

katie @ 37:

I hope Patrick McHomo enjoys the last few months of his term. Tool.

Please, Homo is not bad ... not being able to come out to let your party know you are IS.
The republicans would shit if any amongst them came out of the closet. They are all "Theist" and supposedly follow the bible. (a book written by people who thought the world was flat and the center of the universe.).

I'm not a republican... but I am for broadcasting every second of video from the "war" in Iraq. Show every rocket and every bullet on a repeating loop.

And these are the guys who accuse of treason?

He musta studied under Geraldo.

41 pinkobait Says:

I think Limbaugh is a big factor in the radicalization of the Republican Party.
He took the Conservative idea of responsibility for ones own life and actions and started blaming everything, EVERYTHING on Liberals.That has spawned an industry unto itself.He’s twisted conservative ideology completely out of shape.

Don't forget Gingrich.

I'm sure McHenry thinks a scoldings incomplete without a spanking.

William @ 47:

McHenry is a complete and utter midget asshole. I'm wish Frank would've berated and slapped him down harder.

Sounds like Monty Python's Elizabethan pornography Gay Boys in Bondage.

I'd pay a dollar to see that!

♣Bangkok Bob♠ @ 38:

katie @ 37:

I hope Patrick McHomo enjoys the last few months of his term. Tool.

Please, Homo is not bad ... not being able to come out to let your party know you are IS.
The republicans would shit if any amongst them came out of the closet. They are all "Theist" and supposedly follow the bible. (a book written by people who thought the world was flat and the center of the universe.).

I agree, homo-ness is not bad in and of itself, but I think it's hilarious/sad that someone so obviously in the closet likes to keep himself there. No harm meant, apologies if offended.

Not to give McHenry a pass (he is such an anal opening), but if the Green Zone has one Iraqi working inside you can bet the bad guys already have a detailed map of the contents.

Barney Franks is awesome. I'm not always on the same page with him, but I think he'd be great dinner company.

I think Limbaugh is a big factor in the radicalization of the Republican Party.
He took the Conservative idea of responsibility for ones own life and actions and started blaming everything, EVERYTHING on Liberals.That has spawned an industry unto itself.He’s twisted conservative ideology completely out of shape.

There were those before RL, but he patented and marketed the idea. The charges they use now have been used throughout history by some of the worst offenders. Savanorola was the spiritual progenitor to types like RL and SH. The Spanish Inquisition, Salem Witch Hunts, Red Scare, etc. Even the initial hate of rock music and the furor over Elvis in the 50s comes from the kind of thinking RL and his ilk provide in copious quantity.

I would include Gingrich as an important pusher of the movement, but not the originator of it. All the messages they have been sending since the 60s began their modern forms back then as well. All they've had to do most of the last 40 years is keep repeating their phrases to make them seem true. They are of course nearly 100% wrong on just about anything, but that doesn't count if people are used to believing things simply because they've heard it 1000x from 100 different people.

And don't forget that people like Irving Kristol (Bill's dad) wrote their intellectual underpinning in the 50s. This stuff goes back farther than people think.

What ever happened about that weird love triangle/roommate murder a year or so ago in Florida I think? and one of the guys was either working for McHenry or living in his house?

It was all really weird and there was never any follow up about it???? Was this at all true??

http://downwithtyranny.blogspot.com/2007/08/wholl-be-next-republican-hyp...

Now if the democrats had balls on Iraq then I would be impressed?

Patrick Closet McQueeny is way out of her league dealing with Barney Frank.

Aww...he's so cute. Mattel should come out with a "Lil'est Congressman" Action Figure.

Studied under Geraldo. Good one. Show em' what they hit and what they missed so they can adjust their aim. What a doofus!.

Darth_Romney @ 65:

"It’s a new dawn in the House and the Republicans will not like it all that much…"

Well, I'm a Democrat and I'm not liking it that much either! Why? Let me go through the list:

1.) We're still in Iraq.

2.) The Republicans are still blocking any meaningful bills.

3.) Pelosi has taken impeachment 'off the table.'

4.) Despite his backing a Republican candidate for President, Joe Lieberman, according to Harry Reid, will still hold his seniority and committe charimanships, EVEN if the Democrats win a sizeable majority in the next election and they won't need this Neo-Con in Democrat's clothing to keep control of the Senate.

Shall I go on....?

I agree completely. Is it so much to ask Democratic leaders to just grow a pair?

I'm still trying to figure out why a Rep from NC is interested in whether American Samoa is exempt from the minimum wage bill (or at least I believe that's the littlest wingnut is whining about).

This is a bit bizarre, but McHenry has been around long enough to know the rules. McHenry is a complete scumbag who's sold out his own constituents to suck up to the GOP leadership.

Elections have consequences.

I think he was being scolded for not properly using parliamentary inquiry. I don't know the first thing about it, but I even understood that. He was trying to get information about some motion concerning American Samoa, which he can't do with parliamentary inquiry. In order to get the information he wants he needs to read the bill (a Congressman actually read a bill??), or ask someone directly involved with it for the information. Parliamentary inquiry is to ask about the rules governing the assembly itself. In other words, don't be asking me to do your homework for you and don't waste the assemblies time while you're doing it. Either way, Congress is worthless but it was still funny.

Contact McHenry and let him know what a fine job he's doing for our troops:

DC Office:
224 Cannon House Office Building
Washington, DC 20515
Phone: 202-225-2576
Fax: 202-225-0316
Email: Patrick.McHenry@mail.house.gov

District Office- Hickory:
Post Office Box 1830
87 4th Street, Northwest
Suite A
Hickory, NC 28603
Phone: 828-327-6100
Fax: 828-327-8311

District Office- Shelby:
311 East Marion Street, Suite 119
Shelby, NC 28050
Phone: 704-481-0578
Fax: 704-481-0757

District Office- Spruce Pine:
167 Locust Street
Spruce Pine, NC 28777
Phone: 828-765-2701
Fax: 828-765-2729

By posting footage from the Green Zone on his website, Patrick McChichenhawk was probably trying to show that he is a manly combat veteran.

No wonder nothing gets done. Hopefully this year they'll be replaced by some grown-ups.

joeedugan @ 66:

Darth_Romney @ 65:

"It’s a new dawn in the House and the Republicans will not like it all that much…"

Well, I'm a Democrat and I'm not liking it that much either! Why? Let me go through the list:

1.) We're still in Iraq.

2.) The Republicans are still blocking any meaningful bills.

3.) Pelosi has taken impeachment 'off the table.'

4.) Despite his backing a Republican candidate for President, Joe Lieberman, according to Harry Reid, will still hold his seniority and committe charimanships, EVEN if the Democrats win a sizeable majority in the next election and they won't need this Neo-Con in Democrat's clothing to keep control of the Senate.

Shall I go on....?

I agree completely. Is it so much to ask Democratic leaders to just grow a pair?

To be fair, a great many Democrats have been working hard - not only to see Bush's administration held properly accountable for numerous broken laws, but to provide better support in New Orleans, proper support for veterans young and old, ad infinitum. I'm not sure what can be expected of this Congress if Bush still chooses to veto every other bill. Although it should be noted that as it stands, the President has far more power now than the Founding Fathers certainly intended.

katie @ 81:

D.G. Bowman @ 71:

I must have been watching a different video.

All I saw was Rep. Frank cutting off and interrupting somebody who wasn't even identified.

Green Zone? All I heard was "American Samoa," over and over.

I like Frank, but he seemed like a bullying, blustering fool here.

Again, maybe I was viewing a totally different clip.

If somebody could elaborate or elucidate, my thanks.

There's no video on this post for his most recent fuck-up about showing the Green Zone damage to anyone who might benefit from knowing our military tactics.

This clip is from a while back to show exactly what a little "I don't have to follow the rules" snot McHenry is. Unrelated to the current fiasco.

And for those chastising Barney Frank, he was the only one in that clip following parliamentary procedure, no matter what his volume level was. The guys you're feeling sorry for did the same thing but worse when they held the gavel.

Thanks, Katie.

It is so overwhelming to see what a young Newt Gingrich might have looked like in his early years of a zombie eating brains to stay alive in congress. This young Newt of today, you guessed it. McHenry..........

Almost as fun as watching a sissy slap-fight.

tanglewood @ 20:

He was peripherally involved in a case last year in Florida that involved some friends of his who were gay and 2 were murdered and the 3rd committed suicide. I think one was a former campaign staffer of his. You can google him and it should pop up.

Ah Florida, what other state can claim the magical ability to make dead bodies and murder investigations disappear - when a Republican career is at stake, that is.

Like the investigation into Lori Klausutis' death, the investigation into the "murder-suicide" in Orlando just quietly went away........Lori Klausutis was Congressman Joe Scarborough's aide, her dead body was found in his office, and the murder suicide victims were connected not only to McHenry but to Jack Abramoff, Tom Delay, Tom Feeney, Ric Keller, Ed Gillespie, Ralph Reed, Karl Rove and a host of other corrupt GOP politicians.

Notice that the worm is trying to get an amendment to allow corporations to pay American Samoans less than the minimum wage. (Why would the brown savages need to make minimum wage anyway?)

Am I the only one who finds this reminiscent of the Delay/Abramoff/GOP scandal in the Marinaris Islands? Same corrupt bullshit; corporations want a "Made in the USA" label on their products so we can feel good about buying them, but the corps. don't actually want to make them in the US and have to pay a living wage, so they try to lobby and buy exemptions to allow sweatshop and slave labor in American Territories where they can avoid unions and worker's rights, or even having to pay a livable wage to the workers who make the goods.

That's what McHenry, who, as a US Congressman now has free medical and a guaranteed pension for the rest of his life, was trying to do: deny minimum wage to workers in an American Territory, so his corporate supporters can make more profit at the expense of the workers and, at the same time, foster an illusion of support for American workers with a disingenuous "Made in the USA" label.

Lies upon lies upon lies. And murder. And corruption. All to keep their profit and power to themselves.

People like this are why the French invented the guillotine.