Comments on: McHenry staffer/roomie pleas to vote fraud http://scrutinyhooligans.us/2007/08/09/mchenry-staffer-pleas-to-vote-fraud/ If ye love wealth better than liberty, the tranquility of servitude better than the animating contest of freedom, go home from us in peace. We ask not your counsels or your arms. Crouch down and lick the hands which feed you. May your chains set lightly upon you, and may posterity forget that you were our countrymen. — Samuel Adams Mon, 21 May 2012 17:52:02 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Drama Queen http://scrutinyhooligans.us/2007/08/09/mchenry-staffer-pleas-to-vote-fraud/comment-page-1/#comment-10825 Drama Queen Sat, 11 Aug 2007 00:58:50 +0000 http://www.scrutinyhooligans.us/?p=3800#comment-10825 <p>Over at <a href="http://www.northcarolinaconservative.com/index.php?subaction=showfull&id=1186774386&archive=&start_from=&ucat=&" rel="nofollow">NC Conservative</a>, Judson Cox has done a complete overview of the situation. (You'll note he pimps me so, of course, I'm returning the favor). But his analysis is sound. And he has two things of particular note. One, this is how the McHenry folk are playing the story:</p> <blockquote><p>Some in the McHenry/Stewart camp are already claiming that the deferred prosecution deal means that all charges have been dropped, and prove that Lay did nothing wrong. They maintain that District Attorney Bell was merely out to smear McHenry politically by waging a witch-hunt against an innocent young man. That claim is patently false. Lay has accepted a deferred prosecution deal, which means that he is guilty of the crime he committed, but that the court is showing him a great deal of mercy. Deferred prosecutions are often given to young, non-violent, first-time offenders who cooperate with the prosecution. Essentially, it acknowledges that the offender was young and stupid when he committed the crime, and has seen the error of his ways.</p> </blockquote> <p>Also, and more importantly, check out this nugget:</p> <blockquote><p>*The campaign finance reports for Patrick McHenry's 2004 congressional campaign seem to have gone missing from the NC State Board of Elections website. The SBOE lists McHenry's finance reports when he was in the NC House, and the reports from his second congressional term, but 2004 and 2005 have disappeared. This is very odd.</p> </blockquote> <p>I'm not sure why the state would keep finance reports on Congressional campaigns (I assume that's what he means) but it looks worthy of note.</p> Over at NC Conservative, Judson Cox has done a complete overview of the situation. (You’ll note he pimps me so, of course, I’m returning the favor). But his analysis is sound. And he has two things of particular note. One, this is how the McHenry folk are playing the story:

Some in the McHenry/Stewart camp are already claiming that the deferred prosecution deal means that all charges have been dropped, and prove that Lay did nothing wrong. They maintain that District Attorney Bell was merely out to smear McHenry politically by waging a witch-hunt against an innocent young man. That claim is patently false. Lay has accepted a deferred prosecution deal, which means that he is guilty of the crime he committed, but that the court is showing him a great deal of mercy. Deferred prosecutions are often given to young, non-violent, first-time offenders who cooperate with the prosecution. Essentially, it acknowledges that the offender was young and stupid when he committed the crime, and has seen the error of his ways.

Also, and more importantly, check out this nugget:

*The campaign finance reports for Patrick McHenry’s 2004 congressional campaign seem to have gone missing from the NC State Board of Elections website. The SBOE lists McHenry’s finance reports when he was in the NC House, and the reports from his second congressional term, but 2004 and 2005 have disappeared. This is very odd.

I’m not sure why the state would keep finance reports on Congressional campaigns (I assume that’s what he means) but it looks worthy of note.

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]]> By: Drama Queen http://scrutinyhooligans.us/2007/08/09/mchenry-staffer-pleas-to-vote-fraud/comment-page-1/#comment-10816 Drama Queen Fri, 10 Aug 2007 20:43:48 +0000 http://www.scrutinyhooligans.us/?p=3800#comment-10816 Thanks, you make me feel loved. Thanks, you make me feel loved.

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]]> By: rip http://scrutinyhooligans.us/2007/08/09/mchenry-staffer-pleas-to-vote-fraud/comment-page-1/#comment-10815 rip Fri, 10 Aug 2007 20:42:46 +0000 http://www.scrutinyhooligans.us/?p=3800#comment-10815 "Hey, rip, do they have cute curly hair on their asses?".....says DQ I don't know about the "cute curly" part. But I'll look a little closer, just for you, next time. “Hey, rip, do they have cute curly hair on their asses?”…..says DQ

I don’t know about the “cute curly” part. But I’ll look a little closer, just for you, next time.

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]]> By: Drama Queen http://scrutinyhooligans.us/2007/08/09/mchenry-staffer-pleas-to-vote-fraud/comment-page-1/#comment-10809 Drama Queen Fri, 10 Aug 2007 19:23:16 +0000 http://www.scrutinyhooligans.us/?p=3800#comment-10809 <p>Duh. I just figured out the Airedale comment. Hey, rip, do they have cute curly hair on their asses?</p> Duh. I just figured out the Airedale comment.

Hey, rip, do they have cute curly hair on their asses?

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]]> By: Drama Queen http://scrutinyhooligans.us/2007/08/09/mchenry-staffer-pleas-to-vote-fraud/comment-page-1/#comment-10799 Drama Queen Fri, 10 Aug 2007 16:51:57 +0000 http://www.scrutinyhooligans.us/?p=3800#comment-10799 Republicans are stumped as to how to stop this guy. Young Republicans feel manipulated, bullied and betrayed by him. He continues to con and manipulate naive college republican staffers and volunteers. Local Republicans who speak against him are harassed and told to stick with the program. He knows grassroots politics and he knows his district. I'm not sure there's much anyone can do at this point. Republicans are stumped as to how to stop this guy. Young Republicans feel manipulated, bullied and betrayed by him. He continues to con and manipulate naive college republican staffers and volunteers. Local Republicans who speak against him are harassed and told to stick with the program. He knows grassroots politics and he knows his district.

I’m not sure there’s much anyone can do at this point.

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]]> By: rip http://scrutinyhooligans.us/2007/08/09/mchenry-staffer-pleas-to-vote-fraud/comment-page-1/#comment-10796 rip Fri, 10 Aug 2007 16:18:47 +0000 http://www.scrutinyhooligans.us/?p=3800#comment-10796 It's up to us to NOT let it go away like it didn't happen. Maybe we can't stop the system from letting these buttholes get away with their dirty tricks but we can damned sure keep these stories alive...forever. It’s up to us to NOT let it go away like it didn’t happen.

Maybe we can’t stop the system from letting these buttholes get away with their dirty tricks but we can damned sure keep these stories alive…forever.

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]]> By: Drama Queen http://scrutinyhooligans.us/2007/08/09/mchenry-staffer-pleas-to-vote-fraud/comment-page-1/#comment-10789 Drama Queen Fri, 10 Aug 2007 14:44:13 +0000 http://www.scrutinyhooligans.us/?p=3800#comment-10789 Okay, I've got the news on expungement, etc. Since they reduced the charges to misdemeanors, it can all go away like it didn't happen. I guess that's what they got DA Locke Bell to do between Monday and Thursday. On Monday (although no one but me reported it), Lay turned down the plea agreement because he was still thinking that he could get away with it. (I guess the coolaid McHenry served him in 04 was still having an effect on his newly legally-trained brain.) Also note that the Hickory and Charlotte papers posted this news around midnight. (CO even labeled it "breaking.") But now there are a dozen stories that have been posted since. Good timing for the McHenry folks, don't you think? How do they coordinate this stuff. Do you think they arrange it all or that the newspaper people are so intimidated they bury (or fail to report the news) as a matter of habit? Okay, I’ve got the news on expungement, etc. Since they reduced the charges to misdemeanors, it can all go away like it didn’t happen. I guess that’s what they got DA Locke Bell to do between Monday and Thursday. On Monday (although no one but me reported it), Lay turned down the plea agreement because he was still thinking that he could get away with it. (I guess the coolaid McHenry served him in 04 was still having an effect on his newly legally-trained brain.)

Also note that the Hickory and Charlotte papers posted this news around midnight. (CO even labeled it “breaking.”) But now there are a dozen stories that have been posted since. Good timing for the McHenry folks, don’t you think? How do they coordinate this stuff. Do you think they arrange it all or that the newspaper people are so intimidated they bury (or fail to report the news) as a matter of habit?

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]]> By: rip http://scrutinyhooligans.us/2007/08/09/mchenry-staffer-pleas-to-vote-fraud/comment-page-1/#comment-10781 rip Fri, 10 Aug 2007 11:41:40 +0000 http://www.scrutinyhooligans.us/?p=3800#comment-10781 Well I've been thinking about getting an Airedale. Well I’ve been thinking about getting an Airedale.

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]]> By: Drama Queen http://scrutinyhooligans.us/2007/08/09/mchenry-staffer-pleas-to-vote-fraud/comment-page-1/#comment-10774 Drama Queen Fri, 10 Aug 2007 06:40:07 +0000 http://www.scrutinyhooligans.us/?p=3800#comment-10774 <p>The <a href"http://www.hickoryrecord.com/servlet/Satellite?pagename=HDR/MGArticle/HDR_BasicArticle&c=MGArticle&cid=1173352327760" rel="nofollow">Hickory Record</a> is reporting that Lay did plead guilty but can sit for the bar in February.</p> The Hickory Record is reporting that Lay did plead guilty but can sit for the bar in February.

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]]> By: Drama Queen http://scrutinyhooligans.us/2007/08/09/mchenry-staffer-pleas-to-vote-fraud/comment-page-1/#comment-10770 Drama Queen Fri, 10 Aug 2007 03:29:44 +0000 http://www.scrutinyhooligans.us/?p=3800#comment-10770 I just heard that he could get this record expunged. Can any legal types out there confirm???? I just heard that he could get this record expunged. Can any legal types out there confirm????

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]]> By: delirious http://scrutinyhooligans.us/2007/08/09/mchenry-staffer-pleas-to-vote-fraud/comment-page-1/#comment-10768 delirious Fri, 10 Aug 2007 03:12:47 +0000 http://www.scrutinyhooligans.us/?p=3800#comment-10768 You know......I think you may be right! You know……I think you may be right!

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]]> By: Drama Queen http://scrutinyhooligans.us/2007/08/09/mchenry-staffer-pleas-to-vote-fraud/comment-page-1/#comment-10763 Drama Queen Fri, 10 Aug 2007 02:11:14 +0000 http://www.scrutinyhooligans.us/?p=3800#comment-10763 <p>But don't you think that hair on a dog's ass would be pretty cute?</p> But don’t you think that hair on a dog’s ass would be pretty cute?

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]]> By: delirious http://scrutinyhooligans.us/2007/08/09/mchenry-staffer-pleas-to-vote-fraud/comment-page-1/#comment-10759 delirious Fri, 10 Aug 2007 01:36:13 +0000 http://www.scrutinyhooligans.us/?p=3800#comment-10759 Hey - I have a dog. That's insulting. Hey – I have a dog.
That’s insulting.

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]]> By: Drama Queen http://scrutinyhooligans.us/2007/08/09/mchenry-staffer-pleas-to-vote-fraud/comment-page-1/#comment-10753 Drama Queen Thu, 09 Aug 2007 22:39:16 +0000 http://www.scrutinyhooligans.us/?p=3800#comment-10753 <p>what an astute observation.</p> what an astute observation.

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]]> By: rip http://scrutinyhooligans.us/2007/08/09/mchenry-staffer-pleas-to-vote-fraud/comment-page-1/#comment-10749 rip Thu, 09 Aug 2007 22:19:26 +0000 http://www.scrutinyhooligans.us/?p=3800#comment-10749 What is it with this McHenry bunch and the hair that looks like dogs' asses? What is it with this McHenry bunch and the hair that looks like dogs’ asses?

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]]> By: Drama Queen http://scrutinyhooligans.us/2007/08/09/mchenry-staffer-pleas-to-vote-fraud/comment-page-1/#comment-10747 Drama Queen Thu, 09 Aug 2007 20:06:42 +0000 http://www.scrutinyhooligans.us/?p=3800#comment-10747 <p>Just noticed the matching wrinkled seersucker suits shared by DA Locke Bell and Lay's attorney Thom Goolsby (of Wilmington). Just like To Kill a Mockingbird. Not.</p> Just noticed the matching wrinkled seersucker suits shared by DA Locke Bell and Lay’s attorney Thom Goolsby (of Wilmington). Just like To Kill a Mockingbird. Not.

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