The Worst in Congress- You can't make this stuff up

Patrick McHenry, in my humble opinion, is the worst excuse we have for a Congressman in this country. I've been covering the NC-10 race between McHenry and Daniel Johnson for the past month. I knew about McHenry giving away military information  on a trip to the green zone

I didn't know a lot of what I just found out at a site called Republicans Against McHenry

 Daniel Johnson, is a military hero, new father and a man of great character. If you haven't thought about this race already, this gets  on your pocketbook radar. We know there are many important races, but I'm not sure any contrast two candidates like this one.

I learned from Republicans Against McHenry that
McHenry has loaned his campaign $175,000, spent frivously on campaign expenses like meals and concert tickets, allegedly paid staffers to edit information on wikipedia, bashed the Presidential nominee of his own party and essentially partied like a college frat boy.

I love the diary about the staffers editing the info on wiki. Let me share that for you (it's lenghty but worth the read)

staffer Jason Deans (on McHenry’s payroll) has been trying to "spruce up" McHenry’s page- including removing information cited from popular magazines such as Roll Call, as well as adding unimportant information including a self-promoting blurb of the following:

McHenry credits his victory to his grassroots campaign which was developed by his political consultant Dee Stewart and executed by his campaign manager Jason Deans.

Accordingto the Wikipedia Revision History above, these edits were done by an account "Jason Deans", as well as by mysterious accounts that continue to try to remove information about McHenry’s ties to Countrywide, his controversy regarding giving alcohol to minors, the real outcome of the Michael Aaron Lay charges, as well as other information regarding McHenry scandals.

Of course, Wikipedia owners and administrators have noticed this, including messaging one of the IPs Jason Deans used (65.40.234.49, which traces back to Raleigh, one of Deans’ hunting grounds), asking him "Can you justify un-doing that edit?". Of course, he refused to answer.

This isn’t the first time McHenry’s tried hiding the truth from Wikipedia. Democrats initially picked up on how some Congressional IPs were being used to edit his info, as well as some IPs that looked suspiciously like Jason Deans, other McHenry staffers, or even Patrick McHenry himself. Some good examples from the site:

1. McHenry smooths over the Aaron Lay Article

http://en.wikipedia.org/...
Someone on an IP from Reston, VA- that is, a stone’s throw away (or a nice morning drive-to-works away) from Washington DC. Note how it stresses the "former" aide part about Aaron Lay, and makes sure to includes McHenry’s argument in return- not something Wikipedia usually does, as they only care about facts. And they even nicely clean up his profile for him!

2. Voter Fraud? What Voter Fraud?

http://en.wikipedia.org/...
Suddenly, out of nowhere(!), someone named RLB2002 starts magically deleting the Voter Fraud allegations section of McHenry’s Article! User RedShiftPA tries to restore it, but RLB2002 will not be satisfied.

3. I’m not gay!

http://en.wikipedia.org/...
RLB2002 is back again to hide allegations that McHenry might just be a little light in the loafers.

4. No seriously, no voter fraud.

http://en.wikipedia.org/...
IP 96.231.121.248 comes on the scene to mysteriously delete the Voter Fraud section again. Where is this IP? Make a guess.
Washington DC.

5. And we hate that Drama Queen girl

http://en.wikipedia.org/...
Suddenly, IP 65.194.118.11 (coming from Verizon Business, STRAIGHT OUT OF WASHINGTON DC) magically edits the article to remove both the voter fraud section... and the link to Drama Queen’s blog.

6. More Voter Fraud deletion!

http://en.wikipedia.org/...
IP 65.194.118.11 (straight out of Washington, DC again) deletes the Voter Fraud section. Again.

7. We will deny you ever worked for us.

http://en.wikipedia.org/...
Aaron Lay section edited again. From Washington DC IP 96.231.121.248, naturally. And there’s more info about what McHenry said.

8. They never lived here!

http://en.wikipedia.org/...
IP 75.199.91.223 out of New Jersey (?) decides to try to hide about McHenry’s housemates-with-benefits. Who vote for him. Illegally.

9. They didn’t live here!

http://en.wikipedia.org/...
Again. Ip 65.194.118.11 out of DC, voter fraud, removes it, etc.

10. POORLY NEUTRAL POORLY SOURCED CONTENT

http://en.wikipedia.org/...
IP 65.194.118.11 this time posts a comment on their removal of the information: "Removed non-neutral, poorly-sourced content". Apparently, the truth hurts McHenry.

11. It’s not the size that matters, it’s the motion in the ocean.

http://en.wikipedia.org/...
IP 65.194.118.11 out of Washington DC would like you to know that McHenry is perfectly sized and can please any man he wants to.

Attacking Daniel Johnson

What also gets me is his already negative attacks on challenger Daniel Johnson.

In one statement McHenry says

But Nancy Pelosi’s chosen recruit, a trial lawyer from Raleigh, already has his pockets stuffed with cash from Washington liberals, and we know there will be more to come.

This part was edited on McHenry's website

Of course McHenry calls Johnson a trial lawyer and not a military hero who risked his life (literally) for our country. Of course McHenry says his pockets are stuffed with cash from Washinton liberals instead of people in this district. That is to be expected from this sad excused of a Congressman.

Please tonight go to Act Blue and donate $10.01 to Daniel Johnson.