Patrick McHenry's Hypocrisy Makes The News Again... But Not The Gay Thing This Time

Long gone are the days when pompous little North Carolina closet case {{Patrick McHenry}} would brag how he was determined to show the GOP caucus what intransigence, obstructionism and right-wing extremism is all about. Once McHenry bragged that no member of the House GOP caucus would get to the right of his voting record. Now-- especially since his new district just picked up a lot of Asheville Democrats-- he's just another middle-of-the-pack right-wing ideologue doing whatever Cantor tells him to do. This year a whole toxic stew of crazed extremists have even more insane ProgressivePunch scores than McHenry's 2.16. Mike Pence boasts a 1.66 and Darrell Issa a 1.64. And then when you reach down into the bowels of teabagger insanity you find the otherwise faceless, drooling zombies like Sandy Adams (R-FL- 1.62), Blaine Luetkemeyer (R-MO- 1.62) and Richard Nugent (R-FL- 1.09). McHenry is barely above teabaggy newcomer Renee Ellmers' 2.70! In fact, Wednesday when the GOP played chicken to see which members had the cajones to actually go on the record and vote against Social Security. McHenry sheepishly stuck with Boehner, Cantor and McCarthy while flaming red fascists like Paul Broun (GA), Jason Chaffetz (UT), Jeff Flake (AZ), Scott Garrett (NJ), Jim Jordan (OH), Tom McClintock (CA), Joe the deadbeat dad Walsh (IL) and... Virginia Foxx (NC) struck the blow for Republican freedom.

Fact of the matter, McHenry hasn't backed away much from his extremist ideology, just his boasting that he'd be a model for a new breed of domestic fascism. And when it comes to hypocrisy... well, McHenry has a real headstart on most members because of having lived his life as an anti-gay closet queen. Lately his hypocrisy has been on display in other areas beyond his sexual dysfunction.

A member of Issa's clownish sideshow, the once crucial House Oversight Committee, McHenry has served as one of Issa's premier distractions. I'm sure everyone recalls his disgraceful attempts to bully Elizabeth Warren. Less apparent is the fact that McHenry, a loud climate change denier and anti-government zealot has been quietly lobbying for green jobs for his district at the same time he is loudly opposing the funding for the exact same jobs he's trying to bring to North Carolina-- same strategy being employed by committee chair and career criminal Darrell Issa. According to the Huff Po, Isaa has led the dishonest bunch of extremists on his committee to "argue convincingly about Department of Energy funding going to their favored projects, often touting the job-creating potential of numerous endeavors."

Democrats on the committee were unable to comment immediately Wednesday night, but a committee staffer found the revelations stunning.

“The Republicans actually don’t seem to understand their hypocrisy," the committee aide said. "They trash the entire clean energy program after writing glowing letters to commend it. The truth is the program works, which is why they want the money for their districts.”

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