JUDGED BY THE COMPANY YOU KEEP?


The North Carolina Conservative first reported last week that Congressman Patrick McHenry had ties to persons involved in a double murder/suicide in Florida. Sources told us that one of the men killed was Ralph Gonzalez, a gay Republican political consultant, an associate of McHenry who "helped on his campaign." The same source told us that the shooter, Robert Drake who is reportedly connected with a gay escort service and another murder in Virginia, was "tight with McHenry and ran elections for him." McHenry's office has reportedly admitted that the congressman had an unspecified relationship with Drake.

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As the old saying goes, "you are judged by the company you keep." Patrick McHenry has been keeping some very strange company indeed. Perhaps it is time that he come home before a major scandal develops that could embarrass the 10th District of North Carolina and damage the Republican Party.