March 26, 2010
McHenry desperately lies about supporters
In what appears to be a repeat of last year, the McHenry campaign has been caught lying again. As was true two years ago, McHenry is claiming support from local leaders that do not support his campaign for reelection. On Friday, March 26, the Statesville Record reported that McHenry falsely claimed that an Iredell County Commissioner was a member of his “steering” committee. According to their story, Commissioner Marvin Norman stated that:
he didn’t know his name was on the steering committee list and that he did not give anyone permission to use it for this year’s election. He said he recalls being placed on McHenry’s steering committee list for a prior campaign. “But this time is obviously different,” Norman said. “We have a board member running against him (McHenry) and I just don’t think it’s right to endorse someone else. They (McHenry’s campaign) didn’t call me about this year, but if they did, I would have told them, ‘no.’ “
But that is not the only false statement released by the McHenry campaign. Earlier this week, McHenry sent out another flyer touting his accomplishments. In that flyer he claims he voted against the Congressional automatic pay raise – but as noted in earlier articles, that was not true. McHenry must think he is so popular with the voters that he can say or do anything with impunity. He certainly sounds like some other politician that has been in the news lately with a financially crippling health care bill that promised things that we are now finding out are false!
