Pat McHenry Roommate and Aide Indicted for Voter Fraud

This is all over the interwebs, but I'll point you to two very fun sources for more on our favorite Karl Rove sockpuppet.

Check out Pat Go Bye Bye for some background you won't find anywhere else.

Pam is all over this at The Blend.

Money Quotes after the jump.

CBS:

"The CBS News Investigative Unit has learned a man who was a field coordinator in Congressman Patrick McHenry's (R-NC) 2004 campaign has been indicted for voter fraud in North Carolina.

The indictment charges that Michael Aaron Lay, 26, illegally cast his ballot in two 2004 Congressional primary run-offs in which McHenry was a candidate. The charges indicate that Lay voted in a district where it was not legal for him to vote.

At the time Lay was listed as a resident in a home owned by 32-year-old McHenry but campaign records indicate Lay's paychecks were sent to an address in Tennessee. McHenry won the primary by only 86 votes."

Patrick McHenry Blog: "My question is this: Is it really appropriate and seemly for a 29/30 year old Congressman to be sharing his home with a 23/24 year old law student on a weekday/school night such that the young college student is up at 4:30 am and headed back to school at 5:00 am. In my opinion there are only a few good reasons for a young man to drive 3 1/2 hours on a Wednesday after classes to spend the night with someone and then get up the next morning at 4:30 and drive the 3 1/2 drive back to make his classes. I cannot imagine what legitimate tasks in this "Age of Information" could not be accomplished over phone, fax and internet. If this young man's visit was not for inappropriate reasons, at least our Congressman should realize and avoid such an obvious "appearance of impropriety". Michael Aaron Lay is a young man compared to Patrick McHenry. It should be obvious to the Congressman and anyone else that a single man in Patrick's position would be well advised to avoid overnight guests who find it necessary to scuttle out of town on a school night before the sun is even up."

PGBB: "The original story that will not die is of 6 people who lived at then-candidate Pat McHenry's Cherryville house during the 2004 primary season."

ScruHoo: "The obsequious McHenry, who evidently loves having a house full of male campaign staffers, has a record of sleaze and an almost preternatural ability for remaining 100% behind Karl Rove and President Bush. It’s unsurprising that his cohorts are involved in activities demonstrating a complete lack of respect for the democratic process. What is surprising is that CBS hasn’t yet turned up anything on McHenry himself. I guess we’ll have to wait for the searches of McHenry’s home to find documents and single-use towels other evidence of the Congressman’s malfeasance."