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OH: Dem Rep Resigns; Admits Topless Photo Was His and Not His Son’s

Following up on something we brought you from last October.   Ohio’s esteemed Democrat party leadership seem to be hiding on this one.  The Chairman of the Ohio Democrat Party, State Representative Chris Redfern,  was completely inaccessible to reporters seeking a comment, or a statement repudiating lying by public officials, on this matter.  Can you blame him?
After trying to throw his son under the bus to save his political career, the Ohio democrat admits the topless photo, shown in a presentation to a classroom, was really his.

Another chapter of Ohio Democrats Gone Wild:

After first blaming his teenage son for an embarrassing incident involving a nude photo shown to a high-school class, Rep. Matthew H. Barrett apparently admitted to Democratic leaders last night that not only were the pictures his, but he knew the woman in that photo and the women in other such photos.

Barrett, a freshman Democrat from Amherst, agreed to resign his seat late last night at the request of House Minority Leader Joyce Beatty, D-Columbus, who had strongly defended him after the incident became public in October.

“I was shocked and appalled because we had all embraced him because the issue involved his son,” Beatty said.

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4 Comments

  1. Comments  State News Shot » OH AG: Let The Impeachment Proceedings Begin   |  Monday, 05 May 2008 at 4:25 pm

    […] He’s right, Ohio Democrat’s don’t want this guy on the ballot come November – it would totally skew their chances of picking up any seats in the Republican controlled legislature. Of course, if they were really concerned about this – they would’ve taken these steps much sooner, and shown more moral outrage over other matters brought to the voters attention by Democrats – like the Democrat State Representative who showed porn to young students. […]

  2. Comments  State News Shot » Democrat Who Showed Topless Pictures To Classroom Won’t Face Charges   |  Tuesday, 06 May 2008 at 1:10 pm

    […] the lesson from this story boys and girls, is that it’s a-ok to lie to the police, cover your actions, and act like an […]

  3. Comments  State News Shot » Ohio Governor Taps Dean of OSU Law School as Temporary AG   |  Wednesday, 28 May 2008 at 10:55 pm

    […] but qualified (you can make that determination for yourself). No, this is more about the type of hands off leadership Ohio Democrats take time and again. Come Governor, are you telling the people of Ohio that in […]

  4. Comments  State News Shot » Ohio House Democrats Scrambling For a Candidate   |  Monday, 14 July 2008 at 11:17 am

    […] Democrats were having.  They were so excited to get a former Judge running as the incumbent in the Matt “It’s Not My Porn” Barrett memorial seat.  Judges have the image of independence, and being their own thinkers.  Voters just […]

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