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Married Ohio Family Values Republican Rep. Gets Busted With A Stripper
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Most Americans will be familiar with Janet Porter’s “Heartbeat Bill,” an anti-Women’s Reproductive Rights law out of Ohio, which criminalizes abortion and which was backed by Newt Gingrich and Michele Bachmann, and passed the Ohio State House on June 28, 2011. The law prohibits abortion after only six weeks. Many women don’t even know they’re pregnant at this point, as Democrats pointed out.
Ohio is staunchly anti-women at the moment; the state budget, approved June 28, 2011 by the Senate, bars state hospitals from performing abortions.
One of the heartbeat bill’s staunch advocates is Ohio Rep. Robert Mecklenborg, a Catholic from Cincinnati who represents western Hamilton County. Mecklenborg loved the bill so much he was one of its nearly 50 co-sponsors. In fact, he led the fight to get it passed. He is all about family you see: he is a married father of three.
He gets an “A” from the NRA, a 100% from OhioBusinessVotes.org, and is a staunch supporter of the Ohio Chamber of Commerce, also earning him a 100%. Rep. Mecklenborg also gets an “A” in hypocrisy and an “F” in morality and ethics.
He gave an impassioned speech on behalf of the war on women last Tuesday. Two days later, as 10TV.com reports, his fellow legislators found out this moral paragon was facing “one count of operating a vehicle while intoxicated.” Of an arrest made two months before. But that’s not all.
You see, Rep. Mecklenborg was driving through Dearborn County, Indiana in the very early hours of the morning of April 23 in a car with temporary Kentucky plates when an Indiana state trooper pulled him over. The trooper observed that the car had a burned-out headlight, the reason for stopping this champion of Republican morality. In his report the officer said that he suspected Mecklenborg was intoxicated because he smelled alcohol and the representative had “glossy, bloodshot eyes.”
I said that wasn’t all: Mecklenborg refused a chemical test but he failed three field sobriety tests. He was administered a blood test and charged with drunken driving. This paragon of morality tested positive for Viagra, and not, apparently for the benefit of his wife. Because he wasn’t alone in the car and his companion was not his wife.
His passenger was a 26-year-old woman, Tiona Roberts, a local stripper who works nearby in Lawrenceburg, Indiana. And then there is the little matter of Viagra in his system. I’m sure it must improve night-vision, or some such. It couldn’t possibly have anything to do with the young woman sitting with the intoxicated 59-year-old paragon of morality in the wee hours of the morning, far away from his wife and children.
Mecklenborg took a strict legalistic line in his approach to the issue of Women’s Reproductive Rights. He apparently feels the state has the right to meddle in the private lives of its citizens:
“We have late term abortion bills, partial birth abortion bills, parental involvement bills and informed consent bills. We also have freedom of conscience bills, abortion is manslaughter bills and fetal homicide bills right here in Ohio. All that happens from the time of conception.”
It’s truly amazing how forgiving Republicans are when it’s one of their own who has crossed the line. Gov. John Kasich said in Mecklenborg’s defense, “We have to stop pounding people when they make mistakes.”
But it’s okay to pound women, right Governor Kasich?
For his part, Mecklenborg somehow manages to claim that what happened is a private matter, unlike what takes place in the bedrooms of couples across America, which is a state matter.
This is what he had to say for himself, speaking to WLWT-TV in Cincinnati on Thursday:
“Being human, I have made a mistake and this has caused great hurt to my family, and I’m deeply sorry for that. I’ve served tirelessly and well my constituents and I want to apologize to them as well. While the discovery process in this case goes on, I am entitled to the same presumption of innocence as any other citizen.”
Right, the same way women are treated when they have a miscarrage and are suspected or accused of murdering the fetus – that kind of presumption of innocence.
As for the stripper, Mecklenborg’s excuse was, “I understand the interest in the DUI part, I guess, but the rest is a personal matter.”
Like Governor Kasich, Mecklenborg believes it’s perfectly permissible to publicly shame a woman into not having an abortion, but the outcome of laxity with regards to the placement of their manly genitalia should be private.
Funny that a member of the state government believes he has more right to privacy than the average citizen.
Not to mention the irony of this family values Republican claiming he is fighting to “protect life” and being said by the arresting officer to be “endangered a person” by way of his inebriated state.
Mecklenborg, of course, who is above the law and, after all, a moral paragon, pleaded not guilty. He will have his day in court on July 26th.
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Tom Myers
Jul. 5th, 2011 at 1:05 pm
Keith Olbermann pointed out on his show last night that this state representative wanted to make it harder for those without a driver’s license to vote. Since driving under the influence means one’s license gets suspended or revoked, then under his own proposal, he wouldn’t be allowed to vote. Irony can be sweet.
Jeffrey Hall-Cottrell
Jul. 5th, 2011 at 9:35 pm
While he would lose his license if convicted, he would still be able to obtain a state ID and be able to vote…..
Brenda
Jul. 6th, 2011 at 2:27 am
Actually, under the new law it would not be allowed. You must have a drivers license. In fact, you can’t even use your military I.D. to vote at the polls.
Retarded Brenda
Jul. 6th, 2011 at 7:51 am
There’s little difference between a state-issued ID card and a driver’s license. Check your facts again.
rjs
Jul. 6th, 2011 at 2:54 pm
Just because a person has character flaws that the media can punish them with, doesn’t mean a woman has a right to be able to abort a life.
Most that stand on the side of what is right will indeed have issues themselves. And even more so would they have issues themselves if they
truly believe in what is right.
So what. So what if the guy was intoxicated and messed around on his wife.
So what if he is not the perfect person people want to see when a person has a belief of what is right and cannot do it himself.
Even the creator himself could be deemed wrong for creating the idiots we see on a daily basis, but yet he is perfect.
I would suggest that one not throw stones at those that teach the right ways but yet had not obtained it themselves. Thus it does state, that few deserve to touch the hem of the garment.
Teaching right, and doing wrong may have a consequence indeed from the media attention. But what is “correct and right”, and what should be done shouldn’t pay the price.
Which person has taught or believe in what is right, has not sinned? Name one? Just one?
You will be the same.
Sarah Jones
Jul. 6th, 2011 at 3:10 pm
I would really appreciate hearing more about how you know what the Creator wants, and why you think the faith of some should be legislated? Why not the faith of Muslims? Who decides?
Alan Cabal
Jul. 6th, 2011 at 3:28 pm
Religion is contagious psychosis and it is destroying this planet.
Ian
Jul. 6th, 2011 at 4:05 pm
Who are you to decide what is right and what is wrong for another person. The more someone stands on their high moral ground the more I suspect it is to cover up their own twisted life style. I’m sure if it was a democrat that did the same thing he would be the first one to step up and blast them in the media.
gal
Jul. 6th, 2011 at 4:26 pm
Another one who doesn’t understand the concept of hypocrisy? Those who try to legislate morality, and then don’t even try to live up to it, deserve all the scorn they get. They need to clean up their own lives before they try to legislate mine…
frs
Jul. 6th, 2011 at 4:37 pm
And if this prostitute got pregnant by Mr. Politician, do you seriously not believe that he would pay for her to shut up, leave the State, and have an abortion? Don’t be naive.
wendy
Jul. 17th, 2011 at 3:06 pm
Awesome! First, she would have blackmailed him. Then, his innocent wife would wonder how the heck she contracted an STD. Then he’s pay the pregnant dancer the blackmail money he steals from the State’s coffers, (it’s easier than you may think), then he’d pay for her ABORTION.
Bob
Jul. 6th, 2011 at 4:45 pm
I wonder why god made llamas? They have the ability to spontaneously abort their fetuses in utero.
Sarah Jones
Jul. 6th, 2011 at 5:13 pm
You are just giving Republicans ideas for how to waste more tax payer money avoiding the jobs bills they promised. “We’re going to have a relentless focus on creating jobs.” – John Boehner, February 10, 2011 Yet not 1 jobs bill.
Now they will try to pass legislation that gives the government power over llamas uteri as well. When do you suppose they will allow us to regulate their sperm in the name of “small government”?
akm123
Jul. 6th, 2011 at 5:19 pm
actually many animals do this. Cats for one. If for some reason either environmentally or physically (could be something wrong the mom or kittens) the unborn kittens die and get absorbed back into the body of the cat. get educated before you spout high and mighty crap.
merrybee
Jul. 6th, 2011 at 6:57 pm
Ah but in some states now, women who miscarry may face criminal charges and would have to prove that their miscarriage was not caused by an external agency in order to avoid life in prison for murder.
Melissa Webster
Jul. 7th, 2011 at 9:58 pm
LOL!
Nate Long
Jul. 6th, 2011 at 4:50 pm
What I find interesting about this thread is that it is a perfect example of what I call “Tolerant Intolerance.” I find that more and more people in this Post- Modern society are very quick to judge Christianity as a bigoted religion. A large amount (from my observations) of these types of judgements are directed primarily on Christianity. Why is Christianity more ‘evil’ if you will, than Islam or Buddhism? In judging a religion so harshly like that, are we not worse than the person who condemns us all to hell? I have been an free-thinker for the past 12 years, and these types of attacks are just another reason why many societal problems arise. The only way we can move forward, as a society, is to accept other people for who they are. Bigotry exists in many forms, both big and small, we must work together, starting with ourselves, to make this world a better place. Just my two bits.
Shiva (Moderator)
Jul. 6th, 2011 at 4:56 pm
what you are seeing is not necessarily aimed at Christianity. The gentleman in question is a family values God fearing upstanding piece of garbage who in Congress tries to make himself out to be an ultimate Christian. It is he who it’s aimed at more than the actual religion, it is the hypocrisy of man not of the religion
On the other hand on other articles here you will see things who are aimed at Christianity, but at Christian fundamentalists. There are people here who are not believers who say things against Christianity itself probably including myself. But I have no problem with people being Christian I have a problem with the Republican representative who stands up in the halls of Congress and holds himself up to be an almighty Christian and gets busted drinking with a stripper and a pair of jeans full of Viagra.
Christian fundamentalism is something to be very afraid of. And it is not something that you just get a long with. Because it wants your life. as far as just plain Christianity goes you are absolutely right. We must accepted everyone for they who they are
Sarah Jones
Jul. 6th, 2011 at 5:10 pm
Well, if Muslims were trying to impose their beliefs in me via legislation, I’d be pretty upset with them, too. Especially when it turned out that they were not the walking example of their beliefs. Christians are saying we should allow the government to intervene in our medical decisions. Do you agree with that, and if so, how do you propose we know whose beliefs to have the government impose on citizens?
Bruce Hayden
Jul. 6th, 2011 at 8:59 pm
Haven’t you heard? The Christians are on a crusade!
frs
Jul. 6th, 2011 at 9:13 pm
The Christian Church’s biggest mistake was it’s becoming an extension of the Republican party. If you bring politics into the mix, you are going to make enemies.
E.K.
Jul. 7th, 2011 at 11:59 am
Isn’t this Rep. the type of person that Jesus would call a hypocrite?
dick ullrich
Jul. 8th, 2011 at 1:09 pm
and especially his bishops,the extension of the rep party
akm123
Jul. 6th, 2011 at 5:15 pm
i had a friend back in high school killed by a drunk driver. drunk driving is against the law but ‘so what if he was a little intoxicated?’ he broke the law but ‘so what’ right. you and your kind are not the end all be all of what happens in the afterlife no matter what you keep saying to yourself to believe this. as for god creating idiots? don’t look any further than the mirror.
Herman Headley
Jul. 6th, 2011 at 8:16 pm
Because of this post l’m going to have an abortion out of spite.
Shiva (Moderator)
Jul. 6th, 2011 at 8:28 pm
Well done Herman
Pete Hammond
Jul. 6th, 2011 at 8:53 pm
so then you agree it was wrong to have forced congressman anthony weiner (the twitter guy) to resign, right?
think
Jul. 6th, 2011 at 10:07 pm
Why do you think it’s OK for someone to drive drunk and endanger the lives of others but not alright for someone to save their own life, or prevent a baby from a hard or painful life, by having an abortion?
root
Jul. 7th, 2011 at 5:05 pm
Yes, I suppose that’s one way of looking at it.
Another way of looking at it is that this guy is trying to force people to live by his religious rules when he refuses to follow those rules himself. He is demanding that the state oversee what women can do with their own bodies based on his interpretation of the bible yet the bible says we should stone adulterers. When he submits to stoning then I’ll take his beliefs seriously. Until then he’s just another hypocrite making unconstitutional demands on people based on a book he refuses to follow.
cameronjones
Jul. 8th, 2011 at 5:26 pm
Good shot! I like it.
Melissa Webster
Jul. 7th, 2011 at 9:56 pm
Uh, excuse me, but what arrogance! Who the freak are you to decide what’s “right”?
Only God is allowed to cast judgement, and only God knows what His intentions are. Any human being claiming to know better than God should go ahead and reserve their place down below.
Which is more right? Sorry, but forcing your personal dogma on everyone else, whether they want it or not, believe in it or not, isn’t even close to right. It isn’t even close to legal.
This law will be overturned because it violates federal law, the Constitution, and is based on religious ideology. And Representative Mecklenborg is a hypocrite and isn’t teaching anyone anything, nor should he.
CB
Jul. 10th, 2011 at 12:47 pm
It amazes me that in a country such as ours based on freedoms and equility, people think they can impose their religious beliefs and political agenda on everyone else whether we like it or not. The statement: “I would suggest that one not throw stones at those that teach the right ways but yet had not obtained it themselves…” is extremely hypocritical and self serving. What gives you the right to determine what’s right?
NeSS
Jul. 11th, 2011 at 5:44 pm
So, if God could be “deemed wrong” – for anything – then that means that your religion, which used to be beautiful and all about Love, is now about Hate and Fear and Control – just like Theocracies in other countries.
God cannot be wrong. And She didn’t create idiots. Folks that twist the Lord’s message (you know, that radical Lover of All who said we are all One, Jesus?) of Love and Oneness, are no better than the rest of the fundamentalist who mix politics and religion for control over. You all want ‘small government’ until it gets to the bedroom. Sheesh.
Shiva (Moderator)
Jul. 5th, 2011 at 1:08 pm
I just don’t get it. These people know that they are going to get caught.
And worse, considering what he was doing why is the Republican Party not requesting him to leave his office? Will he still be in office if found guilty?
I doubt it with the corruption that pervades Ohio’s governmental hierarchy
I wonder how much pressure will be put on his wife from the GOP to “forgive him” and stay-at-home with no divorce
Sarah Jones
Jul. 5th, 2011 at 1:24 pm
THIS Guy — the one who likened women to animals — who has late night drives with strippers while he’s pumped up with viagra — he is the family values poster boy.
Family values means women are nothing more than logging turtles mating – isn’t that what he called us?
I WONDER WHEN THE PUBLIC WILL GET IT. Pro GUN Pro “life” Pro religion = anti life, anti-life again, and anti-life AGAIN – because our spiritual lives do not thrive in religion that uses its power to control and oppress people.
He should be in JAIL for driving drunk, lose his right to vote and certainly if he cannot vote, he cannot represent the people. “Presumed innocent” and “private”. YEAH.
Hrafnkell Haraldsson
Jul. 5th, 2011 at 2:02 pm
You can bet he won’t resign or be asked to resign. it’s a private affair, after all, if you will pardon the pun.
Sarah Jones
Jul. 5th, 2011 at 2:30 pm
Yes, his penis (semen is part of baby,no? So, shouldn’t we regulate his semen’s entries?) entering another woman’s logging turtle mating canal is a private affair but my uterus is his business. Very confusing.
Now, what do you think if he got the stripper pregnant? Would he want her to keep it and would he pay for the child and be a good father?
Shiva (Moderator)
Jul. 5th, 2011 at 3:59 pm
Shiva faints
Sarah Jones
Jul. 5th, 2011 at 4:32 pm
I try not to speak out in public too often:-)
Shiva (Moderator)
Jul. 5th, 2011 at 4:42 pm
I can see why lol
Michele
Jul. 5th, 2011 at 9:45 pm
Bwahahahah!!!!
May I quote you?
(Reminds me of Susannah Randolph – wife of FL state legislator Scott Randolph – “If she would incorporate her uterus, she said one night over dinner, maybe Republicans would drop 18 anti-abortion measures they are considering during the legislative session.”)
Read more: www.miamiherald.com/2011/...
Sarah Jones
Jul. 5th, 2011 at 10:07 pm
Please do:-) And thanks for the Randolph quote. I think I’d like this lady.
Melissa Webster
Jul. 7th, 2011 at 10:08 pm
Awesome quote. Thanks!
JoC
Jul. 6th, 2011 at 12:29 am
Isn’t DWI or DUI a felony? If convicted of a felony, you aren’t allowed to vote, right?
Morey Soffo
Jul. 6th, 2011 at 2:10 pm
I don’t think he will be able to continue in office if convicted of (or pleads guilty to) a felony. Unless Ohio has lower standards than Illinois.
merrybee
Jul. 6th, 2011 at 7:01 pm
Not all felony convictions result in the loss of one’s right to vote. And in many states, DUI is still a misdemeanor. Some states have ratcheted it up a notch to where a DUI/DWI can result in a felony conviction IF it is a 3rd or 4th offense.
sherriww
Jul. 6th, 2011 at 1:01 am
@Sarah Jones: I keep wondering-WHEN are normal people going to WAKE UP,and figure out that these high and mighty”family values”guys,in the Repub party,are usually the Very Worst Offenders!-when it comes to slipping around and seeing to it that any woman THEY USE,never has one of those babies that”starts the second they do the deed!?”Scum would be a better name for a lot of them,and this idiot needs to Resign YESTERDAY! I have had it with these fanatics running my life,while THEY Dally around! What a strange woman does with her body is NONE OF ANYONES BUSINESS,except hers!!! VOte these Nuts OUT!
Tom Talty
Jul. 6th, 2011 at 8:44 am
Pro Gun DOES NOT mean anti-life. There are regulations designed to prevent this and THEY DO WORK! Bad people can ALWAYS get a gun if they are legal or illegal. But good people cannot if they are illegal. An armed citizen is a safe citizen. Do you know how many people there are that actually carry a gun with them everyday? Do you also know how many times this has SAVED a life? You just don’t hear about it because it is LEGAL. Nobody in the news tells the story about the good guy killing the bad guy. Why? The bad guy is dead, the good guy won. No drawn out court case, no Casey Anthony/OJ Simpson news…just what should happen. What do you think would have happened in Tuscon if there was an armed citizen in the crowd? Multiple people wouldn’t have been shot and killed by an insane man who managed to get a gun…they always will.
Guns don’t kill people. Bad people kill people. Bad gun education kills people.
Shiva (Moderator)
Jul. 6th, 2011 at 9:08 am
there was an armed person in Tucson that day. He almost shot one of the citizens who had been over to help Gabby.
I am a gun owner, but why don’t you tell us how many times this has saved a life?
An armed citizen does not make a safe citizen. You are just as much at risk from an armed person in a crowd as you are from a criminal with a gun.
laingirl
Jul. 6th, 2011 at 11:39 am
How many children have to die because the child’s parent left a loaded registered gun around for the child to play with, or the parent while cleaning an “unloaded” gun accidently shoots a child?
By the way, an armed citizen in Tuscon admittedly almost shot an innocent person.
think
Jul. 6th, 2011 at 10:29 pm
Actually, it’s like the movie THE UNFORGIVEN. How nervous you are and everything. The last I checked, people who had guns in home for protection either ended up losing the gun to the assailant, or accidentally shooting a family member.
The main thing people want in regards to guns is that they’re safer. Not to pry them out of your dead hands. Lighters have more safeties than guns. Sure maybe some psycho could get an illegal gun. But there are plenty of documented cases of people who shouldn’t have been allowed guns ended up getting them, legally, due to loopholes and poor background checks. This is the kind of thing we want fixed!
It doesn’t matter how many overstated quotes you can come up with, nobody ever has to defend a rope or knife as being victim to a person’s ire because it just doesn’t have the same effect when they have to run up close to attack and might cool off by then.
There are cases where guns have saved people, but is it worth it, that rare chance, when statistics in other countries with fewer guns don’t have the same “accidental” death rates like ours does? And statistics in this country show so many accidental deaths etc. due to gun carelessness and anger/crime/drugs/mental problems?
A knife’s designed to carve, cut, all sorts of things. A rope to tie things up or haul something. A gun is designed strictly to kill.
Brian
Jul. 8th, 2011 at 4:39 pm
I think that the people who are for abortions should be pro gun too since they obviously have no problems killing a human being and like it or not… even if you want to call it a “fetus” it is still a human life. Too bad these same people tend to value animal life more than their own flesh and blood. And you don’t have to be a christian or even religious to value human life. This society is pathetic when it is willing to abort an innocent human life just because having the baby might be an inconvenience to them. If it’s a threat to the mother’s life then maybe it’s okay but I would have a hard time finding any other good reason to abort a life.
Reynardine
Jul. 5th, 2011 at 1:59 pm
He said what about turtles mating? When? And did he mean, “Loggerhead turtles”?
Silly us, though. Well-heeled white Christian Republican males have not only total freedom to use their virilia as they please, but total power to dictate to every other group what they are allowed to do with their reproductive systems. You can bet that if some unfortunate mistress kills the rabbit, she’ll find herself waking up in a cheap motel room, depregnated, with bloody pads between her legs. An unmarried daughter might find herself waking up someplace better, but in essentially the same condition. Must protect family values, you know.
Anybody following that Fox News assassination hoax, by the way?
abirato
Jul. 5th, 2011 at 6:27 pm
He (Mecklenborg) must have meant the dreaded three-headed flying turtle.
Reynardine
Jul. 5th, 2011 at 7:00 pm
Not Mitch McConnell!
rls
Jul. 6th, 2011 at 7:43 pm
Wow, you are a racist and a female sexist. Amazing how every other group can call names and be disgusting and it is ok. Just not white men. Why should woman have the right to MURDER unborn children, didn’t it take two to create the child? But only one has the ability to decide that childs fate? I realize your idea of family values is different then mine, but why does a child have to die to make life more convenient for you?
think
Jul. 6th, 2011 at 10:41 pm
I’d be happy to give you, or any man, the right to force a woman to keep her child. IF, you could take on the burden of the pregnancy, including the fetus is fed a healthy diet, they carrier has NO mental frustration–some women are horribly depressed and the fetus is greatly and negatively affected by this–all the costs–sometimes we just can’t afford to feed the other kids or ourselves with another mouth around–raise it completely, free the woman of ANY hardships she’d encounter, make sure the health of both the mother and baby were good, and also were able to free the world of all the uncared for, neglected, underfed, malnourished etc. babies/children, and were able to prevent any environmental harms a new life on this planet would bring. If so, I’d be behind you 100%. But since you don’t seem to realize we don’t live an a perfect world where you could dictate what would be ideal, we have to face some seriously rough consequences. If it were perfect, abortions would never happen, nobody would drive drunk, politicians would be honest, all babies would be healthy and ONLY planned. But in reality, NOBODY, unless seriously disturbed, is pro-abortion. It’s something I myself wish didn’t exist. But I realize there are too many consequences that determine what’s right for each person. And since you care about people, please care after they’re born too, by considering this: humans are the most destructive species on this planet and we’re overpopulating at such a rate that we will soon not be able to support everyone through our lack of resources. And then tell me which would be better, to have a woman abort a baby that she can’t have due to health, mental, societal, or economic reasons? Or for all the babies of the world to be born and die a horrible torturous death because there’s not enough food or water for them to survive?
Reynardine
Jul. 6th, 2011 at 11:01 pm
Whom are you addressing, rls? Whom do you believe to be a female, a chauvinist, or to have killed a child? If you are female, don’t have an abortion. If you are male, keep it in your pants until you are married.
think
Jul. 6th, 2011 at 11:06 pm
Also, it’s not ok to call names and be disgusting, but I fail to see where it’s made here. You may have a point, and I may have also just not seen what you were referring to, but do realize the white male comment is not racist due to it, literally, categorizing a group that is hypocritical. It’s not just white or male, it’s white, male, republican. It’s a very common term anymore because they dictate certain “rules” they expect everyone else to live by, which are not possible for everyone, and they take on an attitude like they’re holier than thou with it, and actually cause harm. When in reality, this group, at least the white male category, and not necessarily the republican part of it, is the most privileged one in almost all regards. They make the most money per same job as any other group, better chance of being above the law, and have always had the upper hand in our society as the “best”.
E.K.
Jul. 7th, 2011 at 12:03 pm
what if the father wants an abortion as well?
dick ullrich
Jul. 8th, 2011 at 1:18 pm
yes,bishop he was just out making more christians
root
Jul. 7th, 2011 at 5:49 pm
Because it’s not murder. It’s surgery on your own body. Until that child is able to survive outside the womb it’s an organ. Are you also against the murder of my appendix when it’s removed? A woman can do whatever she wants with her body.
Brian
Jul. 8th, 2011 at 4:50 pm
root… that’s the dumbest thing I’ve heard so far on this topic. Your appendix doesn’t have a beating heart or a brain that thinks. Obviously a woman CAN do whatever she wants with her body because she can choose to open her legs without any regard to the potential consequences. And I’m sorry but yes I do believe it is murder. If something is living and you do something to stop it from living then it’s murder/killing.
Enjay in E MT
Jul. 5th, 2011 at 2:16 pm
Unfortunately, this won’t hurt Christian Republicans since they don’t accept Catholics as ‘real’ Christians. Real Christians are re-born.
Wonder if his insurance paid for the viagra? Did the Dr., Pharmacist or Insurance company check with his wife to see if SHE wanted him to have it?
majii
Jul. 5th, 2011 at 11:04 pm
It is, Enjay, since the republicans in Congress made sure that “male enhancement products” would be covered in the ACA and other legislation having to do with health care.
brian
Jul. 6th, 2011 at 3:00 pm
The hypocrisy of you jackholes slays me. My wife had to sign off for my vasectomy, but all women should have the right to abort without any consent. My wife could abort our child without my consent or knowledge. In that case I am proud to be an anti-woman Ohioan.
akm123
Jul. 6th, 2011 at 5:23 pm
anti woman ohioan. sounds like someone is just a little bit bitter, let’s legislate on your emotions shall we? cause boo hoo, eveyone else is a hypocrite for not feeling your pain.
Amber
Jul. 6th, 2011 at 6:29 pm
Your statement is patently false. Some private hospitals may require spousal notice, but it is not the law. Anyone in your idiotically legislated state of Ohio may get a vasectomy without their wife’s consent, and…I really hope you’ve taken advantage of that!
Sarah Jones
Jul. 6th, 2011 at 6:36 pm
Not to mention that many women cannot get an abortion without consent of their husband or male partner, and yet, those same people are not forced to pay for the child in any reliable manner or spend time rearing the child.
root
Jul. 7th, 2011 at 6:24 pm
You’re either a liar or you can’t tell the difference between the rules of a (very probably) Christian hospital franchise and those of the state. There are 0 states requiring spousal consent for vasectomy’s.
Really though, I think you’re making this whole thing up because patient confidentiality (blessedly provided by the federal government under HIPPA) makes it virtually impossible for a care provider to even tell another person about a procedure, much less require their consent. Unless of course you’re under 18 or… you’re a woman getting an abortion. Then several states require you notify others like your parents, or your (potentially abusive) husband.
Shiva (Moderator)
Jul. 7th, 2011 at 6:49 pm
My ex had to sign off on my vas, in 1976
majii
Jul. 8th, 2011 at 12:53 am
Score one for me! I obviously hit a nerve, and I did it using the truth. I saw part of the debate on CSPAN in which the republican males were speaking on behalf of having these male enhancement products covered in health insurance policies!
It’s hypocritical for someone to want to abolish abortion AND prevent a woman access to birth control, say, by de-funding Planned Parenthood for instance, which would eliminate the need for an abortion in the first place. How invasive can one person be in regards to another person’s body? It boggles the mind!
Nasty Liberal
Jul. 5th, 2011 at 2:32 pm
Awww, can’t you Dirty Effin’ Hippies cut the guy some slack?! I mean, his heart was in the right place I’m sure!
root
Jul. 7th, 2011 at 6:26 pm
Nobody here is concerned with where he was putting his heart.
DannyEastVillage
Jul. 5th, 2011 at 2:36 pm
(*yawn*) another one.
GG
Jul. 5th, 2011 at 2:38 pm
What a disgusting human being! In a better age, he would’ve been lynched for being a hypocrite. I can only hope now he is driven out of office, the bastard!
A politician who touts ‘Family values’ should ALWAYS come under immediate scrutiny– because he’s a scumbag and trying to hide it!
merrybee
Jul. 6th, 2011 at 7:04 pm
In a better age, his wife’s father or brother could’ve called him out in a duel for dishonoring her in public followed by a demand that he quit the marriage bed and home. And horsewhipping was a close second!
Reynardine
Jul. 6th, 2011 at 11:08 pm
You only challenged equals to a duel. Horsewhipping was for inferiors. In this case, I like horsewhipping.
JewOnThe Range
Jul. 5th, 2011 at 2:39 pm
This alleged criminal gives us ethical, non-Christian, Pro-Choice gun owners a bad name.
akm123
Jul. 6th, 2011 at 5:27 pm
Thank you! Here, here.
jillyjolly
Jul. 5th, 2011 at 3:07 pm
Perhaps the ‘stripper’ was recommended by David Vitter – he seems to have knowledge about ‘strippers,’ (ladies of the night, perhaps?). Why is David Vitter still there and why has there been no outcry for his resignation from his fellow ‘clean-living, family-values’ Republicans? It might be interesting to start an investigation into the background of all these gutless wonders to see just what they are up to shen ‘school’s out for the day.’
prddem
Jul. 5th, 2011 at 3:23 pm
As a liberal Catholic, this man gives me a bad name.
Andy
Jul. 5th, 2011 at 10:14 pm
Change your name. Nobody forces you to be on the same team as him.
JL
Jul. 6th, 2011 at 1:03 pm
I never have understood the term Liberal Catholic. Thats like saying Conservative Hippy. The terms should be mutually exclusive. I dont think you can be liberal and a practicing Catholic at the same time.
You can say you’re Catholic, but unless you follow the rules, all your doing is adding a label. I’m a biker but I don’t own a Harley?
Fizzle
Jul. 6th, 2011 at 4:37 pm
JL, you’re assumption is generally correct (that the terms are mutually exclusive) but that is certainly not the rule. I am a Christian but dont prescribe to any particular dogma. I am also quite liberal. There is nothing in the Bible which indicates I should be otherwise. IMHO the Bible actually supports the liberal agenda. Conservative ideals harbor wealth and forces everyone to fend for themselves but Jesus says “If you want to be perfect, go, sell your possessions and give to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven. Then come, follow me.” Additionaly where most Christians cite the Bible to support anti-abortion bills is horribly misinterpreted. The passage is “Before I formed you in the womb I knew you”. However, claiming this as evidence of life ignores that God is omnipotent. Before ANYTHING was created, God still knew you, so does that mean you existed? Of course not. In the same vein, it ignores the principle that God is in control of everything (nothing happens without His approval). If that is true (which it must be according to the very doctrine of Christianity) then God accepted and allowed the abortions to happen. Now, according to Christianity anyone who dies before accepting Jesus as their Lord and Savior will go to hell. I for one do not believe that our God who loves us is willing to condemn souls to hell before they have any possibility of accepting Christ. Just my thoughts though.
merrybee
Jul. 6th, 2011 at 7:05 pm
hear, hear.
Doug S
Jul. 5th, 2011 at 3:31 pm
Didn’t he know that after an hour you’re supposed to call a Doctor and not a press conference?
Ned No D
Jul. 5th, 2011 at 5:17 pm
Family values men screwing strippers and anti-gay advocates caught with gay lovers? Nothing new here. It’s all just sickening how hypocritical our society is and how we are expected to look the other way when they’re caught- as if these morality rules do not apply to them because they are so much better, whiter, and richer than the rest of us. Arseholes.
Travis
Jul. 5th, 2011 at 5:38 pm
“Ohio is staunchly anti-women at the moment”
Hey hey hey..
We love women up here in Cleveland.
its these useless sodomite (Closeted)rednecks from the rest of the state that support this crap.
I cant think of anything to FIX Columbus or Cincinatti short of Nuking them both from orbit.
Its the only way to be sure.
Hrafnkell Haraldsson
Jul. 5th, 2011 at 5:50 pm
ROFL Sorry, I didn’t mean the people in general, I meant the government
mel in oregon
Jul. 5th, 2011 at 6:49 pm
it seems so many of the people that are so hypocritical about how other people should act, as opposed to their own actions, come from well to do backgrounds, are quite fundamentalist in their christian beliefs, & are older white males. mental health studies have shown that probably 20% of all americans suffer from ill mental health all the way from the slight narcism that many have all the way to full blown psycopaths & sociopaths. minor mental health problems aren’t too serious, but i wonder if all the “legitimate” pharmaceuticals peddled on tv & by medical doctors contribute to the problem. my own belief is so many conservatives do suffer from mental illness like this guy meclenborg. notice he’s catholic, stupid looking, looks unfit both physically & mentally. yet he’s very willing to tell you how to live your life. hard for me to feel any compassion for people like him.
majii
Jul. 5th, 2011 at 11:13 pm
I watched the video on YouTube, and Mecklenborg tried his best to avoid taking the sobriety tests and being handcuffed. At the end of the video he whines more than once like a little kid, “Can you take these off?” to which the officer responds, “NO.” each time. He really didn’t think the officer had any business questioning him. He was chewing gum when he was stopped. I guess it was to mask the alcohol the officer smelled in the car. He was very uncooperative. I was glad to see a police officer willing to do his job and ignore the status of the individual. This officer deserves a raise for his professionalism. In the vidoeo Mecklenborg showed none of that false bravado that I can imagine he shows on the floor of the OH State Legislature.
Shiva (Moderator)
Jul. 5th, 2011 at 11:24 pm
He reminded me of Mr Magoo
Rob
Jul. 5th, 2011 at 9:04 pm
Yeah this is like the time that super anti gay rights republican got busted with male prostitutes in an airport bathroom. It’s the ones that fight the hardest that are covering up themselves.
Shiva (Moderator)
Jul. 5th, 2011 at 9:13 pm
Video of Ohio Rep. Robert Mecklenborg’s Arrest bit.ly/oX8NzD
Jim
Jul. 5th, 2011 at 9:39 pm
Another one of the MANY Republican hypocrites!!
granny
Jul. 5th, 2011 at 10:01 pm
it really is unfortunate that this great guy with viagra in his system fucking a stripper half his age in the wee hours of the morning was caught red-handed being republican. I wish him the best as he and his family deals with his republican tendencies.
Anonymous
Jul. 5th, 2011 at 10:47 pm
While I do agree with him that the stripper and such are personal matters, he should be impeached for DUI. I hate how Wiener resigned for sending sketchy photos of himself, that’s his wife’s business. He wasn’t a criminal, this asshole is.
Shiva (Moderator)
Jul. 6th, 2011 at 8:20 am
DUI is .08. Read up
representative Wiener is not being arraigned for propositioning a minor. The minor in question’s lawyer said that under no circumstances did representative Wiener sent her anything suggestive, sexual, or in any way wrong. in fact representative Wiener is not being arraigned for anything. Nice try
Shiva (Moderator)
Jul. 6th, 2011 at 9:27 am
Watch the vid. The cop tells him that DUI is .08
www.streetwisepundit.com/...
Start at the 10:45 minute mark
Then read your source. “up to one year if the BAC is above .15″ its up to one year if the BAC is over .15
“Indiana DUI laws are strict when it comes to operating with a BAC (Blood alcohol concentration) of .08 or more. A person that operates under the influence of drugs or alcohol will be subject to fines, substance abuse treatment, community service, jail, license suspension and/or made to have regular urine testing for alcohol or drug abuse.
Read more: DUI Laws in Indiana | eHow.com www.ehow.com/list_6008096...“
Shiva (Moderator)
Jul. 6th, 2011 at 9:36 am
he had no communications with a minor that were sexual in nature. The parents know exactly what was said to their daughter and their lawyer knows as well. I suggest you read up as he is not being charged with anything. Nor did he propositioned the daughter as you state
As far as the rest of your post is just ridiculous as most of the statements you have been making are
Sarah Jones
Jul. 6th, 2011 at 11:52 am
You need to provide a link for that, because everything I’ve read says that the tweets to the girl were investigated and nothing remotely sexual was in them. The supposed “girl” from CA (another “girl”) was a set up (investigation turned up that family didn’t exist) and he never tweeted anything sexual to her even though she tried to get him to. He did not tweet underage girls sexual talk.
Shiva (Moderator)
Jul. 6th, 2011 at 4:58 pm
so in other words you are admitting that you were wrong. Representative Wiener said nothing to the girl that was an appropriate when you said that he did. You also said that he was being arraigned for doing just that
Thank you for the apology, I can only speak for myself but I find it highly enlightening that you could come back and do this
Sarah Jones
Jul. 6th, 2011 at 5:07 pm
Fox News. Of course. Poor chap.
Shiva (Moderator)
Jul. 6th, 2011 at 6:04 pm
You are right, I confused you with another person that has a lot to say but little content to depart
Like your assumptions about the minor he was talking to.
Angry Voter
Jul. 6th, 2011 at 12:03 am
This is the norm for political parasites.
He’s really sorry he got caught.
Basically everyone in office should be stripped of their citizenship and sold to a Chinese forced labor camp.
Jeremy
Jul. 6th, 2011 at 12:13 am
I wanna see pictures of the stripper!
Irony>GOP
Jul. 6th, 2011 at 1:17 am
Anthony Weiner posted some lewd photos and the GOP cried foul and made the biggest fuss out of it.
This is definitely worse but I’m sure the GOP will find some excuse and simply continue to hide the truth. Disgusting.
Shiva (Moderator)
Jul. 6th, 2011 at 8:21 am
how is this case definitely worse? A sitting state Congressman with a family is found to be drunk driving around with a prostitute. He broke the law. Representative Wiener did not break the law and had nonphysical relationships with other adults that were not illegal.
You might ask yourself how Andrew Breitbart just happened to find these pictures.
Shiva (Moderator)
Jul. 6th, 2011 at 8:12 am
“it doesn’t work on the marxist who puts the copyrights for his published in his childrens’ names so he doesn’t have to pay taxes on their value.”
Thats a long ways from the definition of a marxist
Only OSHA can exempt anyone from its rules
Shiva (Moderator)
Jul. 6th, 2011 at 9:44 am
Noam Chomsky is not a Marxist.
I think we would remember that OSHA works for Congress. None of your innuendo said that.
Hrafnkell Haraldsson
Jul. 6th, 2011 at 3:01 pm
Wow, somebody better let Noam Chomsky know about that. Just doesn’t pay to be an intellectual and a philosopher these days. Funny thing is, if the Communists had ever overrun the country, Chomsky would have been on their short list of intellectuals to eliminate – permanently.
Anne
Jul. 6th, 2011 at 11:09 am
Frankly, I’m not surprised when I hear or read of one of the illustrious GOP “family values” politicians figuratively or literally getting caught with their pants down. Actually, what he did overshadows what Weiner did, and he SHOULD resign. But given the GOP’s hypocrisy, I don’t see that happening.
Mario
Jul. 6th, 2011 at 11:20 am
Unfortunately, public figures do not give a good example …
LADONNA SANDERS
Jul. 6th, 2011 at 1:14 pm
I question the “fact” in the story that he tested positive for Viagra. Cops don’t test for that. So did this reporter make that up to make the story better?
Hrafnkell Haraldsson
Jul. 6th, 2011 at 3:03 pm
All the news services report that investigators found he had Viagra in his system; none of them elaborate on how this was found out. See, for example, WKRC Cincinnati
bubba's brother
Jul. 6th, 2011 at 1:19 pm
give my brother a bottle of viagra and put them in the same cell!
rodney
Jul. 6th, 2011 at 1:58 pm
Give him a break.
He was just looking for a good time.
For being “liberal” you’re all pretty uptight IMO.
Hrafnkell Haraldsson
Jul. 6th, 2011 at 2:59 pm
Family Values does not equal strippers. What Weiner did was bad; what this guy did was worse. Weiner wasn’t a Family Values, Ten Commandments kinda guy. So now hypocrisy is added to the mix. I have to disagree. IMO we haven’t begun to castigate him to the extent he deserves
Sarah Jones
Jul. 6th, 2011 at 3:13 pm
I wonder if his viagra was covered by our tax dollars.
Hrafnkell Haraldsson
Jul. 6th, 2011 at 5:58 pm
Now there’s a thought, albeit a disturbing one
Susan
Jul. 6th, 2011 at 4:09 pm
Bringing home an STD! Good times.
Shiva (Moderator)
Jul. 6th, 2011 at 6:09 pm
Pol Pot was an ok guy? Now you are just stupid.
I think your time is up
Allen
Jul. 6th, 2011 at 4:29 pm
A useless, soul-less whore and a stripper, perfect together. Corrupt politicians, yet another violation of our rights. Add it to the list of gov’t violations of our rights:
They violate the 1st Amendment by placing protesters in cages, banning books like “America Deceived II” and censoring the internet.
They violate the 2nd Amendment by confiscating guns.
They violate the 4th and 5th Amendment by molesting airline passengers.
They violate the entire Constitution by starting undeclared wars for foreign countries.
Impeach Obama, vote for Ron Paul.
(Last link of Banned Book):
www.iuniverse.com/Booksto...
Richard
Jul. 6th, 2011 at 4:35 pm
Who are the idiots who keep electing these hypocrites?
We have no one to blame but ourselves.
Deb
Jul. 6th, 2011 at 4:41 pm
Why is it when a man gets lucky and he is “a stud” and gets an “attaboy” but the woman who made him lucky, she’s a slut or whore. Times have not changed much. The Ohio story made me think of this.
Sarah Jones
Jul. 6th, 2011 at 5:05 pm
She is a stripper. It’s called reality.
Hrafnkell Haraldsson
Jul. 6th, 2011 at 5:59 pm
Remember, as Stephen Colbert warned, reality has a liberal bias. Jimmy has just proven that to be true
Shiva (Moderator)
Jul. 6th, 2011 at 6:02 pm
It is obvious you are not familiar with certain fundamentialist groups.
Shiva (Moderator)
Jul. 6th, 2011 at 6:03 pm
So you are trying to say the dancer was only in the car because she knew there was a viagra pole to dance on later correct?
Sarah Jones
Jul. 6th, 2011 at 6:10 pm
PLease clarify. It is the Tea Party who wanted “government to stay out of their Medicare”. I am not in the Tea Cult.
Who else is passing legislation to govern us with their religious beliefs besides Christians right now? Please post link.
And you know, you were dishonest about Weiner, so you’re treading on thin ice here. I’d really appreciate honesty if you want to debate ideas. Thanks.
Shiva (Moderator)
Jul. 6th, 2011 at 6:12 pm
Jummy is leaving the building sissy.
Sarah Jones
Jul. 6th, 2011 at 6:13 pm
Ciao to Jummy’s talking points.
Hrafnkell
Jul. 7th, 2011 at 5:46 am
Why is it that talking to people who claim they hate Marxists is like talking to a Marxist?
TeaPartyViagraMan
Jul. 6th, 2011 at 8:59 pm
Perhaps the stripper was there to help him with a Viagra suppository?
But seriously folks… you just can not make this stuff up, can you?
mush
Jul. 7th, 2011 at 9:51 am
At least this time a republican male wasn’t trying to screw a teenage boy. They may be evolving away from pedophilia.
bethany
Jul. 7th, 2011 at 7:51 pm
why?
Gos Blank
Jul. 7th, 2011 at 8:43 pm
I don’t see why everyone’s coming down so hard on the guy. The stripper was a FEMALE. For a Republocrite, that’s actually a giant moral leap UPWARD.
And I’m sure that of course it was purely innocent. She was looking to make a career change, and he was interviewing her for a “position” on his “staff”.
…Isn’t it obvious?
dick ullrich
Jul. 8th, 2011 at 1:21 pm
oops, he took father there last week with collection money
Lisa C
Jul. 10th, 2011 at 3:21 am
It’s funny, whenever a republican falls short on living up to the moral standards they claim they Try to live by, all the liberals and democrats have a field day attacking him. I guess it’s better then to be a leftist democrat since they don’t have ANY standards, they can lie, cheat, steal, and if they are exposed for any of those things they are practically promoted!
So the guy was caught driving while intoxicated, yes, that is horrible and it was lucky that no one was hurt or killed, for that would have been a great tradgedy that could have been avoided! That said, an abortion is a tradgedy that takes a life and it could have been avoided as well! Please don’t come at me with the tired line of “if a woman is raped, blah, blah, blah” since abortions resulting from rape make up for less than 3% of the total abortions done annually. My little sister wouldn’t be here if it wasn’t for the men who gang raped my mother and my mother said that when she looked into my sister’s eyes for the first time she realized that something good can come out of evil and she was able to heal. You see it wasn’t my sisters fault that she was conceived under such circumstances and my mother was brave enough to realize that! As for the other 97% of abortions are done because people have become at best ambivalent when it comes to valuing life! Yes it’s a woman’s body, but that’s what women’s body are created(or designed for all the unbelievers because I don’t want to force religious beliefs on this point) anyways, women’s bodies are designed to carry that life within them! Saying she can do what she likes because it’s “her body” discounts the value of life of that other tiny body within her. It pits mother against child which is the most unnatural view! It’s not about the financial burdens, the 9months of pregnancy, etc, etc, which only is a false prediction of what the future holds because by saying a mother is not ready to have a child because she’s not done with her education, at a financial level one needs to be to raise a child, she’s not married are all just excuses and if those excuses are strong enough to defend aborting that tiny life, they should have adhered to that woman not getting pregnant in the first place!
So if someone makes a mistake and drives drunk and someone dies as a result, that person should be rightfully punished for that mistake. So why can’t you see that a child’s life should not be destroyed because the mother failed to take precautions to avoid the result of that life coming to be??!! I understand those that want to say that it’s a fetus, but one can’t deny it’s a human being. Look at it this way, if the “fetus” has a choice, given the 9 months, they usually will choose to be born; sometimes something goes wrong and the fetus won’t choose to be born and a miscarriage occurs. I find it sad that a woman who suffers a miscarriage is comforted and people mourn with her on the loss of that life, which is how it should be; but then some of those same mourners of that lost life are all gung-ho for another woman who chooses to end that life by abortion!
Jason
Jul. 13th, 2011 at 12:17 am
You can’t believe all leaders would be innocent and law-biding. Just look at what Mr. Weiner did in the U.S. Congess representing New York State. He exposed his Weiner for all to see on the internet.
Shiva (Moderator)
Jul. 13th, 2011 at 12:22 am
I fully admit that’s worse than a dickfull of viagra and a stripper in the car. The horra
LibTard
Jul. 18th, 2011 at 12:07 pm
Why not focus on muslims? They are VERY anti-gay and anti-womens rights. They also oppose anyone who criticizes their religion and prophet mohammed.. who by the way had continual sex with a 9 year old girl. Why dont liberals go after this group of people?
Shiva (Moderator)
Jul. 18th, 2011 at 12:12 pm
Ah and forgive any republican or dem who gets caught screwing around? We have our own muslims types right here