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Wednesday, August 21, 2013

Lynn Wachtmann Is Not A One-Trick Pony

Lynn Wachtmann is a bat-shit State Rep from the mighty metropolis of Napoleon, Ohio.  It may seem that all he does is write ridiculous anti-abortion legislation, but no, Mr. Wachtmann is not some single-issue ideologue.  Recently, he co-sponsored a bill that actually had nothing to do with abortion.

It was HB 29, the "Boater Freedom Act", and Gov. Kasich signed it into law last month.  It prohibits law enforcement from stopping any boat unless the officer has reasonable suspicion that the boat's operator has broken the law.  Wachtmann and fellow sponsor Rep. Rex Damschroder say their new law "eliminates intrusive searches."

 Yes, the Ohio GOP is here to protect our freedoms.  They will not put up with intrusive searches, unless we're talking about intrusions into the female reproductive system.  But Wachtmann and Damschroder don't have that kind of plumbing, so what do they care?

Interestingly, back in 2000, Wachtmann was arrested and charged in Michigan for drunken boat operation.  Thirteen years later, he sponsors a bill that will prevent similar arrests in Ohio.

Today's Ohio Republicans are all about freedom, aren't they?  Freedom for concealed guns, freedom for drunk boaters, and freedom for people without a uterus.  Brilliant!
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