Voter ID Bill-Sponsoring Ohio Politician video of arrest for drunk driving

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The Dearborn County (IN) Prosecutor's Office released the cruiser cam video from Republican legislator who sponsored a voter ID bill and was charged with drunk driving

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yPR91bYRwAU&feature=youtu.be

Here is background:

Voter ID Bill-Sponsoring Ohio Politician Faces Further Outrage Over DUI/ Viagra Incident
Ryan J. Reilly | July 16, 2011, 9:00AM

The Republican speaker of the Ohio House of Representatives wants a fellow Republican legislator who sponsored a voter ID bill and was charged with drunk driving to resign from his seat.

Speaker William G. Batchelder said that he doesn't think Rep. Robert Mecklenborg will "come back to the capitol building," Jim Siegel of the Columbus Dispatch reported.

Mecklenborg was arrested back in April on drunk driving charges in neighboring Indiana while he had a 26-year-old woman in the car with him. He failed several field sobriety tests and refused to take a breath test. A blood test indicated he had Viagra in his system. Video of his arrest was later released by the Dearborn County Prosecutor's Office.

But reports of his arrest didn't emerge until late June, after Mecklenborg had sponsored a strict photo-ID requirement. Ironically, under Indiana's DUI law, Mecklenborg's license was likely confiscated and suspended.

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http://tpmmuckraker.talkingpointsmemo.com/2011/07/republican_speaker_wants_ohio_voter_id_bill_sponso.php?ref=fpb

karma is a bitch isn't it?

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1. I savored every second of that video

Looks like Plunge Bob's been absorbing more than just alcohol.