"She has an astounding pattern of dishonesty" (Ohio's Jean Schmidt) [View All]

[theHandpuppet]

Well, Jean, you've now reached the ranks of the rest of the corrupt cabal of nutcases also known as the Ohio GOP!

Schmidt's degrees questioned
Staff says she has hours, if not parchment
BY MALIA RULON | ENQUIRER WASHINGTON BUREAU

http://news.enquirer.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060401/NEWS01/604010404

WASHINGTON - A second elections complaint against Rep. Jean Schmidt was filed Friday, this time over allegations that she misrepresented her educational background.

According to the complaint, filed with the state elections commission, Schmidt claimed on candidate surveys, previous campaign Web sites and in official Ohio House literature that she earned two bachelor's degrees from the University of Cincinnati, one in political science in 1974 and one in "social studies-secondary education" in 1986.

But UC Registrar Douglas Burgess said the only degree on file for Schmidt is a bachelor of arts in political science.

The reason for the discrepancy, explained Schmidt's chief of staff Barry Bennett, is that the Miami Township Republican has completed the hours required to earn a second bachelor's degree, but she didn't collect it....

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This is the second complaint that the Coalition Opposed to Additional Spending and Taxes has filed with the Ohio Elections Commission, which voted this week to investigate whether Schmidt claimed bogus endorsements on her campaign Web site, such as one from Rep. Steve Chabot, R-Westwood.

"She has an astounding pattern of dishonesty," COAST chairman Jim Urling said.

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