If Speaker Denny Hastert (R.-Ill.) is guilty by association through his inaction on Foley-gate, so too might Ohio gubernatorial candidate and sitting Democrat Rep. Ted Strickland be for his employment of a sexual miscreant.

Conservative blog Weapons of Mass Discussion has dug up accusations levied at Strickland by his Democratic primary opponent, Bryan Flannery, that Strickland hired a staffer who was convicted of exposing himself to children. Even worse, Strickland was cognizant of this transgression and retained the staffer anyway.

Weapons of Mass Discussion reports other instances of Strickland’s “confusion” on child safety issues, such as his refusal to condemn a study that suggested adult-child sexual relationships to be beneficial to children.

More as this develops...