Oklahoma Columnist, by Clay Horning

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Samsung, not Walters, might have done it; but if it did it, it only makes Walters an even worse human being

Samsung, not Walters, might have done it; but if it did it, it only makes Walters an even worse human being

Does your Samsung TV, like mine, open directly to its own channel lineup? Well, Walters' does, too, and when turned on Monday, a movie channel was playing

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Samsung, not Walters, might have done it; but if it did it, it only makes Walters an even worse human being
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Ryan Walters, in January, at his first meeting as state superintendent of public instruction. (Photo by Beth Wallis/StateImpact Oklahoma)

In what may be a tremendous letdown for most of my readers, I have a theory, with at least some evidence, that might prove Ryan Walters mostly not responsible for the images of naked women witnessed on his office television during July 24’s executive session of the state school board.

I wish I could ask Ryan Deatherage, who it appears noticed the images before Becky Carson, and responded mostly by looking the other way and hoping they’d go away, if naked or sexual images were all he saw and for how long a period of time were they playing? Or, were they momentary and part of something longer like, say, a non-pornographic movie?

Yet, on the off chance my theory of Walters’ so-called “innocence” is what occurred, it only makes him an even more putrid human being for going scorched earth on the board members when he’s known all along they saw exactly what they’ve said they saw and has done nothing but ferociously slander them since first responding to — for lack of a better term — “the incident.”

Ready?

Here we go.


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