Michigan Tea Partiers tried to plant “male on male paid for sex” scandal in order to ...

[DonViejo]

Michigan Tea Partiers tried to plant “male on male paid for sex” scandal in order to “inoculate the herd” against news of their affair

Plan backfired when staffers refused to start rumors Rep. Courser was caught behind nightclub with male prostitute

SCOTT ERIC KAUFMAN

Michigan state Representatives Todd Courser (R) and Cindy Gamrat (R) are under investigation after the Detroit News released tapes of Courser imploring House aide Ben Graham to create a “smear campaign” that would make the revelation of his affair with Gamrat seem “tame by comparison,” MLive.com’s Jonathan Oosting reports.

Courser and Gamrat are both freshmen representatives with strong Tea Party affiliations — the pair self-identify as Tea Party “gladiators” — and they have been at odds with establishment Republicans since the moment they entered the Michigan House. The duo had an unusual arrangement, sharing an office and three aides. Gamrat was kicked out of the Republican caucus in April after she was caught leaking confidential GOP documents.

In May, both received identical anonymous text messages indicating that knowledge of their affair was about to become public information. Courser wanted to “just like get in front of it, head it off,” and decided that a mass email to Michigan Republicans alleging that Courser was caught having “paid male-on-male sex behind a prominent Lansing nightclub” would be the best way to handle the impending revelations.

“In a controlled burn, you do a little bit of truth mixed in with a lot of lies,” the Tea Party-supported, socially conservative Courser explained to Graham. “It’s what they won’t expect. At that point, if they don’t have some really, really, really offensive stuff, it will be tough for them to bring it after this.”

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[Siwsan]

1. That is a weird, weird strategy

I still can't quite understand the rationale behind it. Truly, truly strange, even by Tea Party standards!

[etherealtruth]

2. I may be biased, but ...

I think the Michigan Tea folk are the craziest of the crazies. Nothing they do surprises me

[Siwsan]

3. My cousin and his son are Michigan Tea Party members

I've been blacklisted from their invite list, for any family celebrations they host, which is fine by me. My cousin and I can have cordial conversations but his son just cuts me dead on the rare occasions when we're in the same room. He didn't even speak a word to me when he came to my sister's and mother's funerals. Pretty sad, really.

[etherealtruth]

5. I am really sorry

[Angry Dragon]

4. republican family values at work

[hifiguy]

6. Thinking is not their strong suit now, is it?

Whatta bunch of maroons and ignoranimuses, to quote Bugs.