Mich. lawmaker won't resign after fabricating male prostitute story

[jpak]

Source: CBS News

LANSING, Mich. -- A Michigan lawmaker said he won't resign after sending an email to Republican supporters falsely claiming he was caught having sex with a male prostitute and said in a statement released Monday he was the target of a blackmail attempt.

The Detroit News, citing audio recordings, reported Friday that Rep. Todd Courser of Lapeer had someone send the email to distract attention from his alleged extramarital affair with another lawmaker.

"My actions in and around these events in the email that was sent to misdirect attention were my doing both in planning and execution," Courser said in a nearly 30-minute audio file posted on his campaign website. "No one else has the responsibility. ... They were mine and mine alone to carry."

It's unclear who actually sent the email.

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[Android3.14]

1. So it's not whether he is a stupid effing hypocritical man who cheats on his wife

But whether he cheats on his wife with other women or men.
Glad we cleared that up.

[yellowcanine]

2. He is a Tea Party backed social conservative......

The News obtained two recordings secretly made in May by a former aide of Courser, a tea party-backed social conservative from Lapeer. In the recordings, Courser asks the aide, Ben Graham, to email Republican activists and operatives from an anonymous account to create "a complete smear campaign" about him.

Getting to be an old old story.

[bucolic_frolic]

3. He is lying to his wife, and now

he's lying to the public.

One ethical guy!

[Kelvin Mace]

4. Why should he?

If patronizing prostitutes and pushing your mistress to get an abortion doesn't cost you and election in the GOP, why would this?

[hobbit709]

5. A good Xian with adultery and bearing false witness.

[mikehiggins]

6. Gay or straight or whatever, this guy has balls

Right or wrong have no meaning for these people. Still, they do stand up for traditional marriage. They cheat on their spouses.

[Spitfire of ATJ]

7. See what gin does to the brain?

This guy probably thought it was a great idea at the time.

Classic "Stinkin' Thinkin'".

[navarth]

8. Michigan state government

....is pretty depressing.

[d_legendary1]

9. In order for him to resign

He's gotta feel remorse, guilt, or some other empathetic response. Since cons don't have any such feelings, they'll continue to blame someone else for their short comings and misdeeds.

[turbinetree]

10. The question that really needs to be asked..................

is the "walking around " money he is given by the taxpayers to perform is represented responsibilities, was he doing this "extramarital affair" on the tax payers dime and using that proverbial dime--------------that's the question

Don't hear enough about this from the so called MSM, now if it was a democrat -------------hold onto you seat.