A TEA PARTY LAWMAKER IS
IN A LITTLE BIT OF TROUBLE AFTER HE TRIED TO CREATE A SEX SCANDAL
TO SMEAR HIMSELF IN ORDER TO COVER UP THE ACTUAL SEX SCANDAL
HE IS INVOLVED IN.
THIS IS MICHIGAN STATE REPRESENTATIVE
TODD COURSER, APPARENTLY HE HAS BEEN HAVING AN AFFAIR WITH
ANOTHER TEA PARTY LAWMAKER BY THE NAME OF CINDY GAMRAT.
HE
IS LIKE, I CAN'T LET PEOPLE KNOW ABOUT THIS.
I'M MARRIED, I HAVE
FOUR KIDS.
>>WHAT CAN I DO TO SOFTEN THE BLOW?
AND THEN HE COMES UP WITH --
>>HE COMES UP WITH THE WORST IDEA EVER.
I GOT IT, WHY DON'T I
GET -- LET'S COME TO ME IN A SECOND -- EDITING REASONS --
HE'S THINKING TO HIMSELF, WHAT CAN I DO TO MAKE THIS BETTER?
I
GOT IT, I WILL GET PEOPLE TO SMEAR ME BY ACCUSING ME OF
HAVING A SEX SCANDAL WITH A GAY GUY.
>>WITH A GAY PROSTITUTE.
BEHIND A NIGHTCLUB.
>>IN AUDIO RECORDINGS OBTAINED BY THE DETROIT NEWS, TODD COURSER
REPEATEDLY TELLS AIDES, I NEED A CONTROLLED BURN, BEFORE
REVELATIONS THAT HE HAD BEEN HAVING AN AFFAIR WITH FELLOW TEA
PARTY REPRESENTITIVE CINDY GAMRAT.
GRAPHIC NUMBER FOUR,
AT THIS POINT HE INSTRUCTED HIS AIDE, BEN GRAHAM, TO SEND OUT AN
OVER-THE-TOP STORY ABOUT HIM THAT HOPEFULLY WOULD INOCULATE
THE HERD, HIS BASE, PEOPLE WHO VOTED FOR HIM.
THAT IS AN
APPARENT REFERENCE TO HIS FOLLOWERS IN THE TEA PARTY
MOVEMENT.
HE WANTED SOMEONE TO CALL OR WRITE TO HIS SUPPORTERS,
AND TWO REPUBLICANS IN THE AREA, AND LET THEM KNOW THAT THIS
UNIDENTIFIED INFORMANT SAW HIM BEHIND A CLUB HAVING SEX WITH A
MALE PROSTITUTE, THEN HE IS LIKE, THIS WILL TOTALLY WORK
BECAUSE LATER ON WHEN THE TRUE SCANDAL COMES OUT, PEOPLE WILL
BE LIKE, AT LEAST IT IS A WOMAN.
WHAT THE FUCK IS HE THINKING?
>>I THOUGHT MAYBE HIS THOUGHT WAS PEOPLE WERE THINKING, THEY
ARE JUST TRYING TO SMEAR HIM.
NONE OF IT IS TRUE.
>>I THINK IT IS BOTH.
HE WANTS THEM TO GO, AT LEAST IT IS NOT A GUY, SO IT IS NOT
AS BAD, AND THEN ANOTHER THING, YOU CAN'T TRUST ANYTHING
BECAUSE THAT WASN'T TRUE.
>>EXACTLY.
HE SAYS, IT WILL MAKE ANYTHING ELSE THAT COMES OUT
AFTER THAT THAT IS NOT A VIDEO MUNDANE AND TAME BY COMPARISON.
>>BUT HE DID NOT WANT THERE TO BE A VIDEO SHOT OF HIM HAVING
SEX WITH THE GAY PROSTITUTE BEHIND THE NIGHTCLUB, RIGHT?
THAT WOULD BE TOO MUCH?
AND OF COURSE I LOVE THAT THIS STORY,
ACCORDING TO THE DETROIT NEWS, BOTH COURSER AND GAMRAT ARE
SOCIAL CONSERVATIVES AND USE THEIR CHRISTIAN FAITH, AND USE IT AND
INVOKE IT IN NEW LEGISLATION WITH THINGS LIKE GUN RIGHTS.
OBVIOUSLY YOU WANT TO TALK ABOUT YOUR CHRISTIAN FAITH IN
TERMS OF GUN RIGHTS.
>>HE IS A FAMILY VALUES GUY, THAT IS THE ONLY REASON WE'RE
COVERING THAT STORY.
IF THIS WAS SOMEONE WHO DID NOT RUN WITH A
PLATFORM OF FAMILY VALUES THEN I WOULD NOT REPORT IT, I WOULD NOT
FEEL COMFORTABLE REPORTING IT.
BUT IF YOU'RE SAYING THAT GAY
MARRIAGE IS UNNATURAL AND THAT WE SHOULD OUTLAW REPRODUCTIVE
RIGHTS FOR WOMEN BECAUSE OF YOUR CHRISTIAN FAITH, YOU SHOULD KNOW
WHAT IS GOING ON BEHIND THE SCENES.
HE IS HAVING AN AFFAIR
WITH A WOMAN, WHICH IS, OKAY, I GUESS IT IS MORALLY
QUESTIONABLE, BUT HIS WHOLE PLAN OF SMEARING HIMSELF WITH A GAY
PROSTITUTE IS JUST HILARIOUS.
SO I WANT TO GIVE YOU A SENSE OF
SOMETHING HE WROTE BACK IN THE DAY FOR HUFFINGTON POST
REGARDING SAME-SEX MARRIAGE.
JUST TO SHOW YOU HOW
CONSERVATIVE HE IS.
HE SAYS, RIGHT NOW, AS IT SITS WITH THE
DECISION FROM OUR U.S. SUPREME COURT LOOMING, OUR ELECTED
OFFICIALS COULD BE FORCED TO PERFORM SAME-SEX MARRIAGES; IF
THIS HAPPENS THAN THE LIBERAL LEFT WILL USE THE SUPREME COURT
DECISION IS A HAMMER TO ADVANCE THEIR LIBERAL AGENDA.
IF THE
SUPREME COURT SURPRISES EVERYONE AND DECIDES TO UPHOLD THE
INSTITUTION OF MARRIAGE THEN I WILL SIMPLY HAVE THE OPTION TO
THEN WITHDRAW THE BILL.
SO HE WAS BASICALLY PROPOSING A BILL
THAT WOULD MAKE IT POSSIBLE FOR PEOPLE TO DENY SAME-SEX COUPLES
A WEDDING, RIGHT?
SO THEY WOULD NOT BE FORCED TO ACTUALLY
PERFORM THE WEDDING.
HE ALSO SAYS, IT IS INCREDIBLY IMPORTANT
THAT THE SUPREME COURT RULES AGAINST TRADITIONAL MARRIAGE
THAT OUR ELECTED OFFICIALS -- LET ME READ THAT AGAIN.
IT IS
INCREDIBLY IMPORTANT THAT IF THE SUPREME COURT RULES AGAINST
TRADITIONAL MARRIAGE THAT OUR ELECTED OFFICIALS ARE NOT
FORCED TO VIOLATE THEIR CONSCIENCE AND BE FORCED TO
PERFORM GAY MARRIAGES.
>>THAT IS WHAT EVERYONE IS WORRIED ABOUT, THAT ELECTED
OFFICIALS MIGHT BE FORCED TO PERFORM GAY MARRIAGES.
BECAUSE EVERYONE IS FORCED TO BE ELECTED OFFICIAL.
YOU DON'T HAVE A CHOICE.
>>THIS HAPPENED TO ME ONE TIME, MY WIFE SUSPECTED ME OF
CHEATING, I HAVE AN EMAIL HERE, WHAT IS GOING ON?
I WAS LIKE,
HEY, I HAVE A PICTURE OF ME SUCKING COCK.
TRY TO EXPLAIN
THIS!
I THOUGHT THAT WAS GOING TO GET ME OUT OF IT.
DID NOT WORK.