Two Michigan State Representatives decided that the best way to hide their affair was to fake a gay sex scandal. The two, Todd Courser and Cindy Gamrat (pictured), are Tea Party darlings who, naturally, believe gay marriage should remain illegal. Both are married (but not to each other).

 

Courser was concerned that news of the affair was going to leak, so the two decided to create a story that Courser had met up with a male prostitute. Then, when the story of the real affair came out, conservative supporters would be relieved and more likely to forgive.

 

Courser's aide Ben Graham recorded several of his boss's suggestions for the e-mail leak.

 

Graham can even be heard in these recordings arguing that the plan was a bad one. “This is a crazy way to deal with this situation,” Graham said. “Normally, people just like front it off, head it off themselves and say ‘Hey, this happened’ or quietly resign and go away.”

 

Graham was later fired after refusing to go any further with the scam.

 

The anonymous e-mail that was eventually released by either Courser or Gamrat was almost identical to the recordings.

 

 

When asked to explain his actions, Courser had little to say. “I’m not commenting on what happened in my office between Ben and I inside here,” he said. “... I don’t have any comment at all.”

 

Everyone who voted for these two nitwits should now be denied the right to ever vote again.

 

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