To: puborectalis who wrote (887012 ) 9/11/2015 8:21:42 PM From: tejek Respond to Hmmmm.......'inoculate the herd'. Do R pols see their constituents as cattle?Steve Benen We’ve been keeping an eye on a bizarre sex scandal in Michigan’s legislature, and MLive Media reported overnight that the investigation has led to the departure of both of the Republican lawmakers involved in the sordid affair .he House voted 91-12 to expel Gamrat, R-Plainwell, making her just the fourth lawmaker ever to be removed from the Michigan Legislature by her peers. the far-right lawmaker realized that he could either quit or be forced out. report noted, the House Business Office, which oversaw the investigation, had accused both Courser and Gamrat of “deceptive, deceitful, and outright dishonest conduct.”If you’ve missed our earlier coverage , as sex scandals go, this one’s a doozy. Let’s recap. which would itself be noteworthy since Courser and Gamrat are “among the most vocal opponents of gay rights and defenders of ‘traditional marriage’ in the state legislature.” Detroit News reported in early August, the real trouble came when these two allegedly “used their taxpayer-funded offices to maintain and cover up their relationship.” discussed , Courser allegedly pressed an aide to leak a rumor – making it seem as if it had come from one of his enemies – telling state GOP activists that Courser had been “caught behind a Lansing nightclub” having sex with a man.The scheme, apparently, was based on the idea that the leak of a bogus claim would become a distraction for a while, but once it was discredited, it would be harder to then accuse Courser of his actual extra-marital affair. As Courser put it, the plan was designed to “inoculate the herd.” The Detroit News added that the two Tea Party lawmakers “often invoke their Christian faith in pursuit of new legislation governing gun rights, abortion and marriage.”Or rather, they did . Now they’re out of a job.
