Steve Stockman Files Libel Suit Alleging He Was Never Arrested For Smuggling Drugs In His Underpants

We’ve been following the bizarre political career of Twitter troll and paleoconservative tea party congressman Rep. Steve Stockman (R-TX) for some time now, and ever since declaring his intention to run against Sen Jim Cornyn (R-TX) in the Republican senatorial primary, the Stockman story has grown even more ridiculous.

Soon after declaring, Stockman’s campaign headquarters were condemned. Then the first poll showed Stockman with only six percent support. If that wasn’t humiliating enough, he received exactly zero votes in a tea party straw poll. He began the year by essentially vanishing for an entire month, missing every roll call vote in January despite pledging to vote against a major spending bill and then, of course, he didn’t vote. On top of all that, we learned that Stockman hasn’t voted in any Republican primary elections.

And now Stockman’s been caught up in a fracas over whether he was arrested in 1977 for smuggling into jail a controlled substance, diazepam (Valium), hidden inside his underpants. Apologies for having to endure the mental image of Stockman’s underpants, but it’s part of this insane tale, like it or not.

Stockman had been reporting for a two-day jail sentence for a traffic violation, and his girlfriend had slipped the cellophane-wrapped Valium into the fly area of the underpants (sorry again). When Stockman was strip-searched (seriously, I’m sorry), authorities discovered the pills and he was initially charged with felony possession of a controlled substance, which was later reduced after his defense attorney cut a deal with the prosecutor. Stockman eventually plead no contest to the charge of “use of a controlled substance.”

Following Stockman’s Twitter attacks and bizarre manifesto against “liberal John Cornyn,” a pro-Cornyn super PAC called Texans for a Conservative Majority fired back by producing a website that, among other things, hits Stockman for the drug charges. So now Stockman is suing the super PAC for libel.

Does Stockman have a case? Not a chance… [CONTINUE READING HERE]

By: Bob Cesca

Bob Cesca is the managing editor at The Daily Banter (www.thedailybanter.com) and a Huffington Post contributor since 2005. He's worked in journalism since 1988 as a print writer/editor, a radio news anchor, a digital media columnist/editor, a book author and blogger. He's the co-host of the Bubble Genius Bob & Chez Show podcast and a Thursday regular on the syndicated Stephanie Miller Show. He's appeared on numerous other radio shows including the John Phillips Show and Geraldo Rivera Show in Los Angeles. Bob has been a commentator/analyst on the BBC (TV and radio), MSNBC, Current TV, CNN and Sky News. Following him on Twitter: @bobcesca_go