Jack Burkman:

Burkman, a former staffer for Rep. Rick Lazio (R-NY) and a Bush-Cheney ‘04 staffer, recently worked as a lobbyist for groups such as the Family Research Council, Caring To Love Ministries, and America’s Heroes of Freedom.

This guy is the poster boy for rightwing unctuousness. Here’s a typical over-the-top statement in which he pontificates about morality:

“But [the issue of gay marriage] and the moral fabric of the country is five times as important as the war on terror and the war in Iraq combined because … America will never be defeated in the field. Just like the Roman legions, we will never fall in battle. I mean, if Osama bin Laden thinks he can defeat the United States by knocking over buildings, he‘s crazy. But where we will fall and where we are falling as a civilization is from within.

Last summer, Wonkette reported that a young woman who was in Washington for gay pride events said Burkman tried to pick her up, gave her his real name and a business card. She told him that she was gay and said he asked if she ever made exceptions for men. She told him, “Not for Republicans.” She also described him as a “CREEEEEEEP.”