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Title: Nevada Sen. John Ensign admits affair
Post by: Dos Equis on June 16, 2009, 06:02:51 PM
What a dope.  Proverbs strikes again. 

Nevada Sen. John Ensign admits affair   

(CNN) -- Sen. John Ensign of Nevada admitted Tuesday to an extramarital affair with a woman who had worked for him.


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Sen. John Ensign of Nevada is considered a rising star in the Republican Party.

Ensign, 51, would not identify the woman but said she and her husband had been "close friends." Her husband, he said, also worked for him.

"Last year, I had an affair," the Republican senator said outside his office in Las Vegas. "I violated the vows of marriage. It's absolutely the worst thing I've done in my life.

"I take full responsibility for my actions. I know I have deeply hurt and disappointed my wife, Darlene, my children, my family, friends, my staff and those who believed in me. And to all of them, especially my wife, I'm truly sorry," he said.

The senator's office also released a statement from Ensign's wife, saying, "Since we found out last year, we have worked through the situation and we have come to a reconciliation. This has been difficult on both families. With the help of our family and close friends, our marriage has become stronger. I love my husband."

Ensign's spokesman, Tory Mazzola, said Ensign and a campaign staff member carried on the affair from December 2007 through August 2008. Her husband was an official Senate staff member for the senator.

Neither remained in Ensign's employ as of May 2008.

Ensign, a veterinarian, is considered a rising star within the Republican Party. A member of the party's Senate leadership, Ensign last year took over as chairman of the Republican Policy Committee.

He was elected to the Senate in 2000 and comfortably won re-election in the midterm elections of 2006, when Democrats won back Congress. He is up for re-election in 2012.

This month, Ensign spoke to a conservative group in Iowa, stoking speculation that he might have interest in running for the GOP presidential nomination in 2012.

http://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/06/16/ensign.affair/index.html
Title: Re: Nevada Sen. John Ensign admits affair
Post by: 240 is Back on June 16, 2009, 06:15:14 PM
Fvcking democrats... can't keep it in their pants.
Title: Re: Nevada Sen. John Ensign admits affair
Post by: Dos Equis on June 16, 2009, 06:23:56 PM
Fvcking democrats... can't keep it in their pants.

He's a Republican.
Title: Re: Nevada Sen. John Ensign admits affair
Post by: 24KT on June 16, 2009, 06:24:21 PM
Fvcking democrats... can't keep it in their pants.

{giggle} You just pulled a FauxNoise.  ;D
Title: Re: Nevada Sen. John Ensign admits affair
Post by: LurkerNoMore on June 16, 2009, 06:30:10 PM
He can't possibly be a Republican.  (   ::)  )

Cause it involved a WOMAN.
Title: Re: Nevada Sen. John Ensign admits affair
Post by: GigantorX on June 16, 2009, 06:39:36 PM
Plenty of Dem's in State/Federal politics fuck up.

They just never seem to have the proper "D" affixed to their name when it's shown on the "News"
Title: Re: Nevada Sen. John Ensign admits affair
Post by: 240 is Back on June 16, 2009, 06:57:24 PM
He's a Republican.
Title: Re: Nevada Sen. John Ensign admits affair
Post by: gcb on June 16, 2009, 07:10:25 PM
yawn
Title: Re: Nevada Sen. John Ensign admits affair
Post by: Straw Man on June 16, 2009, 07:14:27 PM
Abstinence Only Fails Again

Title: Re: Nevada Sen. John Ensign admits affair
Post by: 240 is Back on June 16, 2009, 07:35:27 PM
Abstinence Only Fails Again

I'm offended on behalf of senators everywhere.
Title: Re: Nevada Sen. John Ensign admits affair
Post by: Benny B on June 16, 2009, 08:21:11 PM
Plenty of Dem's in State/Federal politics fuck up.

They just never seem to have the proper "D" affixed to their name when it's shown on the "News"
The difference being that democrats don't typically run on some sanctimonious notion of "family values." When you do and you are exposed as an adulterous schmuck, you look that much more like a clown.
Title: Re: Nevada Sen. John Ensign admits affair
Post by: OzmO on June 16, 2009, 08:24:49 PM
More proof politicians are just like any walk of life.......


But even more proof that some people actually fall for reps vs. dems regarding extramarital affairs.
Title: Re: Nevada Sen. John Ensign admits affair
Post by: GigantorX on June 16, 2009, 08:29:56 PM
The difference being that democrats don't typically run on some sanctimonious notion of "family values." When you do and you are exposed as an adulterous schmuck, you look that much more like a clown.

Way to completely and utterly miss the point of my post.
Title: Re: Nevada Sen. John Ensign admits affair
Post by: Benny B on June 16, 2009, 08:38:37 PM
Way to completely and utterly miss the point of my post.
Make clarity your friend and enlighten me as to the "point of your post."
Title: Re: Nevada Sen. John Ensign admits affair
Post by: LurkerNoMore on June 16, 2009, 08:47:38 PM
Typical Republican getting caught in the bear trap of HYPOCRISY that they are completely unable to see until the nation is laughing at them.
Title: Re: Nevada Sen. John Ensign admits affair
Post by: 240 is Back on June 16, 2009, 10:20:59 PM
FLASHBACK: Ensign Called On Clinton To Resign After Admitting Affair — ‘He Has No Credibility Left’

In 1998, while running for the Nevada’s senate seat against Harry Reid, Ensign called on President Clinton to resign in light of his admitted affair with former White House intern Monica Lewinsky.
Title: Re: Nevada Sen. John Ensign admits affair
Post by: 24KT on June 17, 2009, 02:02:14 AM
FLASHBACK: Ensign Called On Clinton To Resign After Admitting Affair — ‘He Has No Credibility Left’

In 1998, while running for the Nevada’s senate seat against Harry Reid, Ensign called on President Clinton to resign in light of his admitted affair with former White House intern Monica Lewinsky.

Are we going to see any resignations from Ensign any time soon?
Title: Re: Nevada Sen. John Ensign admits affair
Post by: MCWAY on June 17, 2009, 05:49:26 AM
The difference being that democrats don't typically run on some sanctimonious notion of "family values." When you do and you are exposed as an adulterous schmuck, you look that much more like a clown.

In other words, Democrats are expected to be hoes.

 ;D

Typical Republican getting caught in the bear trap of HYPOCRISY that they are completely unable to see until the nation is laughing at them.

This coming from the party that gave us the biggest whoremonger to ever hit Washington ::) .

At worst, it puts him in the same category of Bill "I did not have sexual relations with that woman" Clinton and John Edwards.

Or, on a non-sexual note, we have the likes of Joe "Gaffes 'R Us" Biden and "Turbo Tax Timmy" Geitner.

More proof politicians are just like any walk of life.......


But even more proof that some people actually fall for reps vs. dems regarding extramarital affairs.

I wouldn't go that far.
Title: Re: Nevada Sen. John Ensign admits affair
Post by: LurkerNoMore on June 17, 2009, 06:16:21 AM
Will he resign?  Of course not, he's a hypocrite.
Title: Re: Nevada Sen. John Ensign admits affair
Post by: MCWAY on June 17, 2009, 06:20:34 AM
Will he resign?  Of course not, he's a hypocrite.

Welcome to Washington. Of course, your lips tend to be fused shut, when the "blue" hypocrites pop up. But, that's another issue for another time.
Title: Re: Nevada Sen. John Ensign admits affair
Post by: LurkerNoMore on June 17, 2009, 06:56:04 AM
Welcome to reality.  The Repubs hypocritics vastly outnumber the Dems since 2006.

Hope this helps.
Title: Re: Nevada Sen. John Ensign admits affair
Post by: Benny B on June 17, 2009, 07:04:50 AM
In other words, Democrats are expected to be hoes.

 ;D
If both parties have "hoes" as you put it, I'll take the one that isn't filled with hypocrites.  ;D

Quote
This coming from the party that gave us the biggest whoremonger to ever hit Washington. ::)
Whomever you are referencing no doubt did not run for president on "family values."

Quote
At worst, it puts him in the same category of Bill "I did not have sexual relations with that woman" Clinton and John Edwards.
And at best it makes him a HYPOCRITE.  :P

Quote
Or, on a non-sexual note, we have the likes of Joe "Gaffes 'R Us" Biden and "Turbo Tax Timmy" Geitner.
What do these individuals have to do with Ensign being a HYPOCRITE?
Title: Re: Nevada Sen. John Ensign admits affair
Post by: LurkerNoMore on June 17, 2009, 07:20:21 AM
^^  Reality stompdown.
Title: Re: Nevada Sen. John Ensign admits affair
Post by: LurkerNoMore on June 17, 2009, 07:36:46 AM
BWHAHAHAAHAAA  this retard was scheduled to host a Repub gala called Republican Renewal Project with the slogan "It's Time To Be Proud Again".  And blaming it on a "scheduling conflict"?    ::) 

Maybe they are "proud" that he got caught with an adult woman and not another man or child.  Is that it?

http://www.republicanrenewalproject.com/news

The irony here is whether the announcement should have included the words "new date" with anything related to Ensigns name.  Come to think of it, the phrase "Renewal Postponed" that they used was irony at it's best.
Title: Re: Nevada Sen. John Ensign admits affair
Post by: MCWAY on June 17, 2009, 08:00:52 AM
If both parties have "hoes" as you put it, I'll take the one that isn't filled with hypocrites.  ;D

In other words, the party of low expectations....I see[/quote]

Whomever you are referencing no doubt did not run for president on "family values."

AHHH!!! So NOT mentioning family values supposedly give Dems a license to screw around on their wives!!

And at best it makes him a HYPOCRITE.  :P
What do these individuals have to do with Ensign being a HYPOCRITE?


It makes the point, that there's plenty of hypocrisy to go around the tables of both parties. Yakking about Ensign while being mute about the hypocrites in your own party, using their lack of running on "family values" as a pass, is rather silly.

Not to mention, it makes you the very thing you call Ensign. 




Title: Re: Nevada Sen. John Ensign admits affair
Post by: Straw Man on June 17, 2009, 09:16:00 AM
I just can't figure out why "Abstinence Only" failed for this guy.

let's look at all the reasons why it should have worked:

1.  He's a mature adult and presumably should have more life experience, maturity, self control etc.. than a horny teenager

2.  If he really wanted sex he could always do the wife for the 10,000th time

3.  He faced public disgrace,humiliation and being branded a hypocrite if he got caught

In spite of all that he just couldn't help himself.

Abstince Only = Just Say No

They are both abject failures for which we've spent hundreds of millions of tax dollars
Title: Re: Nevada Sen. John Ensign admits affair
Post by: 240 is Back on June 17, 2009, 09:20:54 AM
FOX NEWS:
Bristol Palin Says Abstinence 'Not Realistic at All'

ANCHORAGE, Alaska —  Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin's 18-year-old daughter, an unwed mother, says teenagers should avoid having sex.

However, Bristol Palin acknowledges that abstinence is "not realistic at all." She commented during a two-part interview recorded for FOX News Channel.

Just days after the governor was named John McCain's running mate on the Republican presidential ticket last year, she announced her daughter was pregnant. Bristol Palin gave birth Dec. 27 to a boy named Tripp.

Title: Re: Nevada Sen. John Ensign admits affair
Post by: Dos Equis on June 17, 2009, 10:52:07 AM
The fact he was separated at the time is no excuse.  He should quit the Senate. 

Ensign Case is 'Extortion' GOP Sources Tell Reporters

Wednesday, June 17, 2009 10:13 AM

By: Jim Meyers 

Sen. John Ensign made the stunning admission that he'd had an affair with a staffer after the woman's husband asked him for a substantial sum of money.

That's the disclosure from Politico a day after the Nevada Republican's Tuesday statement that he had "violated the vows of marriage" by having the affair.

Fox News is reporting that two sources close to Sen. Ensign described the case as "extortion."

Ensign, 51, did not identify the staffer. But Politico reports that she is 46-year-old Cynthia Hampton, who served as the treasurer for Ensign's re-election campaign.

The affair reportedly took place between December 2007 and August 2008.

Hampton's husband, Douglas Hampton, served as Ensign's administrative assistant in his personal office from November 2006 to May 2008, according to Senate records.

"I deeply regret and am very sorry for my actions," Ensign said at Tuesday's briefing, reading from a prepared statement and leaving without taking questions. Ensign's wife Darlene was not at her husband's side during the short briefing.

Sources told Politico that the affair occurred while Ensign was separated from his wife, but the two have since reconciled.

Ensign is chairman of the GOP Policy Committee, the No. 4 job in the Republican Senate leadership. He served as chairman of the National Republican Senatorial Committee in 2008, and was considered a rising star in his party.

He does not face re-election until 2012 and had taken preliminary steps to explore a run for the White House that year, making a trip three weeks ago to Iowa, an early caucus state, The Washington Post reported.

Ensign has been a member of the Promises Keepers, a male evangelical organization that promotes marital fidelity.

In 1998, as a House member, he called on President Bill Clinton to resign after revelations about his affair with a White House intern.
 
http://www.newsmax.com/insidecover/ensign_affair_extortion/2009/06/17/226123.html
Title: Re: Nevada Sen. John Ensign admits affair
Post by: Straw Man on June 17, 2009, 11:01:25 AM

Ensign has been a member of the Promises Keepers, a male evangelical organization that promotes marital fidelity.


classic
Title: Re: Nevada Sen. John Ensign admits affair
Post by: Dos Equis on June 17, 2009, 11:02:31 AM
 ::)
Title: Re: Nevada Sen. John Ensign admits affair
Post by: 2ND COMING on June 17, 2009, 11:07:44 AM
classic

that is indeed a zinger.
Title: Re: Nevada Sen. John Ensign admits affair
Post by: Straw Man on June 17, 2009, 11:08:01 AM
::)

yep - pretty pathetic eh Bum?

I wonder if the Promise Keepers will take away his secret decoder ring?
Title: Re: Nevada Sen. John Ensign admits affair
Post by: Dos Equis on June 17, 2009, 11:08:47 AM
Yawn.  But I do like the fact you're trying to be funny.  Good progress.   :)
Title: Re: Nevada Sen. John Ensign admits affair
Post by: Straw Man on June 17, 2009, 11:25:04 AM
Yawn.  But I do like the fact you're trying to be funny.  Good progress.   :)

Thanks Bum,

I agree with you.

Nothing funnier than a guy who actually goes to the effort to join a club for the sole purpoe of making a public delaration of fidelity who then turns around and cheats on his wife.

fucking HILARIOUS

Title: Re: Nevada Sen. John Ensign admits affair
Post by: Dos Equis on June 17, 2009, 11:31:50 AM
It's actually pretty sad.  He's a class A hypocrite.  We should all expect much more from our elected officials, especially those who were on the impeach Clinton bandwagon for the same conduct.   
Title: Re: Nevada Sen. John Ensign admits affair
Post by: Straw Man on June 17, 2009, 11:33:11 AM
It's actually pretty sad.  He's a class A hypocrite.  We should all expect much more from our elected officials, especially those who were on the impeach Clinton bandwagon for the same conduct.   

sad for you maybe but FUNNY to me
Title: Re: Nevada Sen. John Ensign admits affair
Post by: Dos Equis on June 17, 2009, 11:37:15 AM
Shocking. 
Title: Re: Nevada Sen. John Ensign admits affair
Post by: Straw Man on June 17, 2009, 11:45:58 AM
Shocking. 

not really
Title: Re: Nevada Sen. John Ensign admits affair
Post by: MCWAY on June 17, 2009, 08:08:48 PM
I just can't figure out why "Abstinence Only" failed for this guy.

let's look at all the reasons why it should have worked:

1.  He's a mature adult and presumably should have more life experience, maturity, self control etc.. than a horny teenager

2.  If he really wanted sex he could always do the wife for the 10,000th time

3.  He faced public disgrace,humiliation and being branded a hypocrite if he got caught

In spite of all that he just couldn't help himself.

Abstince Only = Just Say No

They are both abject failures for which we've spent hundreds of millions of tax dollars

This is downright silly. This issue with Ensign is about ADULTERY, not abstinence.

Notwithstanding that, abstinence is hardly a case of "Just Say No".

FOX NEWS:
Bristol Palin Says Abstinence 'Not Realistic at All'

ANCHORAGE, Alaska —  Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin's 18-year-old daughter, an unwed mother, says teenagers should avoid having sex.

However, Bristol Palin acknowledges that abstinence is "not realistic at all." She commented during a two-part interview recorded for FOX News Channel.

Just days after the governor was named John McCain's running mate on the Republican presidential ticket last year, she announced her daughter was pregnant. Bristol Palin gave birth Dec. 27 to a boy named Tripp.



You do realise that Bristol Palin has changed her tune, since then.

Furthermore for all you abstinence bashers, by your logic, condom use shouldn't be promoted either. After all, it's not "realistic" to think that teens are going to use condoms, every time they get their freak on.
Title: Re: Nevada Sen. John Ensign admits affair
Post by: 240 is Back on June 17, 2009, 08:13:57 PM
You do realise that Bristol Palin has changed her tune, since then.

Proof is in the pudding.  Her actions - having a baby - say she believes it's unrealistic. 
Her words - "abstinence is not realistic at all" - say she belives it's unrealistic.

Her tv appearance for some abstinence organization for her mom after the world mocked her for her FOX news appearance - damage control. 
Title: Re: Nevada Sen. John Ensign admits affair
Post by: MCWAY on June 17, 2009, 08:30:17 PM
Proof is in the pudding.  Her actions - having a baby - say she believes it's unrealistic. 
Her words - "abstinence is not realistic at all" - say she belives it's unrealistic.

Her tv appearance for some abstinence organization for her mom after the world mocked her for her FOX news appearance - damage control. 

That's not damage control. That's called hindsight being 20/20 (or learning the hard way). Per her ex-boyfriend's words, they did use condoms. Well, apparently, there was a least one time they didn't.

Her actions show one thing: Had she abstained, she wouldn't have a baby, now.

If you don't want babies, you don't engage in the baby-making process (i.e. sexual intercourse). Some folks can't seem to get that simple concept through their skulls.
Title: Re: Nevada Sen. John Ensign admits affair
Post by: 240 is Back on June 17, 2009, 08:51:50 PM
That's not damage control. That's called hindsight being 20/20 (or learning the hard way). Per her ex-boyfriend's words, they did use condoms. Well, apparently, there was a least one time they didn't.

Her actions show one thing: Had she abstained, she wouldn't have a baby, now.

If you don't want babies, you don't engage in the baby-making process (i.e. sexual intercourse). Some folks can't seem to get that simple concept through their skulls.


I dunno.  I don't think she suddenly realized this at age 18.  I think she still feels the same way.

I just think her newfound activism was the result of Palin wanting to rekindle love from the far-right who was disappointed in her parenting, and saw Bristol on FOX saying something they'd never want their own kids to hear (it's okay to have sex, it's realistic).

you're welcome to your opinion, which means about as much as mine, nada.
Title: Re: Nevada Sen. John Ensign admits affair
Post by: Straw Man on June 17, 2009, 08:57:45 PM
This is downright silly. This issue with Ensign is about ADULTERY, not abstinence.

Notwithstanding that, abstinence is hardly a case of "Just Say No".

are you kidding me?

adultery is completely preventable by abstinence

it works every time

abstinence does = just say no

you do see that,...right.......?
Title: Re: Nevada Sen. John Ensign admits affair
Post by: Benny B on June 17, 2009, 09:05:02 PM
That's not damage control. That's called hindsight being 20/20 (or learning the hard way). Per her ex-boyfriend's words, they did use condoms. Well, apparently, there was a least one time they didn't.

Her actions show one thing: Had she abstained, she wouldn't have a baby, now.

If you don't want babies, you don't engage in the baby-making process (i.e. sexual intercourse). Some folks can't seem to get that simple concept through their skulls.

According to Levi, there were a FEW times when they didn't use condoms. Little Bristol was spreading her legs for the school jock quite often, it appears.  :D

I think we all realize that abstinence is the best way to avoid an unwanted pregnancy. It's just laughable coming from Bristol's horny ass. I living proof that once you start humpin' you don't stop.  ;D Neither will Bristol. She's another GOP HYPOCRITE, pushing her mom's GOP "family values" agenda.
Title: Re: Nevada Sen. John Ensign admits affair
Post by: LurkerNoMore on June 18, 2009, 06:17:34 AM
are you kidding me?

adultery is completely preventable by abstinence

it works every time

abstinence does = just say no

you do see that,...right.......?

NO!!!  Say it ain't so.  Pre-emptive common sense being displayed here?  Whodathunkit? 

(obviously not anyone saying otherwise right?   8)  )
Title: Re: Nevada Sen. John Ensign admits affair
Post by: BM OUT on June 18, 2009, 06:28:37 AM
Who cares if this guy,or Bill Clinton or anyone else has an affair?Why in the world does that matter to ANYONE but their families?I couldnt care less if Bill Clinton got 500 head jobs on the floor of the white House.I dont care if this guy was banging chicks in the ass in his office.Once again,the pussification of America.Everyone sticking their god dam noses in everyones buisiness.Im MUCH more concerned that these fools are flushing my money down the toilet then Iam if they are banging chicks.
Title: Re: Nevada Sen. John Ensign admits affair
Post by: Benny B on June 18, 2009, 06:34:52 AM
Who cares if this guy,or Bill Clinton or anyone else has an affair?Why in the world does that matter to ANYONE but their families?I couldnt care less if Bill Clinton got 500 head jobs on the floor of the white House.I dont care if this guy was banging chicks in the ass in his office.Once again,the pussification of America.Everyone sticking their god dam noses in everyones buisiness.Im MUCH more concerned that these fools are flushing my money down the toilet then Iam if they are banging chicks.
Then "BILLY MINIMUM" should tell his GOP heroes to shut the fuck up when they get all self righteous the minute a democrat is embroiled in a sex scandal. Write your repube congressmen a letter (using spell check!) to let them know that you don't want them wasting time on trying to be the family values party when they have plenty of sleazebags within.
Title: Re: Nevada Sen. John Ensign admits affair
Post by: MCWAY on June 18, 2009, 06:50:55 AM
are you kidding me?

adultery is completely preventable by abstinence

it works every time

abstinence does = just say no

you do see that,...right.......?


Earth to Straw Man, abstinence means not having sex AT ALL!!

Boy, were you smoking that stuff when you posted this foolishness?

According to Levi, there were a FEW times when they didn't use condoms. Little Bristol was spreading her legs for the school jock quite often, it appears.  :D

That's the point. All the people, touting condom use as being more realistic are talking out the sides of their neck. If teen aren't disciplined enough to abstain, what makes you think they're disciplined enough to use rubbers, every time they fornicate? Remember that you're dealing with know-it-all, it-won't-happen-to-me teenagers, here.

There's a saying I've heard on certain sex-education videos: What do call teens who rely on condoms for safe sex?
PARENTS!!!


I think we all realize that abstinence is the best way to avoid an unwanted pregnancy. It's just laughable coming from Bristol's horny ass. I living proof that once you start humpin' you don't stop.  ;D Neither will Bristol. She's another GOP HYPOCRITE, pushing her mom's GOP "family values" agenda.

It's not laughable for one reason. How many times in life have we learn things from other people's experiences? That would be like saying that someone who got strung out on drugs, which cost him his job and family, can't warn other people of the dangers of drug abuse.

Some people have to learn the hard way, as did Bristol Palin. With that said, she kept the baby, for which she got criticized by some on the left, because they felt that she should have killed it...ahem....got an abortion.

Then "BILLY MINIMUM" should tell his GOP heroes to shut the fuck up when they get all self righteous the minute a democrat is embroiled in a sex scandal. Write your repube congressmen a letter (using spell check!) to let them know that you don't want them wasting time on trying to be the family values party when they have plenty of sleazebags within.

Each party gets "self-righteous" when it catches a member of the opposition doing dirt. That's the name of the game. When Edwards and Spitzer were whoring around, the GOP got on them. With Foley and now Ensign creeping, it's the Dems' turn on the high horse.


Title: Re: Nevada Sen. John Ensign admits affair
Post by: Benny B on June 18, 2009, 06:53:38 AM
Quote
Each party gets "self-righteous" when it catches a member of the opposition doing dirt. That's the name of the game. When Edwards and Spitzer were whoring around, the GOP got on them. With Foley and now Ensign creeping, it's the Dems' turn on the high horse.
Once again, you choose to ignore miss the point. The democrats don't claim to be the party that owns the term "family values."
HYPOCRITES
Title: Re: Nevada Sen. John Ensign admits affair
Post by: BM OUT on June 18, 2009, 07:08:22 AM
Then "BILLY MINIMUM" should tell his GOP heroes to shut the fuck up when they get all self righteous the minute a democrat is embroiled in a sex scandal. Write your repube congressmen a letter (using spell check!) to let them know that you don't want them wasting time on trying to be the family values party when they have plenty of sleazebags within.

Yes your right.The left NEVER does that.Do you happen to recall the senator from Oregon who they ran out of office?Do you remember what the left did to Trent Lott?PLEASE,both parties do the exact same shit.Pelosi talks about ethics and is a god dam criminal as does Reid with his sweethart deals and Dodd with his self rightous self getting more deals.The idea that its only on one side is silly.Didnt Barney Frank just recently call Scalia a homophobe?A guy that had a prostitution ring running out of his house.They all are shit.
Title: Re: Nevada Sen. John Ensign admits affair
Post by: Benny B on June 18, 2009, 07:15:20 AM
Yes your right.The left NEVER does that.Do you happen to recall the senator from Oregon who they ran out of office?Do you remember what the left did to Trent Lott?PLEASE,both parties do the exact same shit.Pelosi talks about ethics and is a god dam criminal as does Reid with his sweethart deals and Dodd with his self rightous self getting more deals.The idea that its only on one side is silly.Didnt Barney Frank just recently call Scalia a homophobe?A guy that had a prostitution ring running out of his house.They all are shit.
The democrats don't run on a platform of family values,"BILLY."   :-*
The GOP is full of HYPOCRITES.
Title: Re: Nevada Sen. John Ensign admits affair
Post by: MCWAY on June 18, 2009, 07:24:49 AM

I dunno.  I don't think she suddenly realized this at age 18.  I think she still feels the same way.

I just think her newfound activism was the result of Palin wanting to rekindle love from the far-right who was disappointed in her parenting, and saw Bristol on FOX saying something they'd never want their own kids to hear (it's okay to have sex, it's realistic).

you're welcome to your opinion, which means about as much as mine, nada.


Gov. Palin hardly had to "rekindle" any love from the "far-right". In fact, they were very supportive of her and came to her defense and that of Bristol, when the left went on their tirades about the Palin family.

Again, Bristol has had to learn the hard way. The rigors of her likely having to raise her child alone are finally starting to hit home. That baby is there: Live, in the flesh, and in need of care. It's real.

Teens need to know that they put themselves (and their children) behind the 8-ball, when they have babies out of wedlock. As I said, if you can't take care of a baby, you don't engage in the baby-making process.

The democrats don't run on a platform of family values,"BILLY."   :-*


Oh really? Does the name JOHN EDWARDS ring a bell?

And how many times have we heard about how much of a devoted husband and father Barack Obama is? In fact, did he not mention in CHURCH on Fathers’ Day last year, the importance of men stepping to the plate to take care of their families (Hint: This was the same message after which Jesse Jackson claimed he wanted to chop Obama’s nuts off).

That is part of the appeal that Obama has to the American people.

Your implication that Democrats deserve less scrutiny or criticism for whoring around, just because they "don't run on a platform of family values" (which is utterly false, in many cases) rings quite hollow.
Title: Re: Nevada Sen. John Ensign admits affair
Post by: Straw Man on June 18, 2009, 07:25:50 AM

Earth to Straw Man, abstinence means not having sex AT ALL!!


well if you're married and you're not boning the wife then you shouldn't be having any sex at all

do you get it now?
Title: Re: Nevada Sen. John Ensign admits affair
Post by: Benny B on June 18, 2009, 07:40:43 AM

Oh really? Does the name JOHN EDWARDS ring a bell?

Your implication that Democrats deserve less scrutiny or criticism for whoring around, just because they "don't run on a platform of family values" (which is utterly false, in many cases) rings quite hollow.
John Edwards represents a long history of the democrats running on a platform of "family values?" Give me a break.

Your use of the term "implication" is pejorative and indicates your attempt to skew the discussion because of your weak premise. At no time did I state that democrats do not deserve criticism for adultery, rather that when it does happen, it does not reveal them to be from a party of HYPOCRITES.   ;)

Do you support hypocrites in your personal life as well as your politics?  :-\
Title: Re: Nevada Sen. John Ensign admits affair
Post by: MCWAY on June 18, 2009, 07:53:53 AM
John Edwards represents a long history of the democrats running on a platform of "family values?" Give me a break.

Your use of the term "implication" is pejorative and indicates your attempt to skew the discussion because of your weak premise. At no time did I state that democrats do not deserve criticism for adultery, rather that when it does happen, it does not reveal them to be from a party of HYPOCRITES.   ;)

Do you support hypocrites in your personal life as well as your politics?  :-\

Apparently, you missed my most recent edit. So, let me spell it out AGAIN!!! How many times have we heard about how much of a devoted husband and father Barack Obama is? Far too many times to count.


In fact, in CHURCH on Fathers’ Day last year, he gave a speech, emphasizing the importance of men stepping to the plate to take care of their families. This was the same message after which Jesse Jackson claimed he wanted to chop Obama’s nuts off (the old "hot mike" routine).

If, God forbid, Obama were to pull a Clinton and start screwing around on his wife, you can bet your bottom dollar the GOP would bring up this Fathers' Day speech, among other things (and the Dems would downplay it, to the fullest, as you are doing).

Speaking of Jesse Jackson, he and Al Sharpton are long-entrenched in the Democratic Party, as are a number of other ministers. The "family values" thing is a given with them.

So, your silly idea that Democrats DO NOT run on family values is utter ridiculous.
Title: Re: Nevada Sen. John Ensign admits affair
Post by: BM OUT on June 18, 2009, 08:00:53 AM
The democrats don't run on a platform of family values,"BILLY."   :-*
The GOP is full of HYPOCRITES.

No they run on diversity which means BLAME WHITES FOR EVERYTHING and give loans to pieces of shit who cant pay them back all in the NAME OF FAIRNESS AND DIVERSITY ,then play innocent as to why the hosing market falls.Then pass hate crimes legislation but somehow NEVER charge blacks with hate crimes,never mind 30,000 black on white rapes a year as compared to ZERO white on black.They want inclusion but promote the congressional black congress and press for seperation everyday.THEY ARE THE BIGGEST HYPOCRITES OF ALL!!!!!They are a party that kills Trent Lott,but allows Al Sharpton to run for president and speak at their conventions.They cry about racism but allow Jesse Jackson to speak at their conventions and let Alcie Hastings be a part of the party.Talk about hpocrites they are the biggest on earth!!!
Title: Re: Nevada Sen. John Ensign admits affair
Post by: 240 is Back on June 18, 2009, 08:59:24 AM
so this dude wanted clinton to resign from his job, president.

But he won't resign as senator.  no, he just quit one committee that he would have certainly been tossed off of, just as craig lost his leadership role but kept his job.
Title: Re: Nevada Sen. John Ensign admits affair
Post by: LurkerNoMore on June 18, 2009, 10:16:55 AM
The definition of hypocrisy is lost on hyprocrites.

Talking about Obama being a good father is just a speech.  Passing laws, leading crusades, and attempting to push your "values" on everyone else in the country is something else.  Especially when you get caught for the exact same thing you are railing against and  crucifying others for.

Republicans are hypocrites of the worst kind.
Title: Re: Nevada Sen. John Ensign admits affair
Post by: Benny B on June 18, 2009, 12:15:09 PM
No they run on diversity which means BLAME WHITES FOR EVERYTHING and give loans to pieces of shit who cant pay them back all in the NAME OF FAIRNESS AND DIVERSITY ,then play innocent as to why the hosing market falls.Then pass hate crimes legislation but somehow NEVER charge blacks with hate crimes,never mind 30,000 black on white rapes a year as compared to ZERO white on black.They want inclusion but promote the congressional black congress and press for seperation everyday.THEY ARE THE BIGGEST HYPOCRITES OF ALL!!!!!They are a party that kills Trent Lott,but allows Al Sharpton to run for president and speak at their conventions.They cry about racism but allow Jesse Jackson to speak at their conventions and let Alcie Hastings be a part of the party.Talk about hpocrites they are the biggest on earth!!!
::)
Despite your hatred of Black people, they are not the source of your troubles. You mention Al Sharpton in every other post, yet I'd hazard a guess that he has very little relevance to your day-to-day life. I don't think Sharpton or Jackson are especially relevant to anyone's lives, other than offering opinions to add to the political and social discourse, as they have a right to do.

Focus on getting a job, backing off the steroids, and self-improvement.
Title: Re: Nevada Sen. John Ensign admits affair
Post by: Dos Equis on June 18, 2009, 12:34:58 PM
Apparently, you missed my most recent edit. So, let me spell it out AGAIN!!! How many times have we heard about how much of a devoted husband and father Barack Obama is? Far too many times to count.


In fact, in CHURCH on Fathers’ Day last year, he gave a speech, emphasizing the importance of men stepping to the plate to take care of their families. This was the same message after which Jesse Jackson claimed he wanted to chop Obama’s nuts off (the old "hot mike" routine).

If, God forbid, Obama were to pull a Clinton and start screwing around on his wife, you can bet your bottom dollar the GOP would bring up this Fathers' Day speech, among other things (and the Dems would downplay it, to the fullest, as you are doing).

Speaking of Jesse Jackson, he and Al Sharpton are long-entrenched in the Democratic Party, as are a number of other ministers. The "family values" thing is a given with them.

So, your silly idea that Democrats DO NOT run on family values is utter ridiculous.

Are you referring to the same Jesse Jackson who fathered a child several years ago with his mistress? 
Title: Re: Nevada Sen. John Ensign admits affair
Post by: BM OUT on June 18, 2009, 01:04:57 PM
::)
Despite your hatred of Black people, they are not the source of your troubles. You mention Al Sharpton in every other post, yet I'd hazard a guess that he has very little relevance to your day-to-day life. I don't think Sharpton or Jackson are especially relevant to anyone's lives, other than offering opinions to add to the political and social discourse, as they have a right to do.

Focus on getting a job, backing off the steroids, and self-improvement.

Ok,then let me change it.In Rhode Island we have a congressman wh passes drug laws all the time.This little piece of shit has now just entered rehab for the fourth time!!!Imagine that?Passing laws for me to follow but cant follow the very laws he passes.

Joe Biden is THE BIGGEST anti-drug guy in the history of the senate,yet his daughter is a coke head.

John Edwards runs as the moral family values candidtate and knocks up some chick while his wife is dying of cancer.

Robery Byrd is labeled as "the concience of the senate" this man was nor only in the Klan,he rose to klegal in the Klan which is two steps away from grand wizard.

There,no talk of race,just examples of the double talking immoral scum bags of the democratic party.
Title: Re: Nevada Sen. John Ensign admits affair
Post by: MCWAY on June 18, 2009, 01:52:39 PM
The definition of hypocrisy is lost on hyprocrites.

Talking about Obama being a good father is just a speech.  Passing laws, leading crusades, and attempting to push your "values" on everyone else in the country is something else.  Especially when you get caught for the exact same thing you are railing against and  crucifying others for.

Republicans are hypocrites of the worst kind.

Actually, it’s lost on folks like you, who apparently had one too many bowls of Numbskull Crispies, this morning.

Whether you’re merely giving a speech or rallying a cause like marriage amendments, as a public servant, you are expected to act within a certain moral and ethical code.

For some reason, liberals seem to think that their politicians are exempt from this, because they supposedly don’t run on “family values” (which is categorically false, in many instances, such as that of Edwards); thus their leaders aren’t as bad as those of their opponents.

And, lest that political amnesia flare up yet again, there were/are plenty of DEMOCRATIC leaders who participate in items like marriage amendments and the Defense of Marriage Act, hence, the reason the amendments and DOMA passed by such wide margins; DOMA passed by margin of 342-67 in the House and 85-14 in the Senate. Take a wild guess as how many politicians with “D”s next to their name voted on that one

By the way, who was that guy who signed DOMA into law again? (Hint: “I did NOT have sexual relations with that woman!!!”)

Title: Re: Nevada Sen. John Ensign admits affair
Post by: Mons Venus on June 18, 2009, 01:52:50 PM


Joe Biden is THE BIGGEST anti-drug guy in the history of the senate,yet his daughter is a coke head.

Coke? Ummmm sounds like my kinda whore.  ;D
Title: Re: Nevada Sen. John Ensign admits affair
Post by: BM OUT on June 18, 2009, 02:24:23 PM
Coke? Ummmm sounds like my kinda whore.  ;D

Be careful,Imus got fired for using that term.
Title: Re: Nevada Sen. John Ensign admits affair
Post by: LurkerNoMore on June 18, 2009, 04:28:10 PM
Excellent example of hyporcrisy from the board hypocrite themselves.  Keep us entertained.  But please, keep the 3 page novels to a minimum and we might read your drivel.
Title: Re: Nevada Sen. John Ensign admits affair
Post by: Hedgehog on June 18, 2009, 06:04:06 PM
The democrats don't run on a platform of family values,"BILLY."   :-*
The GOP is full of HYPOCRITES.

There are a few Democrats who are bullshitting "family value" clowns as well.

Tipper Gore was one of the leading ladies behind the idiotic labeling of records that got introduced back in the 80's.

Talk about fascist anti-free speech, Reaganist way of acting.




Then the internet came and set the freedom of speech free again, temporarily, but Fascists around the world are trying to restrict it again, trying to control us once again. >:(




BTW,




on the issue of internet rights I think Obama seems to be pretty decent, Hillary I really don't know, but I get the feeling she's much more conservative.

There are plenty of Republicans that seems to be in support of the individual right, and quite frankly, both the big US parties have ideologies that should be big on the individuals side.

Especially the GOP.

So I think filesharing could become a big issue for the GOP, if they have the smarts to pick it up.

They certainly have the ideological base to do it - nobody should care what you or anyone else do with your computer, and companies should not be allowed to track your actions.

Like they do in France.




I'm sure Fox News could do a great piece on the french angle, they're great on whipping up hate against everything French. 8)
Title: Re: Nevada Sen. John Ensign admits affair
Post by: MCWAY on June 19, 2009, 04:57:59 AM
Excellent example of hyporcrisy from the board hypocrite themselves.  Keep us entertained.  But please, keep the 3 page novels to a minimum and we might read your drivel.

Complete sentences tend to sizzle that grey matter of yours. Especially, since you can't back your statements, such as:

Passing laws, leading crusades, and attempting to push your "values" on everyone else in the country is something else.

Of course, your convenient political amnesia prevents you from acknowledging the fact that numerous Democrats have done THE EXACT SAME THING for which you keep blasting Republicans, particularly as it relates to marriage.

Once again, DOMA was passed 342-67 in the House and 85-14 in the Senate. Guess how many DEMOCRATS were in the mix. And last time I checked, the man who signed DOMA into law was also a Democrat.

You can finish your cereal now.
Title: Re: Nevada Sen. John Ensign admits affair
Post by: LurkerNoMore on June 19, 2009, 05:24:17 AM
No need to take back FACTS young lady.  Try again when you have something else to pass off as comments.

You have no idea what hypocrisy truly is.  Typical Republican.
Title: Re: Nevada Sen. John Ensign admits affair
Post by: MCWAY on June 19, 2009, 05:49:40 AM
No need to take back FACTS young lady.  Try again when you have something else to pass off as comments.

You have no idea what hypocrisy truly is.  Typical Republican.

Au Contraire!! I do indeed. I see it every time your bone-headed posts appear, especially when you run like a scalded dog once the FACTS actually show up.

Let's see: Lurker - whines and screams about Republicans passing marriage laws and doing the "family values" thing, while some of their members get busted for adultery.

Same Lurker - keep his otherwise flapping mouth SHUT when Democrats pass marriage laws and do the "family values" thing, while somoe of THEIR members get busted for adultery.

By that standard: Lurker = (the very thing about which he whines) Hypocrite!!!

Edit - In 1996, the Senate was 55-45, Republicans to Democrats and 230-204 in the House, respecitively. Yet, DOMA passed 85-14 in the Senate and 342-67 in the House.

Guess what that means: Some of those Democrats did the very things about which Lurker has his britches in a bunch, "Passing laws, leading crusades, and attempting to push your "values" on everyone else in the country"
Title: Re: Nevada Sen. John Ensign admits affair
Post by: MCWAY on June 19, 2009, 06:58:49 AM
The democrats don't run on a platform of family values,"BILLY."   :-*


You might want to tell that to this gentleman, Benny:



Lincoln Davis wants life, not politics, to speak for itself

WASHINGTON (BP)--Lincoln Davis responds robustly when people equate faith with political party affiliation.

"When I meet people who tell me, 'You can't be a Christian if you're a Democrat,' I've got to start reading and quoting Scripture and explain to them, 'You need to seek forgiveness. You need to understand the plan of salvation. You need to understand how you become a Christian,'" the Democratic congressman from Tennessee said.

"Now if abortion and the gay movement was the only thing that mattered in America today, I'd be a Republican. Well, guns, I've got to count guns," he said. "I feel compelled to let my life speak for itself, rather than my political positions."

Davis, 65, is in his fourth term as the U.S. representative of Tennessee's massive Fourth District, which curves like the letter "j" around the central part of the state. He is a Southern Baptist, a member with his wife Lynda of the First Baptist Church in Byrdstown, Tenn., since 1971.

He is one of the more conservative congressmen in a political party marked by a platform that endorses abortion rights and homosexual rights. He is a pro-life leader, sponsor of the Pregnant Women Support Act, a major piece of legislation seeking to reduce abortions by 95 percent in 10 years. He is a member of the Blue Dog Coalition, which describes itself as a group that gives "moderate and conservative Democrats in the House of Representatives a common sense, bridge-building voice within the institution.".......

While that means he will cast what are considered conservative votes on such issues as abortion, it also means for him that he will support social programs championed by Democrats. His advocacy of such programs is based on his understanding of the Bible, Davis said.

Of the "many different scriptures in the Bible that test me from time to time, and they all do, … the part that really burdens me probably as much as any is Matthew 25, 31 through 46, when Christ is saying there will come a time when we'll be judged based upon how you addressed the needs of the lesser amongst us, and He mentions the sick and the hungry, the naked and thirsty, the imprisoned unjustly, and the homeless, the stranger," Davis said.

Unlike some evangelical Christians in the Republican Party, Davis applies such passages to the government providing for the needy through Medicare, Medicaid, food stamps and other programs.

Before his election to Congress, Davis was mayor of Byrdstown, then a member of the Tennessee House of Representatives, followed by service in the state Senate.

Davis' walk of faith did not begin with a "bolt-of-lightning experience," he said. His family attended church, as well as brush arbor and tent revival meetings, when he was a boy in Fentress County, the home of World War I hero Alvin York.....


http://www.bpnews.net/BPnews.asp?ID=30715 (http://www.bpnews.net/BPnews.asp?ID=30715)

 







Title: Re: Nevada Sen. John Ensign admits affair
Post by: LurkerNoMore on June 19, 2009, 07:12:14 AM
Bringing up DOMA and Dems in the topic of hypocrisy is useless.  Unless of course after voting for DOMA some of the Dems got caught in illegal gay marriages.  But that didn't happen did it?  Your point = irrelevant.  But we already know that.

Webster is your friend. 

While you are at it, you can learn the difference between political views and personal views and how hypocrisy reigns supreme over Republicans in that area as well.

Of course, I don't really expect you to be smart enough to comprehend any of this basic logic.  So spout your useless 3 page reply that does nothing but clarify what we already know.  You're an idiot.
Title: Re: Nevada Sen. John Ensign admits affair
Post by: MCWAY on June 19, 2009, 07:35:24 AM
Bringing up DOMA and Dems in the topic of hypocrisy is useless.  Unless of course after voting for DOMA some of the Dems got caught in illegal gay marriages.  But that didn't happen did it?  Your point = irrelevant.  But we already know that.

Boy, are you always this cracked in the head, or is it a special occasion? Ensign didn't get caught in a gay affair or gay "marriage". Yet, you've labeled him as a hypocrite, for doing the family values thing, INCLUDING voting on marriage amendments (particularly the one in his home state), yet commiting adultery.

Yet, in true bone-headed, point-missing, ostrich fashion, you run from the fact that the SAME MAN who signed the Defense of Marriage Act is known for being the biggest adulterer (perhaps) in political history.

So, once again, the gold medal for buffoonery remains around your neck.


Webster is your friend. 

But, apparently, it's not YOURS.


While you are at it, you can learn the difference between political views and personal views and how hypocrisy reigns supreme over Republicans in that area as well.

Of course, I don't really expect you to be smart enough to comprehend any of this basic logic.  So spout your useless 3 page reply that does nothing but clarify what we already know.  You're an idiot.

Michael Jackson has a better chance of winning Mr. Olympia than you have of producing any "basic logic".

Like the spineless and memory-void sap you are, you dodge the issue at hand and make pitiful excuses, when your arguments get shredded.

And, as mentioned earlier, the hypocrisy from the Dem side of the house is HARDLY limited to just the marriage issue. "Turbo Tax Timmy" Geithner (A tax cheat in charge of the treasury) and Joe "The Human Gaffe Machine" Biden (demands people pay their fair share to help the less fortunate, yet spends a whopping 0.3% of his income in charitable donations).
are prime examples of that.
Title: Re: Nevada Sen. John Ensign admits affair
Post by: LurkerNoMore on June 19, 2009, 08:58:42 AM
Just like I said about the 3 page post of nonsense.

They do have meds to help with delusions like these.  You could ask the doc for double the dose.
Title: Re: Nevada Sen. John Ensign admits affair
Post by: MCWAY on June 19, 2009, 09:15:12 AM
Just like I said about the 3 page post of nonsense.

They do have meds to help with delusions like these.  You could ask the doc for double the dose.

Unfortunately, no medication exists to clear up that yellow streak down your back.

The simple fact is you put a bunch of gibberish, and when faced with the actual facts, you slither away and hide (rather than address the issue) like the spineless punk that you are.

Of course, when you see the CBS special, "“Barack Obama: An American Dad”", airing this Fathers' Day, that will further shatter your silly canard about Democrats not using the "family values" platform.

But, you'll continue to hide from this statement, Passing laws, leading crusades, and attempting to push your "values" on everyone else in the country is something else.", denying that Dems have done much the same (especially a certain president who signed DOMA into law).
Title: Re: Nevada Sen. John Ensign admits affair
Post by: LurkerNoMore on June 19, 2009, 09:32:57 AM
Never said they didn't use "Family" platforms.

Said Republicans were vast majority busted in the hypocrisy of their actions/crimes behind their voices.

Had you been paying attention, oh.... two pages ago... you would have seen that and spared us all the needless drivel.  Of course should you ever learn the difference between political and personal, it could help you off the board as well.

Nice try though.  But your best efforts were only vaguely amusing.
Title: Re: Nevada Sen. John Ensign admits affair
Post by: Benny B on June 19, 2009, 09:39:42 AM
There are a few Democrats who are bullshitting "family value" clowns as well.

Tipper Gore was one of the leading ladies behind the idiotic labeling of records that got introduced back in the 80's.

Talk about fascist anti-free speech, Reaganist way of acting.




Then the internet came and set the freedom of speech free again, temporarily, but Fascists around the world are trying to restrict it again, trying to control us once again. >:(




BTW,




on the issue of internet rights I think Obama seems to be pretty decent, Hillary I really don't know, but I get the feeling she's much more conservative.

There are plenty of Republicans that seems to be in support of the individual right, and quite frankly, both the big US parties have ideologies that should be big on the individuals side.

Especially the GOP.

So I think filesharing could become a big issue for the GOP, if they have the smarts to pick it up.

They certainly have the ideological base to do it - nobody should care what you or anyone else do with your computer, and companies should not be allowed to track your actions.

Like they do in France.




I'm sure Fox News could do a great piece on the french angle, they're great on whipping up hate against everything French. 8)
Why does Eurotrash think I care about his views?  ??? Tipper Gore? lol It is obvious "Zach" doesn't know what he's talking about.  ::)
Title: Re: Nevada Sen. John Ensign admits affair
Post by: Benny B on June 19, 2009, 09:42:16 AM
Of course, I don't really expect you to be smart enough to comprehend any of this basic logic.  So spout your useless 3 page reply that does nothing but clarify what we already know.  You're an idiot.
This pretty much sums it up!

"McMoron" will turn this into a thirty page thread with his inane babble and determination to have the last word. Let him. His passionate support of HYPOCRITES speaks for itself.
Title: Re: Nevada Sen. John Ensign admits affair
Post by: LurkerNoMore on June 19, 2009, 09:49:19 AM
This pretty much sums it up!

"McMoron" will turn this into a thirty page thread with his inane babble and determination to have the last word. Let him. His passionate support of HYPOCRITES speaks for itself.

Seriously, I have never seen someone post such drivel.  It is beyond pathetic to watch someone attempt to draw a relevant conclusion based on an irrelevant assumption.  You sit there the entire time knowing it is going to fail and yet they plod on and on and... on.  Completely unaware of the dazzling display of stupidity they are exhibiting.   The really moronic thing is they can't even grasp simple logic in a two sentence post of someone else without twisting it (or completely unable to comprehend it) before attempting a little mini novel on their viewpoint. 
Title: Re: Nevada Sen. John Ensign admits affair
Post by: Benny B on June 19, 2009, 10:03:28 AM
Seriously, I have never seen someone post such drivel.  It is beyond pathetic to watch someone attempt to draw a relevant conclusion based on an irrelevant assumption.  You sit there the entire time knowing it is going to fail and yet they plod on and on and... on.  Completely unaware of the dazzling display of stupidity they are exhibiting.   The really moronic thing is they can't even grasp simple logic in a two sentence post of someone else without twisting it (or completely unable to comprehend it) before attempting a little mini novel on their viewpoint. 
You're a smart guy. At least as it relates to this thread, the responses thus far are not worth your time.
Title: Re: Nevada Sen. John Ensign admits affair
Post by: Dos Equis on June 19, 2009, 10:48:59 AM
::)  McWay is spot on, as usual. 

Regarding the indiscretions of our political leaders, neither party has a monopoly, but Lurker's contention that that Republicans have been more at fault since 06 is patently absurd and factually inaccurate.  For example:

Senator Edwards (affair while running for president as a supposed squeaky clean candidate)
Congressman Jefferson (bribes)
Congressman Mahoney (affair with an aide and another woman)
Governor Siegelman (bribery)
Governor McGreevy (homosexual affair)
Governor Spitzer (prostitution)
Governor Blagojevich (bribes, impeached, under indictment)
Mayor Kilpatrick (affair and crimes, convicted)
Mayor Villaraigosa (affairs with two reporters who cover him)
Mayor Newsome (affair with campaign manager's wife)
Mayor Dixon (perjury, theft)
Mayor Becker (attempt to have sex with minor)

There is more, and Republicans have their bad actors, but to try and portray misconduct as some partisan issue is silly. 
Title: Re: Nevada Sen. John Ensign admits affair
Post by: LurkerNoMore on June 19, 2009, 11:26:45 AM
The issue was not the crime it was the HYPOCRISY. 
Lurker's contention is that more Republicans are guilty of hypocrisy than Dems.
Apparently for Republicans it is as difficult to understand that term as it is to overcome it.   ::)

But never fear, if you would like to continuously misinterpret my words in a failing attempt at deflection (typical GOP method) and  if you want to go back and include any scandal/crime/arrest/indictment (since no one can comprehend a simple term like "hypocrisy") then I can do that too.  And guess what?  GOP still out numbers Dem.

Title: Re: Nevada Sen. John Ensign admits affair
Post by: LurkerNoMore on June 19, 2009, 11:32:41 AM
I said since 2006.

Here is a list of GOP idiots JUST FOR 2007.  Notice, I am playing little BB's and McMindless's game of just including any crime.  Perhaps if they could understand HYPOCRISY we would all be on the same page here.   ::)

Note, this is ONLY 2007.  I can easily go ahead and add the list of names for 2006, 2008, 2009.  But I really don't think it will be necessary.   ::)  So I eagerly await BBs little list of the Dem scandals that prove my statement of GOP being more numerous or even just close to equal since 2006.

*********************************

January 23, 2007: Republican radio personality Scott Eller Cortelyou of Denver arrested on suspicion of using the Internet to lure a child into a sexual relationship

January 29, 2007: Republican former Jefferson County, Colorado, Treasurer Mark Paschall indicted on two felony charges "in connection with an allegation that Paschall solicited a kickback from a bonus he awarded one of his employees"

January 31, 2007: Republican Congressman Gary Miller is named by Republicans as ranking member of oversight subcommittee of House Financial Services Committee despite the FBI's investigation into his land deals

February 14, 2007: Major Republican fundraiser Brent Wilkes and former CIA executive director Kyle "Dusty" Foggo are indicted by a grandy jury for corrupting CIA contracts

February 16, 2007: Major Republican donor Abdul Tawala Ibn Ali Alishtari, aka Michael Mixon, is indicted in federal court on charges of providing material support to terrorists

March 5, 2007: Ethics complaint filed against Republican Senator Pete Domenici for his role in the Attorney Purge scandal

March 6, 2007: I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby, former chief of staff to Vice President Dick Cheney found guilty of obstruction of justice and perjury

March 8, 2007: Republican former U.S. Congressman and Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich admits to extramarital affair

March 23, 2007: Former Deputy Interior Secretary J. Steven Griles, an oil and gas lobbyist who became an architect of George W. Bush's energy policies, pleads guilty to obstructing justice by lying to a Senate committee

March 27, 2007: Criminal charges filed against Republican Pennsylvania State Senator Robert Regola in connection with the death of a teenage neighbor who was shot with the senator's gun; he is accused of three counts of perjury, allowing possession of a firearm by a minor, recklessly endangering another person and false swearing

March 27, 2007: Ronald Reagan's budget director, David Stockman, "indicted on charges of defrauding investors and banks of $1.6 billion while chairman of Collins & Aikman Corp., an auto parts maker that collapsed days after he quit"

March 28, 2007: Robert Vellanoweth, a Republican activist and appointee of Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger, is arrested on suspicion of gross vehicular manslaughter and felony driving under the influence of drugs or alcohol, after a crash that killed three adults and one child

April 18, 2007: The FBI raids the home of Republican Congressman John Doolittle, investigating his ties to Jack Abramoff

April 19, 2007: The FBI raids a business tied to the family of Republican Congressman Rick Renzi, as part of an investigation into his business dealings

April 23, 2007: The FBI questions Republican Congressman Tom Feeney about his dealings with Jack Abramoff

April 23, 2007: Federal auditors find repeat violations of federal election law from the 2004 Senate campaign of Republican Senator Mel Martinez

April 26, 2007: David Huckabee, son of Republican Presidential candidate Mike Huckabee, is arrested at an Arkansas airport after a federal X-ray technician detected a loaded gun in his carry-on luggage

May 4, 2007: Bruce Weyhrauch and Pete Kott, former Alaska state Republican legislators, were arrested and accused of soliciting and accepting bribes from the corrupt VECO Corporation

May 4, 2007: Republican state Assemblyman Michael Cole is censured and stripped of his leadership position after the married father of two spent the night at a 21-year-old intern's apartment

May 11, 2007: A field coordinator for Republican Congressman Patrick McHenry is indicted for voter fraud in North Carolina

May 12, 2007: NBC News breaks the story that the FBI is investigating Republican Nevada Governor Jim Gibbons for suspicion of accepting bribes in exchange for securing government contracts

May 15, 2007: Connecticut Republican Party Chairman Chris Healy is arrested for drunk driving (he pled no contest on June 1, but didn't publicly disclose the event until June 11)

May 18, 2007: Republican former South Dakota State Representative Ted Klaudt is charged with eight counts of second-degree rape, two counts of sexual exploitation of a minor, one count of sexual contact with a child younger than 16, two counts of witness tampering and one count of stalking against two foster children in his care

May 21, 2007: Republican state Senate candidate Mark Tate is indicted on nine counts of perjury and two counts of election fraud by a grand jury

June 11, 2007: Republican Senator Larry Craig is arrested for lewd conduct in the men's bathroom of an airport

June 19, 2007: South Carolina Republican state Treasurer and South Carolina Chairman of Giuliani for President Thomas Ravenel is indicted by a grand jury on cocaine distribution charges

July 2, 2007: President George W. Bush commutes the sentence of former Cheney Chief of Staff I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby following Libby's conviction on obstruction of justice and perjury

July 3, 2007: A grand jury report declares that the sale of public land to Republican Congressman Ken Calvert and his business partners violated the law

July 11, 2007: Republican state Representative and Florida co-Chairman of McCain for President Bob Allen is arrested for soliciting a male undercover police officer, offering to pay $20 to perform oral sex

July 16, 2007: Republican Senator David Vitter holds press conference acknowledging being on the D.C. Madam's list and past involvement with prostitutes

July 16, 2007: Story breaks that Republican Senator Lisa Murkowski was involved in a sweetheart real estate deal

July 19: Republican former state legislator Coy Privette is charged with six counts of aiding and abetting prostitution

July 24, 2007: Michael Flory, former head of the Michigan Federation of Young Republicans, pleads guilty to sexual abuse

July 26, 2007: Media report that Republican Senator Lisa Murkowski will sell back land purchased in a sweetheart deal, following close scrutiny of the shady transaction

July 29, 2007: Glenn Murphy Jr., recently-elected Chairman of the Young Republican National Federation, is accused of sexually assaulting a sleeping man

July 30, 2007: The FBI and IRS raid the home of Republican Senator Ted Stevens following investigations into Stevens' dealings with the corrupt VECO Corporation

August 2, 2007: Bush administration senior adviser Karl Rove disregards a Congressional subpoena and refuses to testify before the Senate Judiciary Committee

August 6, 2007: Investigation called for after House Republican Leader John Boehner leaked classified information regarding a secret court ruling over warrantless wiretapping

August 8, 2007: Republican Senator Larry Craig pleads guilty to misdemeanor disorderly conduct following his June 11 arrest

August 9, 2007: Major Republican donor Alan Fabian is charged with 23 counts of bankruptcy fraud, mail fraud, money laundering, obstruction of justice, and perjury

August 15, 2007: Republican state House candidate Angelo Cappelli is arrested for perjury and grand theft

August 22, 2007: Republican political consultant Roger Stone resigns his role with the New York state Senate Republicans after reports surfaced that he made a "threatening, obscenity-laced" phone call to the 83-year-old father of Governor Eliot Spitzer

August 27, 2007: Story breaks that Republican Senator Larry Craig was arrested and pled guilty - he had not publicly disclosed the events to that point

************************

Want to play some more?  ::)


Title: Re: Nevada Sen. John Ensign admits affair
Post by: Dos Equis on June 19, 2009, 11:40:19 AM
::)  No.  You don't get it Lurker.  I don't want to talk about a "Republican radio personality."  lol. . . .  What I said is true:  corruption, misconduct, crime, etc. cross party lines.  Neither party has a monopoly on crime or hypocrisy.  I didn't include all of the state senators, etc. who have been investigated and/or committed crimes very recently, and also happen to be Democrats, but the list is long.

I guess I'd do better if I wasn't having this exchange with a liberal hack who sees the world exclusively as either liberal or conservative, Republican and Democrat, believes all Republicans are evil yadda yadda.       
Title: Re: Nevada Sen. John Ensign admits affair
Post by: 240 is Back on June 19, 2009, 11:45:02 AM
both parties have their deviants.

I think the prob here is that this dude (and many repubs) try to take the moral high ground and preach on others (and legislate) how your marriage should go.

The higher they place themselves up, the further the fall.  When a single dem governor gets caught with a hooker, nobody cares.  When a married repub governor on many religious committees who spends his days lecturing others on respecting their vows and demanding cheaters resign... when HE is caught boning a hooker, it's a bigger deal.
Title: Re: Nevada Sen. John Ensign admits affair
Post by: LurkerNoMore on June 19, 2009, 11:51:02 AM
Oh but I do get it.  I make a plain English statement of an action (hypocrisy and scandals) for a specific time frame  (SINCE 2006) and you dispute it.  Well alright then!   ::)
But yet when I then clarify the statement again (and again.. and again...) and post proof, your only FAILING action is to attempt to twist the context around (again).  Typical deflection.  Typical FAILING deflection.   ::)

What I said is true.  Since 2006, GOP has the vast majority of scandals.  And yet you can't counter that so the only option you got left is typical (FAILING) backtracking in a (FAILING) effort to try to redirect the topic and issue from a very specific statement of mine that you disputed.    ::)

I get it.  You'll get it to whether you want to or not.  ::)  Bottom line is : As I stated, GOP has been the vast majority of scandals and hypocrisy since 2006.  Prove it wrong.    ::) Otherwise continue with the irrelevant replies that only showcase you can't dispute it with facts, only words.  ::)

And yes, these  ::) are a direct prediction of your future posts.   ::)
Title: Re: Nevada Sen. John Ensign admits affair
Post by: Dos Equis on June 19, 2009, 11:54:13 AM
both parties have their deviants.

I think the prob here is that this dude (and many repubs) try to take the moral high ground and preach on others (and legislate) how your marriage should go.

The higher they place themselves up, the further the fall.  When a single dem governor gets caught with a hooker, nobody cares.  When a married repub governor on many religious committees who spends his days lecturing others on respecting their vows and demanding cheaters resign... when HE is caught boning a hooker, it's a bigger deal.

Like Governor Spitzer prosecuting people for prostitution and later engaging in the same conduct himself? 

Every politician, particularly those in the Congress and local and state executive positions, include honesty and integrity as a major component of their platform when they run for office.  When they fall, they are hypocrites, regardless of party.   
Title: Re: Nevada Sen. John Ensign admits affair
Post by: LurkerNoMore on June 19, 2009, 11:54:24 AM
When a single dem governor gets caught with a hooker, nobody cares.  When a married repub governor on many religious committees who spends his days lecturing others on respecting their vows and demanding cheaters resign... when HE is caught boning a hooker, it's a bigger deal.

Because THAT is where the hypocrisy lies.  Of course, we've already established that Republicans can't grasp that simple logic.
Title: Re: Nevada Sen. John Ensign admits affair
Post by: Dos Equis on June 19, 2009, 11:55:15 AM
Oh but I do get it.  I make a plain English statement of an action (hypocrisy and scandals) for a specific time frame  (SINCE 2006) and you dispute it.  Well alright then!   ::)
But yet when I then clarify the statement again (and again.. and again...) and post proof, your only FAILING action is to attempt to twist the context around (again).  Typical deflection.  Typical FAILING deflection.   ::)

What I said is true.  Since 2006, GOP has the vast majority of scandals.  And yet you can't counter that so the only option you got left is typical (FAILING) backtracking in a (FAILING) effort to try to redirect the topic and issue from a very specific statement of mine that you disputed.    ::)

I get it.  You'll get it to whether you want to or not.  ::)  Bottom line is : As I stated, GOP has been the vast majority of scandals and hypocrisy since 2006.  Prove it wrong.    ::) Otherwise continue with the irrelevant replies that only showcase you can't dispute it with facts, only words.  ::)

And yes, these  ::) are a direct prediction of your future posts.   ::)


lol . . . Meltdown.   ::)
Title: Re: Nevada Sen. John Ensign admits affair
Post by: LurkerNoMore on June 19, 2009, 11:55:35 AM
Like Governor Spitzer prosecuting people for prostitution and later engaging in the same conduct himself? 


EXACTLY!!!  (Oh boy, there is hope yet.   ::)  )

Now for every one of the Dems that was busted in straight hypocrisy like that, how many Repubs are there?
Title: Re: Nevada Sen. John Ensign admits affair
Post by: LurkerNoMore on June 19, 2009, 11:56:29 AM
lol . . . Meltdown.   ::)

You could only wish.  Sorry to disappoint.

Now, I will continue to await you to post FACTS that dispute my claim, not just words.
Title: Re: Nevada Sen. John Ensign admits affair
Post by: Dos Equis on June 19, 2009, 12:01:26 PM
EXACTLY!!!  (Oh boy, there is hope yet.   ::)  )

Now for every one of the Dems that was busted in straight hypocrisy like that, how many Repubs are there?

Plenty on both sides.  Like I just said:

"Every politician, particularly those in the Congress and local and state executive positions, include honesty and integrity as a major component of their platform when they run for office.  When they fall, they are hypocrites, regardless of party."   
Title: Re: Nevada Sen. John Ensign admits affair
Post by: LurkerNoMore on June 19, 2009, 12:06:13 PM
Plenty on both sides.  Like I just said:

But that is not what I said.  I was very specific in my words and  you disputed them.  But yet, no proof exists.  At least, none you have provided for your side.  Making a vague blanket statement isn't contention to what I posted.

Again, bottom line is - Republicans are more guilty of hypocrisy since 2006 than Dems. 
Title: Re: Nevada Sen. John Ensign admits affair
Post by: 240 is Back on June 19, 2009, 12:08:15 PM
Like Governor Spitzer prosecuting people for prostitution and later engaging in the same conduct himself? 

Every politician, particularly those in the Congress and local and state executive positions, include honesty and integrity as a major component of their platform when they run for office.  When they fall, they are hypocrites, regardless of party.  

Some politicians make a bigger deal about it than others.  Some make a bigger deal about pr-family legislation or anti-gay votes.

When they're the one blowing guys in airport restrooms, it's a bigger deal.
Title: Re: Nevada Sen. John Ensign admits affair
Post by: Dos Equis on June 19, 2009, 12:14:30 PM
But that is not what I said.  I was very specific in my words and  you disputed them.  But yet, no proof exists.  At least, none you have provided for your side.  Making a vague blanket statement isn't contention to what I posted.

Again, bottom line is - Republicans are more guilty of hypocrisy since 2006 than Dems. 

You didn't provide any facts.  You also have a very narrow and inaccurate definition of "hypocrisy." 

But I'll play a little.  Let's work with your definition.  Where are the "facts" showing each person you claim to be a hypocrite didn't practice what they preached?  In other words, how many of the Republicans you call hypocrites made public statements, campaigned, etc. about being faithful to their wives, but later cheated on them?   

(insert Jeopardy music here)

As I said earlier, twice, anytime certain public office holders commit crimes or indiscretions they are hypocrites, because honesty, integrity, etc. are part of their platforms when they run for office.   
Title: Re: Nevada Sen. John Ensign admits affair
Post by: LurkerNoMore on June 19, 2009, 12:26:03 PM
You went from "hypocrisy" to just plain "crimes" in your little list.

So I beat you at your own game.  If you want to just include hypocrites, well nevertheless I will win that as well.  The facts and stats speak for themselves.  Someone pushing stronger pedophile legislation and getting busted in it... hypocrite.  Someone preaching and condemning homos and drug users and getting caught with a queer dopedealer..hypocrite.  Prostitution laws and busted with a hooker... hypocrite.  Someone high on the horse with anti-gay legislation or going after adulters and then getting busted for the same... hypocrite.

Someone getting busted for embezzling money...
Someone getting busted for perjury....
Someone getting busted for fraud..

well those are just dumbasses.  Criminals.  You can easily commit a crime without being a hypocrite about it.

Title: Re: Nevada Sen. John Ensign admits affair
Post by: Dos Equis on June 19, 2009, 12:31:09 PM
You went from "hypocrisy" to just plain "crimes" in your little list.

So I beat you at your own game.  If you want to just include hypocrites, well nevertheless I will win that as well.  The facts and stats speak for themselves.  Someone pushing stronger pedophile legislation and getting busted in it... hypocrite.  Someone preaching and condemning homos and drug users and getting caught with a queer dopedealer..hypocrite.  Prostitution laws and busted with a hooker... hypocrite.  Someone high on the horse with anti-gay legislation or going after adulters and then getting busted for the same... hypocrite.

Someone getting busted for embezzling money...
Someone getting busted for perjury....
Someone getting busted for fraud..

well those are just dumbasses.  Criminals.  You can easily commit a crime without being a hypocrite about it.



I'm not trying to win a game.  lol . . .   Dude you need to take a deep breath and remember this is only the internet.   :)

I'm not asking about "someone."  You claim to have provided "facts" about hypocrisy.  In reality, you provided nothing more than a partisan generalization.  Point me to the specific statements by the people you call hypocrites and lets compare those specific statements to the conduct you contend is hypocritical.   
Title: Re: Nevada Sen. John Ensign admits affair
Post by: tonymctones on June 19, 2009, 12:31:51 PM
You didn't provide any facts.  You also have a very narrow and inaccurate definition of "hypocrisy." 

But I'll play a little.  Let's work with your definition.  Where are the "facts" showing each person you claim to be a hypocrite didn't practice what they preached?  In other words, how many of the Republicans you call hypocrites made public statements, campaigned, etc. about being faithful to their wives, but later cheated on them?   

(insert Jeopardy music here)

As I said earlier, twice, anytime certain public office holders commit crimes or indiscretions they are hypocrites, because honesty, integrity, etc. are part of their platforms when they run for office.  
this is the part lurker youre having problems with, your trying to further define hypocrisey so that you can eliminate the left...

politicians run on being upstanding and ethical ppl ALL POLITICIANS...you dont see politicians running on platforms of "im gonna fuck you over the first chance i get"

LOL im sure if you look at the voting records of these ppl left and right you will see that at one point or another they voted for something that whatever their actions went against...

dont be an ignorant hard line party fool...
Title: Re: Nevada Sen. John Ensign admits affair
Post by: Dos Equis on June 19, 2009, 12:46:19 PM
this is the part lurker youre having problems with, your trying to further define hypocrisey so that you can eliminate the left...

politicians run on being upstanding and ethical ppl ALL POLITICIANS...you dont see politicians running on platforms of "im gonna fuck you over the first chance i get"

LOL im sure if you look at the voting records of these ppl left and right you will see that at one point or another they voted for something that whatever their actions went against...

dont be an ignorant hard line party fool...

Ding ding ding!  Correct.   :)
Title: Re: Nevada Sen. John Ensign admits affair
Post by: LurkerNoMore on June 19, 2009, 12:47:14 PM
Once again, someone can't post anything to back their own argument up.   ::)

Spin, deflect, split hairs, whatever... still remains the same as I stated it pages ago.
Title: Re: Nevada Sen. John Ensign admits affair
Post by: Dos Equis on June 19, 2009, 12:52:34 PM
Once again, someone can't post anything to back their own argument up.   ::)

Spin, deflect, split hairs, whatever... still remains the same as I stated it pages ago.

lol.  Cut and run.

Quote

Now, I will continue to await you to post FACTS that dispute my claim, not just words.
Title: Re: Nevada Sen. John Ensign admits affair
Post by: tonymctones on June 19, 2009, 12:52:56 PM
Once again, someone can't post anything to back their own argument up.   ::)

Spin, deflect, split hairs, whatever... still remains the same as I stated it pages ago.
LOL your the one splitting hairs...
Title: Re: Nevada Sen. John Ensign admits affair
Post by: MCWAY on June 19, 2009, 01:18:00 PM
this is the part lurker youre having problems with, your trying to further define hypocrisey so that you can eliminate the left...

PRECISELY!!!

A prime example of that is when I brought up all the Democrats that voted for DOMA.....AND the president that signed it into law.

Lurker, in true goofball fashion, then tried to flip the script by limiting the scope to those who voted or supported such and got caught in gay affairs, while still calling the subject of this thread a hypocrite even though he DID NOT get caught in such.


This pretty much sums it up!

"McMoron" will turn this into a thirty page thread with his inane babble and determination to have the last word. Let him. His passionate support of HYPOCRITES speaks for itself.

Of course, in your eagerness to pry the gold medal of buffoonery from Lurker's cold grasp, you conveniently DUCKED the fact that you claim about Dems not running on "family values" is patently and categorically FALSE. That was shown, in part, by the Lincoln Davis example I gave.

Then there's that Obama guy, who will be presented as the ebony version of Ward Cleaver this weekend on "Barack Obama: An American Dad".

With that said, you'll still have to settle for the silver.
 
Title: Re: Nevada Sen. John Ensign admits affair
Post by: LurkerNoMore on June 19, 2009, 01:20:36 PM
^^  still can't get past a simple sentence.
Title: Re: Nevada Sen. John Ensign admits affair
Post by: LurkerNoMore on June 19, 2009, 01:21:38 PM
LOL your the one splitting hairs...

Not.

I stated plain as day GOP had more scandals and hypocrisy since 2006.

Now you can either prove me wrong with facts or just type nonsense.  Which is it?
Title: Re: Nevada Sen. John Ensign admits affair
Post by: MCWAY on June 19, 2009, 01:26:46 PM
lol.  Cut and run.


I prefer "cluck and duck"

 ;D

Not.

I stated plain as day GOP had more scandals and hypocrisy since 2006.

Now you can either prove me wrong with facts or just type nonsense.  Which is it?

Why all the stressing about "since 2006"? Does that mean that it's taken the GOP all this time to FINALLY catch up to the scandals and hypocrisy of the Democrats?

Of course, as long as Bill Clinton remains in your ranks, you got NO room to talk about scandals or hypocrisy.

Title: Re: Nevada Sen. John Ensign admits affair
Post by: LurkerNoMore on June 19, 2009, 01:28:25 PM
Still nothing I see.
Title: Re: Nevada Sen. John Ensign admits affair
Post by: Dos Equis on June 19, 2009, 01:38:55 PM
I prefer "cluck and duck"

 ;D



 :D

(http://www.pe.com/imagesdaily/2008/06-07/chicken07_400a.jpg)
Title: Re: Nevada Sen. John Ensign admits affair
Post by: Dos Equis on April 21, 2011, 07:03:53 PM
Good riddance.  

Nevada Sen. Ensign to resign amid ethics investigation resignation
By Associated Press
POSTED: 03:28 p.m. HST, Apr 21, 2011

LAS VEGAS >> Nevada Sen. John Ensign announced today he will resign amid an ethics investigation, insisting he’s done nothing wrong but saying he could no longer subject his family and constituents to further investigation.

Ensign said in a statement that he will send Vice President Joe Biden a letter Friday making the resignation official.

“While I stand behind my firm belief that I have not violated any law, rule, or standard of conduct of the Senate, and I have fought to prove this publicly, I will not continue to subject my family, my constituents, or the Senate to any further rounds of investigation, depositions, drawn out proceedings, or especially public hearings,” he said. “For my family and me, this continued personal cost is simply too great.”

The Republican, who is under investigation by the Senate Ethics Committee, announced in March he would not pursue re-election.

The 52-year-old acknowledged in June 2009 that he had an extramarital affair with Cynthia Hampton, a former member of his campaign staff, and that he had helped her husband, Doug Hampton, a member of his congressional staff, obtain lobbying work with two Nevada companies.

Ensign’s admission that he cheated on his wife seemingly foreshadowed his political downfall. Amid the scandal, his parents provided the Hamptons with $96,000 described as a gift, and Ensign helped find Doug Hampton a lobbying job.    

The Justice Department and the Federal Election Commission investigated, then dropped the cases with little explanation. The Senate ethics panel, however, named a special counsel to look into the matter.  

Through it all, Ensign insisted he would seek re-election until his announcement in March, when he reiterated that he had not violated any laws or ethics rules. He also said the investigation did not influence his decision to retire from politics after 2012.

“If I was concerned about that I would have resigned, because that would make the most sense because then it goes away,” Ensign said at the time.

But in his resignation notice today, Ensign said the appointment of the special counsel shook him because he had hoped the investigation would end with the justice department.

Democratic Congresswoman Shelley Berkley and GOP Congressman Dean Heller are seeking Ensign’s seat. A Democratic lawyer, Byron Georgiou, is also in the race.

Republican Gov. Brian Sandoval, who has already endorsed Heller, will appoint a successor. If Heller is named, a special election will be held for his seat.

Nevada Democrats quickly began their campaign to influence Sandoval’s decision.

“Nevada needs a Senator who is focused on creating jobs and protecting our middle class, not ending Medicare as we know it and giving more tax breaks to the rich, like Dean Heller is trying to do,” said Nevada Democratic Party spokesman Zach Hudson.

Nevada remains a top target for Democrats trying to protect their fragile majority in the Senate, said Guy Cecil, executive director of the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee.

“There will be a very clear choice for Nevadans between an uncompromising extremist like Dean Heller, who wants to end Medicare and cut loans for small businesses to give more tax breaks for the very rich, and Shelley Berkley, a true fighter for Nevada’s economy and middle class,” he said in a statement.

http://www.staradvertiser.com/news/breaking/120426824.html
Title: Re: Nevada Sen. John Ensign admits affair
Post by: 240 is Back on April 21, 2011, 07:12:18 PM
In other words, "Tomorrow they're gonna show the exact link of how I tried to pay taxpayer dollars$ to my whore's family to keep the affair quiet".


Typical democrat right there.
Title: Re: Nevada Sen. John Ensign admits affair
Post by: Dos Equis on April 21, 2011, 07:24:44 PM
In other words, "Tomorrow they're gonna show the exact link of how I tried to pay taxpayer dollars$ to my whore's family to keep the affair quiet".


Typical democrat right there.

He's a Republican. 
Title: Re: Nevada Sen. John Ensign admits affair
Post by: Dos Equis on May 12, 2011, 02:51:46 PM
Senate committee refers Ensign case to Justice Department
By the CNN Wire Staff
May 12, 2011

Washington (CNN) -- The Senate Ethics Committee announced Thursday that it has referred key findings of its case against former Sen. John Ensign to the Justice Department, laying the groundwork for possible prosecution of the Nevada Republican.

Ensign resigned his Senate seat May 3 after revelations that he had an affair with a female aide who was married to another top aide and that his parents subsequently gave money to the aides' family.

The special counsel investigating the case "respectfully submits that there is substantial credible evidence which provides ... cause for the Committee to conclude Senator Ensign violated Senate Rules and federal civil and criminal laws, and engaged in improper conduct," a report concluded.

"The committee has reason to believe laws were broken," said California Sen. Barbara Boxer, the Democratic co-chairwoman of the committee. "The Justice Department will look at it. They have to."

The report cites "credible evidence" that Ensign and his parents made "false or misleading statements" to the Federal Election Commission and engaged in a potential obstruction of justice, among other things.

Ensign has admitted having an affair with Cindy Hampton, a campaign aide and the wife of Ensign's former chief of staff, Doug Hampton. Investigators have been examining efforts by Ensign to assist the Hampton family by providing a nearly $100,000 payment to them, arranging lobbying work for Doug Hampton and possibly meeting with Doug Hampton on a lobbying matter in violation of Senate rules.

Doug Hampton was indicted this year on charges related to an alleged violation of federal conflict of interest laws.

The ethics committee announced the appointment of a special counsel for the Ensign investigation in February. According to Ensign, the Justice Department has told him it would not bring criminal charges in the case.

"I am gratified that, after extended investigations, both the Department of Justice and the Federal Election Commission saw no grounds on which to charge me with improper conduct," Ensign said in statement released when he resigned. "I was hopeful that, with the closure of these investigations against me the wear and tear on my family and me would soon be over. This was not the case."

Ensign's attorney released a statement Thursday stating that the senator was "disappointed and confused" that the committee issued its report without considering a point-by-point rebuttal submitted by his legal team on Wednesday.

The rebuttal concluded with an insistence that Ensign "is not proud of his conduct nor is he asking that his improper conduct be ignored."

But "acknowledging one's errors ... is not the same as admitting he had the intent to violate the law -- this he did not do."

Ensign, 53, was elected to the Senate in 2000. Nevada GOP Gov. Brian Sandoval recently appointed fellow Republican Dean Heller to serve the remainder of Ensign's term, which expires in January 2013.

Heller had been representing Nevada in the House of Representatives.

http://www.cnn.com/2011/POLITICS/05/12/ensign.charges.justice/index.html?hpt=T1