Author Topic: Nevada Sen. John Ensign admits affair (Read 8506 times)

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.

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

240 is Back · « **Reply #1 on:** June 16, 2009, 06:15:14 PM »

Fvcking democrats... can't keep it in their pants.

Dos Equis · « **Reply #2 on:** June 16, 2009, 06:23:56 PM »

Quote from: 240 is Back on June 16, 2009, 06:15:14 PM

Fvcking democrats... can't keep it in their pants.

He's a Republican.

24KT · « **Reply #3 on:** June 16, 2009, 06:24:21 PM »

Quote from: 240 is Back on June 16, 2009, 06:15:14 PM

Fvcking democrats... can't keep it in their pants.

{giggle} You just pulled a FauxNoise.

LurkerNoMore · « **Reply #4 on:** June 16, 2009, 06:30:10 PM »

He can't possibly be a Republican. (

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Cause it involved a WOMAN.

GigantorX · « **Reply #5 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"

240 is Back · « **Reply #6 on:** June 16, 2009, 06:57:24 PM »

Quote from: Beach Bum on June 16, 2009, 06:23:56 PM

He's a Republican.

gcb · « **Reply #7 on:** June 16, 2009, 07:10:25 PM »

Straw Man · « **Reply #8 on:** June 16, 2009, 07:14:27 PM »

Abstinence Only Fails Again

240 is Back · « **Reply #9 on:** June 16, 2009, 07:35:27 PM »

Quote from: Straw Man on June 16, 2009, 07:14:27 PM

Abstinence Only Fails Again

I'm offended on behalf of senators everywhere.

Benny B · « **Reply #10 on:** June 16, 2009, 08:21:11 PM »

Quote from: 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"

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.

OzmO · « **Reply #11 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.

GigantorX · « **Reply #12 on:** June 16, 2009, 08:29:56 PM »

Quote from: Benny Blanco on June 16, 2009, 08:21:11 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.

Benny B · « **Reply #13 on:** June 16, 2009, 08:38:37 PM »

Quote from: GigantorX on June 16, 2009, 08:29:56 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."

LurkerNoMore · « **Reply #14 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.

240 is Back · « **Reply #15 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.

24KT · « **Reply #16 on:** June 17, 2009, 02:02:14 AM »

Quote from: 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.

Are we going to see any resignations from Ensign any time soon?

MCWAY · « **Reply #17 on:** June 17, 2009, 05:49:26 AM »

Quote from: Benny Blanco on June 16, 2009, 08:21:11 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.

In other words, Democrats are expected to be hoes.

Quote from: 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.

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

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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.

Quote from: 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.

I wouldn't go that far.

LurkerNoMore · « **Reply #18 on:** June 17, 2009, 06:16:21 AM »

Will he resign? Of course not, he's a hypocrite.

MCWAY · « **Reply #19 on:** June 17, 2009, 06:20:34 AM »

Quote from: LurkerNoMore on June 17, 2009, 06:16:21 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.

LurkerNoMore · « **Reply #20 on:** June 17, 2009, 06:56:04 AM »

Welcome to reality. The Repubs hypocritics vastly outnumber the Dems since 2006.

Hope this helps.

Benny B · « **Reply #21 on:** June 17, 2009, 07:04:50 AM »

Quote from: MCWAY on June 17, 2009, 05:49:26 AM

In other words, Democrats are expected to be hoes.

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

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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.

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?

LurkerNoMore · « **Reply #22 on:** June 17, 2009, 07:20:21 AM »

^^ Reality stompdown.

LurkerNoMore · « **Reply #23 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.

MCWAY · « **Reply #24 on:** June 17, 2009, 08:00:52 AM »

Quote from: Benny Blanco on June 17, 2009, 07:04:50 AM

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

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

Quote from: Benny Blanco on June 17, 2009, 07:04:50 AM

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!!

Quote from: Benny Blanco on June 17, 2009, 07:04:50 AM

And at best it makes him a HYPOCRITE.
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.