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Wow, This May Rival Sanford
Talking Points Memo —
... We've known for a while that Sen. Ensign (R-NV) gave a 'severance' payment of at least $25,000 to his ex-mistress and her husband. Now it turns out it was $96,000. But it gets better. Ensign's lawyer is pointing out that he didn't pay any money -- his parents paid them off. ...
The Republican Way
Rising Hegemon —
Well, from the Bush's to the Kristol's to the Kagan's this is how it is done. But still, one does revel at the conversation that led to this: ...
Lame Ensign Scandal Getting Super-Funny In A Hurry
Wonkette » top —
... It was bad enough for sex person John Ensign when his mistress’ husband (his friend Doug Hampton!) claimed that Ensign paid Cindy Hampton $25,000 in severance when she left his PAC, because this may have been a campaign finance violation of some sort. Damn you, John McCain! But NOW, in the necessary legal response Ensign’s lawyer has had to issue, we are provided with High Comedy: it was actually $96,000… and Ensign had to ask Mommy and Daddy pay it. Did Ensign have to mow the lawn in return? ...
Family Values
Shakesville —
... with a campaign staffer, is now confirming through his attorney that his parents "paid [his former staffer, her husband, and their two children a total of] $96,000 after the 51-year-old senator told his Mom and Dad about the affair." ...
Hush, Hush, Sweet Coburn!
Firedoglake —
... And finally, can either of Ensign's parents claim a privilege, given that they paid the Hamptons $100K to shut the hell up? ...
The grow up so fast…
Firedoglake —
The Baby Book of Sharon & Michael Ensign:
First tooth: July 1958
First steps: May 1959
First words: "Gimme", June 1959
First letter: Feburary 2008
First time having to pay off his good friend and employee for banging his wife: April 2008.
Ah, children, they really are a continual blessing.
Ensign's Weirdest Moment
Talking Points Memo —
... agrees to do this. But the members of his fellowship had so little trust he could follow through that they had him write out a letter to the mistress that he was ending the relationship and then drove him to the local Fedex office to make sure he actually dropped the letter in the box. So he does that. But then after he shakes them loos he calls the mistress to tell her his friends made him write the letter and to ignore it.
It makes having his parents pay the couple off sound far less out of character.
And this was a man who was going to ...
Barbara's Daily BuzzFlash Minute for July 10, 2009
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... -- to avoid "lawsuits"! She wants to become President so she can avoid lawsuits. Where does the Repuglican Party find these whacky tacky people? It's this kind of thinking that we had to endure for 8 long long years, it's this kind of thinking that got us in the hole we're in today, it's this kind of thinking that sinks entire countries! * * * Oh those Repuglicans, their generosity is unsurpassed, they're the gift that keeps on giving, figuratively and literally! " Ensign's parents paid the Hamptons $96,000 after the 51-year-old senator told his Mom and Dad about the ...
Obama Gave Italian Woman's Family "Gifts" After Leering at Her
MoJo Blog Posts: mojo —
... . In other news, John Ensign's parents gave the family of the woman he was having an affair with a $96,000 "gift." ...
Retro Garlic: A doozy ... David Brooks gets creepier
The Reaction —
By J. Thomas Duffy Oh man, this could only have happened on a Friday. If the Sanford, Ensign, Palin, and Jackson circuses weren't enough for you, than enter, stage right, David Brooks, Rightwing Freak Show columnist for the NYT, seemingly (more on this below), with a bit of a buzz on, being interviewed on cable news. David Brooks says a Republican senator groped his thigh at a dinner party ...
