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Ensign's Weirdest Moment
Talking Points Memo —
... So Ensign 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. ...
So much for rugged individualism
Political Animal —
... and write her and her husband a big check. So Ensign 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 loose he calls the mistress to tell her his friends made him write the letter and to ignore it. This, coupled with Ensign's decision to let his dad pay his mistress and her family, makes him ...
Is Sen. Ensign Actually 12 Years Old?
Shakesville —
... Today, we find out that the woman's husband, Doug Hampton, upon his discovery of the affair, "went to the went to a group of men associated with the C Street Christian fellowship to which Ensign belonged, and asked them to 'confront' Ensign." ...
The Ensign Affair: Why is Hampton Embarrassing “the Family”?
Firedoglake —
... job on a story we were the first to cover: Doug Hampton's efforts to get "the Family" to get John Ensign to stop sleeping with Hampton's wife (see Hampton's full interview here).
Now, in Hampton's description of "the Family," he emphasizes they're good men. And when Hampton first spoke, he did not mention "the Family" directly--we figured that out based on Ensign roomie's Tom Coburn's involvement.
But I wonder. Are Hampton's now-extensive discussion of "the Family" and Sanford's off-hand reference ...
Sunday Talk - Money Can't Buy You Love
Daily Kos —
Severance package for your mistress: $25,000 Hush money for her family (paid by your parents): $96,000 FedEx shipping charges + gas money for your religious buddies: Unknown ... Your recent trip to Iowa: Priceless
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Hampton: Religious Buddies Drove Ensign To FedEx To Mail Letter To Cindy
The Hollywood Liberal —
Hampton: Religious Buddies Drove Ensign To FedEx To Mail Letter To Cindy We’re probably not going out on a limb by saying that Doug Hampton’s entire televised interview about John Ensign’s affair with Hampton’s wife Cindy, and the fallout from it, had to have been pretty embarrassing for the Nevada senator, if… [image] Spakovsky Likely Headed Back To Voting Rights Agency, In Volunteer Post The US Commission on Civil Rights (USCCR) is scheduled to vote tomorrow on the nomination of Republican voter-suppression guru Hans Von Spakovsky to a state-level body that advises the commission. Lenore Ostrowsky, a spokeswoman for the USCCR — whose mission… [image] More ...
