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mediamatters.org - 10/12/2009
Howard Kurtz forgets about Howard Kurtz
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today : Yet while the Letterman saga has unleashed a tsunami of coverage, serious allegations involving Sen. John Ensign have barely produced a trickle. ... Was Ensign, whose parents just happened to give $96,000 to Cynthia Hampton and her family, trying to buy the couple's silence? Despite such ...
politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com - 10/6/2009
Ensign says he did not breach ethics rules
— politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com — WASHINGTON (CNN) — Embattled Republican Sen. John Ensign told CNN Tuesday he did not break Senate ethics... rules by helping to secure a lobbying job for the husband of the woman he had an affair with. "I think it's pretty clear. I said in ... (more) Ensign says he did not breach ethics rules

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tpmlivewire.talkingpointsmemo.com - 10/6/2009
Ensign: I 'Absolutely Did Nothing' That Violated Ethics Rules
— tpmlivewire.talkingpointsmemo.com — CNN's Dana Bash and producer Ted Barrett waited outside embattled Sen. John Ensign's (R-NV) office in Washington... today and asked him about a New York Times report that he flouted a lobbying ban by trying to get a job for Doug Hampton -- his mistress's ... (more) Ensign: I 'Absolutely Did Nothing' That Violated Ethics ...

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Harry Reid true to his word to John Ensign
lasvegassun.com - 10/6/2009
Harry Reid true to his word to John Ensign
— lasvegassun.com — National Democrats sent out a missive Monday morning saying that with Sen. John Ensign under fire there... was “one person still defending him: Sue Lowden.” But Ensign still has at least one other friend in Nevada — Harry Reid. Through a spokesman Reid ... (more) Harry Reid true to his word to John Ensign

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Eschaton:  Complicated

Desert Beacon:  Covering Ensign: In Glory or Inglorious?

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Complicated
Eschaton — Some penises interest Howard Kurtz, and some don't. I suppose that's normal.

Covering Ensign: In Glory or Inglorious?
Desert Beacon — ... ] And, Foser (MMA) opines that Kurtz offers up an “inane explanation” why the Ensign story hasn't gathered more public notice. [MMA] Meanwhile back in the land of Ensign's Ob/Gyn, The ...

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