voices.washingtonpost.com - 6/19/2009
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Why now Ensign? Because adultery has become a qualifier for running for president...which Ensign wants to do in 2012. After all, the great presidents from the liberal side have been adulterers: Kennedy, Clinton etc. From the conservative side: Eisenhower, etc. So what is wrong with Ensign ...
Ensign Admits to Affair
politicalwire.com 6/17/2009 — Sen. John Ensign (R-NV) is admitting he had an extramarital affair with a member of his campaign staff, KLAS-TV reports.
Said Ensign in a statement: "I deeply regret and am very sorry for my actions."
"An aide in Ensign's office said the affair ...
Ensign, whoa
washingtonmonthly.com 6/17/2009 — ENSIGN, WHOA.... Under normal circumstances, I wouldn't much care what Sen. John Ensign (R-Nev.) does in his personal life. What he does in his bedroom is his business. But the larger context of this story matters a great deal. Stupid...
Former Ensign Staffers' Expensive House Is For Sale
tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com 6/17/2009 — As a fun follow-up to the potential link between the housing crisis and the John Ensign scandal, it turns out that the giant house bought by former Ensign Senate staffer Douglas Hampton and his wife (and former Ensign campaign staffer and reported ...
Tangled Web Of Jobs, Money, Illicit Sex Links Ensign, Former Staffers
tpmmuckraker.talkingpointsmemo.com 6/17/2009 — Since Sen. John Ensign confessed to an affair yesterday afternoon, a web of financial and professional ties linking Ensign to his girlfriend, Cynthia Hampton, and to her husband, Doug Hampton, has emerged.
Politico reports that the affair took ...
The Tangled Web He Wove
talkingpointsmemo.com 6/18/2009 — The closer you look at the John Ensign love triangle, the stranger it becomes. Something just doesn't feel right about the allegation that the husband of the senator's love interest -- both of whom were staffers for Ensign -- was trying to run some ...
Aide confirms Ensign affair; news of possible second affair
briefingroom.thehill.com 6/18/2009 — A former aide to Sen. John Ensign (R-Nev.) confirmed today that she had an affair with the Nevada Republican. Ensign shocked the political world yesterday by admitting to an extramrrital relationship with a former aide, but he did not disclose the ...
The "breathtaking hypocrisy" of John Ensign
the-reaction.blogspot.com 6/18/2009 — By Michael J.W. Stickings What can one say about adulterer John Ensign, Republican senator from Nevada? Like my friend Steve Benen , and so many other liberal-minded adults, I really don't care what Ensign does with his personal life, as long as ...
Ensign Doubled Salary of Mistress
politicalwire.com 6/18/2009 — "The one-time mistress and campaign treasurer of Sen. John Ensign (R-NV) saw her salary double during the time of the affair ," the Las Vegas Sun reports.
In addition, the woman's 19-year-old son was paid $5,400 by a political operation controlled ...
Ensign Quits Senate GOP Leadership Post After Admitting Affair
huffingtonpost.com 6/18/2009 — WASHINGTON — Republican Sen. John Ensign of Nevada has stepped down from his leadership post one day after admitting he carried on a marital affair with a woman who was on his campaign staff.
Ensign conveyed his decision in a phone call with ...
Ensign Lover's Hubby Wanted Money -- But Through His Lawyer
tpmmuckraker.talkingpointsmemo.com 6/19/2009 — Team Ensign is continuing to walk back its original claim that Doug Hampton, the husband of the senator's girlfriend, tried to extort Ensign.
As we've already noted , that was the line the Ensign camp put out in the early days of the scandal. For ...
"Please Help Me"
talkingpointsmemo.com 6/20/2009 — We noted yesterday that Sen. Ensign was backing off his staff's original claims that he came forward with the news of his affair because cuckolded husband Doug Hampton was trying to extort cash from the senator in exchange for keeping the story ...
Hannity Reluctantly Calls On Ensign To Resign
thinkprogress.org 6/23/2009 — On his Fox News show last night, Sean Hannity touted a poll showing that Sen. John Ensign (R-NV), who admitted to an affair with a campaign staffer last week, has a higher favorability rating than Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV). ...
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