Banging your staffer’s wife? That’s a no-no.
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Martin Longman a contributing editor at the Washington Monthly. He is also the founder of Booman Tribune and Progress Pond. He has a degree in philosophy from Western Michigan University.
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typical republicans..Sen. Craig..Sen. Vitter well at least Sen Ensign wasn’t crusin bathroom stalls or the yellow pages for a hooker.
Apparently Sen. Ensign thought what happens in Vegas stays in Vegas was true.
This story could only be better if the staffer was a woman and the spouse in question was a man.
As I always do in these cases (because let’s face it, this actually doesn’t matter much interms of how they legislate) what would the woman who pushed Ensign to this look like? Is she stunning so that you’d be a fool not to take the chance, or was it her personality?
Rielle Hunter for example, not really worth it but she had a fantastic first name.
Whereas Ashley Alexadra Dupre? Totally worth it.
Makes you wonder why a Dem. pays a hooker resigns and Sen. Vitter pays a hooker and stays in office.
‘Cause the more you pay, the more you gotta pay.
Okay stupid pun, but I’m half drunk, just found Ensign did this, and am having a blast.
Finally having seen a picture, Cynthia Hampton is…. so not worth it!!!
I wonder how the folks at the “International Church of the Foursquare Gospel” will feel about their fellow congregant now.
They’ll think Jesus favored his favorite with a teaching moment to make him an even better Christian. They’ll give him more money because he was touched by God, like Bush.
IOKIYAR…so many republican hypocrites, so little time…<yawn>
Yeah, I understand you have to take the Hypocritic Oath to join the Republican Party. They all abide by it fervently.
Just happy Ensign’s wife didn’t show up for his presser this afternoon, it’s really gotten old seeing the stoic wife having to march up to the podium with her trashheap husband and stand by him.
Did Ensign take questions at the presser? If so, was any journo smart enough to ask him if he was resigning? After all, he said Clinton should have resigned 10 years ago(or so)
Since it’s been just over 10 years, maybe we should play a marital version of “Where Are They Now.” I’ll bet it would be entertaining!
And to add .. Josh over at TPM .. has a post that says Ensign was a member of Promise Keepers … ooppsss!! .. and the 7 Promises are here:
http://www.promisekeepers.org/about/7promises
With special emphasis on 3 & 4:
PROMISE 3: A Promise Keeper is committed to practicing spiritual, moral, ethical, and sexual purity.
PROMISE 4: A Promise Keeper is committed to building strong marriages and families through love, protection and biblical values.
Amen. Spitzer’s wife should have refused to do stand by his side when he did his walk of shame.
…or noblesse oblige? You be the judge!
The French do this so much better than we.
You know, Gavin Newsom, Dem mayor of SF, was banging the wife of one of his staffers, so it’s not like only Repubs do it.
I think that men who have lots of power tend to use a portion of it to get their yayas. And people who drive themselves to positions of power probably have deferred their yayas to get there. Dunno. Not unexpected. All men are potentially dogs. The only story is that Ensign is a big ol’ hypocrite, but isn’t hypocrisy part of the Republican platform?
And Newsome once dated one of the women reporting/anchoring(Guillfoyle I believe her name is .. I think she substitutes for Greta these days) for Faux Noise
I was LMAO when I heard it on the radio. I’m sorry, but I thought it was hilarious.
Another day, another Republican scandal.
Well, since there’s no reports of wet-suits, diapers, underage congressional pages, or airport toilet stalls, I guess it’s okay then.
Rumors of the involvement of goats, leather nun outfits, and vats of cottage cheese (large curd) are unconfirmed. It might have been llamas, after all.
With Republicans you just*can’t*tell
I liked the first comment at the linked thinkprogress page: “Delicious. We haven’t had a good Republican sex scandal in a couple of months.”
leadership position:
offer and honor, eh.
Can’t say I really give a damn where Ensign or anybody else sticks their little thing as long as it’s consensual. The part that makes me ready to puke is the smarmy bullshit apologies. If ensign or anybody else just said, “Yeah, I fucked her, so what. What’s it have to do with you?”, I’d be greatly tempted to send send a campaign donation.