I imagine the GOP is glad it was a woman he had his affair with and not a man. But then there are the possible ethics violations regarding his money paid to his mistresses 19 year old son. He paid him 500.00 a week with the title of Policy Consultant. And the jobs for silence for her husband etc.
He has the affair with the wife of one of his staff. How did he keep up the pretense?

The question now is the same one regarding the GOP. Hypocrisy. Ensign is now waiting to see how much flack he will take. And whether he can wait it out in regards to his party and calls for his resignation. He should have resigned right away last week as he said he would.

If he leaves, he will go to work as a lobbyist for someone on K Street. Just watch.

I’m deleting my double and adding Game of Life as Requested:

1) dbadass
2) tony and lido
3) Reggie
4) ralph
5) angels81
6) joe cantwell
7) Shadowboxer
8) pastcaring
9) shayne
10) gummitch
11) StratRat
12)vinylspear
13) toasterhead
14) RUC
15) Game of Life
16) Gregor Samsa
17) Pachydiplax de St. Augustine
18) Buckie Boy
19) Zooey
20) wiley
21) hormiga brava chavez
22) Dr. Matt

Count ME in :)

Apparently, cheating is OK (even admired) — as long as it’s HETEROSEXUAL activity.

“It was for being a hetero promise breaker! I’m sure of it! They were so releived he hadn’t been caught in an airport mens’ room they exploded in spontaneous relief…”

That was my thought exactly. They were thrilled that Ensign was actually with a woman, and not a man or a child.

then what

time to drain the swamp in wash

long overdue

americans are too busy shopping to protest in the streets.

if they did the repubs would be first ones to call them traitors

demos are spineless the repubs are bottom feeders

drain the swamp americans

republicanSScareme Says:

Unless it is connected with children or absolutely outrageous, I don’t believe a person’s sexual behavior should have anything to do with our opinions of them as public servants.

Today’s Republican Party ran on the cynical lie that they were better choices for the voter because they were morally superior…more ‘Christian’ if you will, than us Democrat Soddomites. Turns out they are hypocrites, as well taxcut and spend rubberstampers that bankrupted our economy and completely screwed up what was a reasonably well run country during the Clinton years. You do remember how Gingrich, Ensign, Craig, Hastert, DeLay, Foley, and the rest of these holier-than-thou Republicans seized on the political opportunity to impeach Clinton because of his moral transgressions?

Never again should we let these ‘family value’ Republicans anywhere near control of our federal government.

The only question we need to be concerned with is “Can we trust these idiots to run our affairs?”

It informs the issue of trust. The old saying, “A master reveals himself in everything he does,” (so does a fool) is applicable. If he doesn’t honor sacred vows, how can he be trusted with my tax dollars based on another sacred vow?

Notwithstanding the fact of identity to “family values” that the republicans flogged ad nauseam, the hypocrisy does take on a more prominent gravitas when these same politicians recommended resignation and impeachment for the same or similar behavior.

In other words, “Judge not, lest it come back and bite-th ye in the ass-eth.”

We’re all sinners. It happens before we have our own first sapient thought. Gawd made it (and us) that way (for some reason only He [the gender chosen here is deliberate] can understand).

This observation doesn’t apply to Democrats. The reason is obvious. Democrats are sinners (just like us) but they’re Eyyyyy-vulllll … and tools/spawn of Satan … rather than lapsed and imperfect (by Gawd’s design) humans. They deserve calumny, vitriol, and disparagement … and not the ‘understanding’ given Ensign.

This all makes sense … to me. Time for another Haldol.

Cheers,

Larry Craig is gay? Who cares? I only care about him when it comes to what he says about his job, which is usually moronic.

Who really cares about a person’s extra-marital affairs? Republican or Democrat, it makes no difference to me. Nor should it to you. It’s ridiculous that a great prosecutor like Eliot Spitzer could me brought down by a BJ.

The only question we need to be concerned with is “Can we trust these idiots to run our affairs?”

Lets not forget that this wasn’t just an affair of the heart…this was pay-to-play, boss-worker sex. I suspect this is just the opening Act One of Ensign’s Opus Gropus.

Congratulations, Sen. Ensign!!

I am sure that you would be welcome to join the list.

Ah. Disregard 88. then…

I’m thinking that the enemies lists should be left to the Bernard Goldbergs and Richard Nixon arm of the republican party; it’s no place for us.

To clarify, it’s no secret that you can’t swing a dead cat around without hitting a republican hypocrite or moronic republican quote; TP has been heavy on easy republican targets and lighter on ‘depthy’ issues and areas where we are less likely to be hearing urgent action on our key issues.

Again, key progressive issues, not democratic party issues. (They are not interchangable, despite inferences here in the past, and while the democrats are the majority party, I don’t give them carte blanche any more than I would republicans; though the dems certainly are more likely to allow a progressive program than the torture party.)

Any ongoing actions that are contrary to progressive ideals would be, to me, highlight-worthy and invaluable at TP. The recent reversals of the Obama justice department and alignment with bush policies have not been as prevalent here at a progressive site, where I’d expect them to be brought to attention for comment and timely action and protest.

Greenwald’s column and other sources have been invaluable in supplementing the, in comparison, dearth of information I would wish to find here. As well, since single-payer healthcare is pure progressive ideal, I would ask that actionable articles be more frequent, particularly currently. While it’s fun to just bash the insipidly desperate republicans, it would be more effective to post a list of any congressmen, particularly the dems since they are the majority party, who are resisting the healthcare legislation.

No-nonsense challenges to resistant dems by more progressive candidates are one option/threat to be availed in an email or letter. The bottom line, for me is that I want to know who is slowing a progressive advancement, dems and repubs alike. Lately, the dems have been taking a corporate slant that will bottleneck and ultimately doom progressive success. We need to be tougher and more informed faster than the next guy, especially when our allies are working against their promises to us.

TP is an excellent resource, but there’s room to improve if we are to make a real progressive mark in this favorable political climate.