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Post by lakhota on May 12, 2011 18:01:53 GMT -5
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Post by lakhota on May 12, 2011 18:03:04 GMT -5
No wonder Ensign resigned. Coburn should also resign.
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Post by lakhota on May 12, 2011 18:14:53 GMT -5
Inside C Street, Washington's frat house for Jesus : The New YorkerOne midwinter night in 2008, Senator John Ensign, of Nevada, the chairman of the Senate Republican Policy Committee, was roused from bed when six men entered his room and ordered him to get up. Ensign knew the men intimately; a few hours earlier, he had eaten dinner with them, as he had nearly every Tuesday evening since he’d come to Washington. Now they were rebuking him for his recklessness. They told him he was endangering his career, ruining lives, and offending God. The men leading this intervention considered themselves Ensign’s closest friends in Washington. Four of those who confronted Ensign—Senator Tom Coburn and Representatives Bart Stupak, Mike Doyle, and Zach Wamp—lived with him in a nineteenth-century brick row house on C Street*, in southeast Washington, a short walk from the Capitol. The men regarded themselves in part as an accountability group. Despite their political differences—Coburn and Wamp are Republicans, Stupak and Doyle are Democrats—they had pledged to hold one another to a life lived by the principles of Jesus, and they considered the Tuesday supper gatherings at C Street an inviolable ritual. Coburn believed that the Ensign case was a C Street success story.Much More: www.newyorker.com/reporting/2010/09/13/100913fa_fact_boyer
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Post by lakhota on May 12, 2011 20:03:52 GMT -5
The John Ensign Senate Ethics Report: 10 Sordid Facts We Learned Sweet fancy Moses, y'all. In my lifetime, I have read some sordid accounts of the many scandalous ways our elected officials have broken society's "sexx laws." Surely you remember the greatest hits: Mark Foley's hot chats with Congressional pages, Eric Massa's massage menages, diaper-dandy David Vitter's adventures with prostitutes, Vito Fossella's one-too-many drinks leading to the revelation of his one-too-many-families (I realize that's a "deep cut"). But this ethics report that's out today regarding the extramarital affair and attendant cover-up attempt by disgraced Sen. John Ensign (R-Nev.) is a singular achievement in debasement-narrative. Who knew that a Senate ethics report could be so illicit? And so depressing! More: www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/05/12/john-ensign-ethics_n_861369.html#s278262&title=Crime_brings_them
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Post by Mkitty is pro kitty on May 13, 2011 12:11:59 GMT -5
"Ensign scandal referred to Justice Dept for prosecution" www.washingtonmonthly.com/political-animal/2011_05/ensign_scandal_referred_to_jus029532.phpThe biggest scandal involving a sitting U.S. senator in 16 years has resulted in a bombshell: the Senate ethics committee believes Republican John Ensign committed crimes, and has referred the matter to the Justice Department for prosecution. Senate Ethics Committee special counsel found “substantial credible evidence that provides substantial cause to conclude that [former Sen. John] Ensign violated Senate Rules and federal civil and criminal laws, and engaged in improper conduct reflecting upon the Senate, thus betraying the public trust and bringing discredit to the Senate,” according to a report posted to the committee website. The Ethics Committee referred the evidence of possible of possible legal violations to the Justice Department on Thursday. The findings come nearly two years after the ethics committee began its probe, and nine days after Ensign resigned from the Senate in disgrace. He was scheduled to speak to the committee under oath on May 4, prompting his departure on May 3. Specifically, in its letter (pdf) to Attorney General Eric Holder, the ethics committee’s members presented evidentiary materials showing Ensign “aided and abetted violations of the one-year post-employment contract restriction,” “conspired to violate that restriction,” “made false statements to the Federal Election Commission,” “violated campaign finance laws,” and “obstructed the Committee’s preliminary inquiry.” Sen. Barbara Boxer (D-Calif.) told reporters that Ensign, had he stayed in the Senate, would now be facing an expulsion vote. |
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Post by burnsattornincan on May 13, 2011 12:24:42 GMT -5
Surely you remember the greatest hits: Mark Foley's hot chats with Congressional pages, Eric Massa's massage menages, diaper-dandy David Vitter's adventures with prostitutes, Vito Fossella's one-too-many drinks leading to the revelation of his one-too-many-families
You forgot Senator Craig. And the best one of all of course, the drunken disgraceful killer!
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Post by lakhota on May 14, 2011 1:07:19 GMT -5
Rick Santorum Caught Up In John Ensign Affair: Senate Ethics Report WASHINGTON — With the click of a forwarded email, Rick Santorum let Sen. John Ensign know that the cuckolded husband of Ensign's mistress was going public. Santorum, formerly a Pennsylvania senator and now a presidential candidate touting family values, is only one of many political and spiritual figures drawn into the tale of Ensign's sexual misconduct, political dealings and personal ruin that led to the senator's resignation May 3 and a scathing Senate ethics committee report this week. More: www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/05/13/rick-santorum-john-ensign_n_861930.html
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Post by ugonow on May 16, 2011 7:53:04 GMT -5
What is up with this deal? This should be history by now... his buds are shunning him like a leper for some reason----Santorum’s is latest name to crop up in Ensign scandal By David Ferguson Sunday, May 15th, 2011 -- 12:49 pm 58Share Former Pennsylvania Senator and 2012 presidential hopeful Rick Santorum is only the latest in a string of prominent right-leaning public figures named in the scandal surrounding Senator John Ensign's affair with the wife of a top aide. Senator Tom Coburn, Ensign's parents, Fox News anchor Megyn Kelly, and even a director of the National Prayer breakfast all have roles in the messy, unfolding story that has resulted in Ensign's resignation May 3 and a scathing report by the Senate ethics committee. The results of the committee's investigation have been forwarded to the Justice Department with a possibility of criminal charges being brought against the former Nevada Senator. Ensign was set to testify under oath May 4 about his relationship with Cynthia Hampton, wife of aide Doug Hampton and the $96,000 payment made by Ensign's parents to the Hampton family as hush money. On June 11 of 2009, Mr. Hampton wrote a letter to Fox News anchor Megyn Kelly revealing the affair and seeking a meeting about breaking the story. On June 15, Hampton emailed the letter to Rick Santorum in an attempt to enlist his aid. Santorum emailed Ensign that evening to warn him that Hampton was about to go public. Ensign and his staff immediately called an emergency meeting that lasted until 3:00am. At the time, Santorum didn't know Hampton, but Ensign had been a colleague in the Senate. Santorum moved to give his fellow lawmaker advance warning of Hampton's revelations, but it's unclear whether this constitutes any actual wrongdoing. Ensign's farewell speech and press conference May 3 was unattended by his Senate colleagues." www.rawstory.com/rs/2011/05/15/santorums-is-latest-name-to-crop-up-in-ensign-scandal/ |
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Post by AgeOfEnlightenmentSCP on May 16, 2011 10:09:11 GMT -5
No wonder Ensign resigned. Coburn should also resign. It is clear, and everyone agrees that Coburn confronted Ensign about his affair. That leaves Ensign with what reasonable people call "motive" for messing up Coburn's life. It is unclear, and thus far there is NO evidence that Coburn engaged in any negotiation of payments to cover up the affair. I think he did probably try to keep the affair quiet- and I see no harm in discretion. He confronted Ensign privately, Ensign appeared to be taking action to end the affair; but clearly Ensign knew this would be the end of his political career and that he held the man, Mr. Coburn, who confronted him responsible. There are no independent accounts, nor any admissions on the part of Mr. Coburn. As has been said-- just the facts, right? Well, there they are. It may be your OPINION that the whole situation smells, but the facts are there are no facts supporting the allegation that Coburn helped negotiate a hush money payment to the husband of Ensigns adulterous partner. |
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Post by AgeOfEnlightenmentSCP on May 16, 2011 10:14:17 GMT -5
Rick Santorum Caught Up In John Ensign Affair: Senate Ethics Report WASHINGTON — With the click of a forwarded email, Rick Santorum let Sen. John Ensign know that the cuckolded husband of Ensign's mistress was going public. Santorum, formerly a Pennsylvania senator and now a presidential candidate touting family values, is only one of many political and spiritual figures drawn into the tale of Ensign's sexual misconduct, political dealings and personal ruin that led to the senator's resignation May 3 and a scathing Senate ethics committee report this week. More: www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/05/13/rick-santorum-john-ensign_n_861930.html Just the facts. Here, let me help you with your reading comprehension: |
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