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| Oopsie - GOP Sen. John Ensign won't be running for Prez |
| 2009-06-17 |
| Sen. John Ensign (R-Nev.) acknowledged Tuesday that he had "violated the vows" of marriage by having an affair with a campaign staffer. The admission -- made in a televised appearance in Las Vegas -- shocked Ensign's Senate colleagues and delivered a serious blow to any hopes he might have had of seeking the GOP presidential nomination in 2012. Political insiders in the Senate and in Nevada told POLITICO that Ensign began the affair with the staffer several months after he separated from his wife, Darlene. When Ensign reconciled with his wife, the sources said, he gave the aide a severance package, and the two parted ways. |
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| #8 Or get elected president (Hi Bill!) |
| Posted by: OldSpook 2009-06-17 19:13 |
| #7 At the very least, when he got caught (literally) with his pants down, he 'fessed up and gracefully resigned from his leadership position. The Dems *never* do that. They seethe, whine, stonewall, threaten, sue...and get promoted. |
| Posted by: Seafarious 2009-06-17 18:33 |
| #6 #sigh# Why us? |
| Posted by: Secret Master (Nevadan) 2009-06-17 17:42 |
| #5 So what kinda promises is he keeping? |
| Posted by: tu3031 2009-06-17 17:08 |
| #4 A born-again Christian, Ensign has been a member of the Promise Keepers I promise to be an ass is more like it. |
| Posted by: 746 2009-06-17 16:58 |
| #3 More rot at the top in the same-old same-old boys club for the GOP Senate leadership. FYI, Ensign was running the NRSC during the recent debacles, including backing Benedict Arlen Specter instead of staying neutral in a primary. Good riddance. |
| Posted by: OldSpook 2009-06-17 13:22 |
| #2 Someone has to take up Sen. Kennedy's (D-MA) slack after all these years. |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2009-06-17 07:32 |
| #1 He should have taken the Dem approach and just paid off the husband. And then had him bumped off when he asked for more, when Ensign's campaign heated up... |
| Posted by: Bobby 2009-06-17 07:15 |