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more about #johnensign more comments → Magister: "C Street" sounds like a Brazilian wax. more » bens: It very well might have broken laws. Ensign's mistress worked for his campaign. He paid her 25,000 as a severance (to shut her up.) Since the $$ wasn'... more » ABigFanofthePigpen: But BJ's are sodomy more » Cheruth: If I had to summarize everything that has pissed me off this week (and beyond) its self righteous hypocritical assholes who claim the moral high groun... more » Claire Buoyant: He's only following a time-honored tactic: If the facts are on your side, pound on the facts. If the law is on your side, pound on the law. If neithe... more » Uncle_Billy_Slumming: Jesus kind of reminds me of Bill Clinton more » Pinekatz: A pattern of generosity while hiking the Appalachian trail is always acceptable. more » Lymed: I am going to continue my pattern of generosity by eating some chocolate. more » God: They should also stop asking me to fucking forgive them. I got better things to do with my time. I delegate that shit to Oprah. more » Mediahohoho: "All shall be well and all shall be well and all manner of thing shall be well." -- Lady Julian of Norwich (after totally doing Jesus). more » MisterSun: It should be mentioned that Republicans have been prolific contributors to our lexicon of non-verbal communication, too. For example, until Larry Cra... more » Colonel Mustard: Salmon swim against the flow and they get eaten, Sarah. Something to think about. more » Dr. Nick: but what's the second biggest self of self? more » BadUncle: That "whole sparking thing" happens to many men who sharpen their penises against flint. more » Baroness: Dreadful to think that after a few drinks I might've once thrown him a fuck. But relying on Mommy to do your disgraceful whore-mastering is why I'm g... more » -
#rationalizing
Philandering Evangelical Christian Senator: Boning My Friend's Wife Was Totally Legal
You just have to admire the set on John Ensign. The C Street Republican who had his parents to pay $96,000 in hush money to his mistress is now saying that his affair broke no laws, unlike Bill Clinton's. More » -
#sparkingthings
Your New Political Scandal Lexicon
What a wonderful summer it has been, for fans of the dragged-out meltdowns of prominent Republican politicians! We should perhaps pause to recognize the contributions John Ensign, Mark Sanford, and Sarah Palin have made to our American language. More » -
#familyvalues
Horny Evangelical Christian Senator Got Mommy and Daddy to Bribe His Piece on the Side
This John Ensign thing is becoming amazing. Earlier we learned that Ensign's buddy Sen. Tom Coburn, an OB/GYN, is citing doctor/patient privacy for refusing to talk about him, now we know that his parents "gifted" his mistress with $96,000. More » -
#malpractice
'Now, John, This Might Hurt a Little Bit'
Doug Hampton, the husband of John Ensign's mistress, says Sen. Tom Coburn (R-Okla.) urged Ensign to pay Hampton off to the tune of $1.2 million to make the whole mess go away. Now Coburn won't talk, claiming doctor-patient privilege. More » -
#johnensign
Senator's Sad Letter to Mistress Now Available for Internet Mockery
Before Michael Jackson died, and before Mark Sanford disappeared to Argentina, a Senator named John Ensign admitted to an affair with a former staffer, who was married to another former staffer. And now we have his break-up letter to her. More » -
#assholes
Andy McCarthy on How Barack Obama is Just Like Ahmadinejad
We thought we'd read nothing worse today than Kathryn Jean Lopez's op-ed on John Ensign's affair. But then we read her NRO colleague Andy McCarthy on how Obama is totally an Islamist Fundamentalist! More » -
#burnedsources
UPDATED: Fox News Kept Mum on its Involvement With Ensign's Affair
Doug Hampton, the cuckolded husband of Sen. John Ensign's mistress, wrote a letter to Fox News five days before the story broke that Ensign had ruined his life and career. Fox never reported it, and called Hampton an extortionist. More » -
#sadnews
Cheating Senator Has No Interns Anymore
John Ensign revealed that he had an affair with a married former staffer (her husband, another former staffer, tried to extort Ensign because of his shitty mortgage and Ensign got him two jobs)), and then all his interns quit. More » -
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#subprimescandals
Senatorial Affair Revealed Thanks to Housing Crisis
Why did Republican Senator John Ensign's sexual dalliance with a married former staffer get revealed now? Because of subprime mortgages and the Nevada housing crisis! More » -
#adultery
Pentacostal Senator Can't Keep His Snake in His Pants
John Ensign, a Republican senator from Nevada, has admitted cheating on his wife with a staffer. But it was a lady staffer, so big whoop. More »
