Sen. Ensign to Acknowledge Affair with Campaign Staffer

Sure, Ensign is a moral hypocrite, but bear in mind that he’s a David Vitter-type, not a Larry Craig-type (i.e. his transgression appears to be a heterosexual one). So, Ensign will be fine – remember Newt Gingrinch admitted cheating on both of his first 2 wives, and he’s considered a front-runner for the GOP/Family Values Party in 2012. It didn’t hurt Guiliani, either.

More from the “Part of Family Values” SSDD

Gloria wrote: “His wife forgave him, and God will forgive him.” … how do you know? Just because the wife said she did doesn’t mean she really did and God works through “sowing and reaping” not blind forgiveness. Let’s not assume we can read the mind of someone else or speak for God … that’s what the religious-right-GOP politicians have been doing for too long!

The only reason anyone on the left cares is that the GOP talks about all this moral authority they have ~ yeah, right!

“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.
Some time later, a Nevada source said, Ensign met with the husband of the woman involved and had what this source described as a positive encounter. Sources said that the man subsequently asked Ensign for a substantial sum of money — at which point Ensign decided to make the affair public.”
So, big deal — at least he didn’t lie and sneak through back doors like Edwards.

It’s a lot easier to be a Dem. Affairs are acceptable. If, however, you stand for something, the opposition delights when you fall. I would rather live in a world of people who fell short of their stated values than a world of pathological cheaters like Bubba Clinton.

Me: “It’s a lot easier to be a Dem. Affairs are acceptable. If, however, you stand for something, the opposition delights when you fall. I would rather live in a world of people who fell short of their stated values than a world of pathological cheaters like Bubba Clinton.”
Democrats do not “endorse” affairs, anymore than Republicans. In fact what most people here talk about is not only regarding affairs et al. but also issues concerning things like gay rights issues and abortion. Republicans talk as if they were annointed by God and declare themselves the punishers by actively seeking to push legislation that affects the lives of everyone else (and really what gall do you people have to assume not only that you speak for God but that it is your right to do so). The cherry on top for us is the unibridled hypocrisy within your party.

As long as he doesn’t get on TV and lie about it… I have no problem with it…. we are all human…. his supporters will decide his fate when he runs for re-election… and who cares what the left says; they have absolutely no creditability, after all… the biggest liars of all time, Clinton and Edwards, are their boys…. And we know how low they will go………… nothing like turning the White House into a Playboy Club… or getting a B…… in the Oval Office or knocking up the campaige staff… hehehehehe

Gingrich, Guliani, Vitter, Ensign, Craig and all the rest of the GOP holier-than-thou souls, bless their souls for coming ‘clean’ about their ‘dirty’ words, deeds and actions.

I don’t think Ensign should resign any more than I thought Clinton should resign (though he wasn’t afforded the opportunity to work through the issue with his wife and later admit to infidelity, he was snared before he could…).
I do think he should immediately review his positions on social issues making certain to align his public policy with his private “face”.
Then, and only then will he be able to regain his dignity.

Now he has all the markings of a true democrat.

I feel sorry for Sen. Ensign but he need to resign. The Republican Party are losing supports. Sen. Ensign has no credibility at all.

maybe we should call it the immoral majority

Why is this front page news? These 8 Democratic lawmakers are accused of far more serious transgressions, yet they get very little coverage in regard to their potential crimes.
Speaker of the House, California Rep Nancy Pelosi – stands accused of earmarking funds that would help her husband’s interests in and around the San Francisco area.
Pennsylvania Rep. Jack Murtha – Faces allegations of steering defense spending to the consulting firm his brother works for and another firm that a former staffer founded.
New York Rep. Charlie Rangel – Currently faces no fewer than 4 House Ethics Committee investigations including one for misuse of rent controlled apartments in NYC that are supposed to be for disadvantaged individuals. So much for standing up for the rights of the little guy.
California Rep. Jane Harman – Is fighting allegations that she offered to help seek reduced charges for two pro-Israel lobbyists suspected of espionage in exchange for help from a pro-Israel donor, also suspected Israeli agent.
California Sen. Dianne Feinstein – Is accused of devising legislation that helped her husband get a federal contract to sell foreclosed properties at compensation rates higher than the industry norms. Her defense is that the legislation never became law.
Connecticut Sen. Chris Dodd – Continues to stonewall information requests in relation to allegations that he was the recipient of VIP loans from disgraced subprime lender, Countrywide.
North Dakota Sen. Kent Conrad – Continues to hide in Chris Dodd’s shadow while he fights off the same allegations.
President Barack Hussein Obama – Continues to avoid scrutiny regarding the preferential treatment he received from TARP recipient Northern Trust Bank in negotiating a loan and purchasing his Chicago area home for beyond lowball discount of 15% under market prices at the height of this nations real estate boom.

Well here we go again , another cheater busted and now are blessed to have a family, and friends who understand why he messed around with his friend wife , come wake up people , this is the whole religious norm , do it now , beg forgiveness later that is how this works , and the rep with their family values are something else, It is alway enjoyable and laughable to me when they,condem others and strap on their religious view point, but break them themselves each and everytime.

This is something private. We do have a right to privacy. It is truly in the constitution even if the word itself isn’t there. I just wish republicans believed that aso. But then they have never read the constitution

Cheating with the wife of a man who worked for you. How low can you go? He takes full responsibility? If he did he’d resign immediately.

This is a good sign that the GOP is headed in a different direction. The affair was with a woman.

“This Republican HYPOCRITE needs to be impreached!”
Exactly what about this is an impeachable offense??????????

Just another example of how straight conservatives value the “sanctity of marriage”. Hahahaha!

And let us not forget former HUD secretary Henry Cisneros, fired after lying to FBI about his campaign-staffer affair. But he landed on his feet as (now) a Federal Reserve Bank officer, and his wife as City Council Rep in San Antonio. …Hmmm, think she would have been elected with a different last name?

If Republicans would just STOP their annoying claim to be morally superior to the rest of us, then they would not have the problem after their politicos get caught with their pants down. Newtie cheated on his wife as she was dying of cancer and even demanded she sign the divorce papers on her hospital death bed. If we could just learn the truth about these Republican Ayatollahs who claim to be so morally superior, then maybe their polling numbers will go down to the very low number they deserve!

i have know idea why people care so much about politicians affairs. i could care less when clinton was having an affair. how does that affect you and i. it doesn’t. the politicians personal lives are their business just like our personal lives are our business. all of you need to worry about more personal issues then who a politican runs around sleeping with. this country is so obsessed with gossip. you should hurry back to your favorite magazine the national enquire. how you seen batbot lately. please tell me one way how a politicans affair affects you. dont all of you have more important things to worry about.

Ensign said President Clinton should step down because Clinton had an affair. He said that Craig should step down when he had his dalliance in the bathroom.
Now ensign, where is your call for you to step down.
What?
You are not stepping down.
I guess you do not mind the hypocrisy.

“The man is a joke and if he called for Clinton to resign…I call for him to resign as well. ” posted by Foster
Foster, people called for Clinton to resign not because of his affair but because he lied under oath about it — that’s a crime (the lying, not the affair). Like the rest of us, presidents are required to tell the truth under oath, Clinton did not, which forced the House to begin impeachment proceedings. Facing the choice of resigning or being impeached – people called for Clinton to save the country the embarrassment of an impeachment trial by resigning. Clinton chose impeachment. Ensign admitted his affair — comparing his situation to Clinton’s is a little like comparing coconuts to chicken.

Men with high positions need to understand that not everyone loves them..therefore are more than willing to set you up for easy money…
I would not be surprise if her book has more chapters.

It is too bad that conservatives need to run on a platform of family values. If it weren’t for that, it wouldn’t be such a big deal.
It just seems unreasonable that he would publicly promote the sanctity of marriage while in private disregarding all that he stands for.
He is weak and shallow and should never be allowed to run this country.

It is too bad that conservatives need to run on a platform of family values. If it weren’t for that, it wouldn’t be such a big deal.
Posted by: Chris R
I’m so tired of these deliberate, misleading comments about family values – as though the family values platform is somehow a bad thing or hypocritical.
The family values platform does not pretend that any family is perfect – never has, rather it acknowledges that people are not perfect and it’s OK to love them anyway, even when they mess up. Believing in family values means loving and supporting your child even if she doesn’t follow your value system and gets pregnant as a teen, or forgiving a wandering spouse – it’s about unconditional love, not perpetuating some fictitious ideal.