Ensign Mistress's Son Was Paid By GOP Senate Committee During Affair

Politico:

The son of the couple at the center of the sex scandal that has engulfed Sen. John Ensign was being paid by National Republican Senatorial Committee in 2008 at the same time his mother was having an affair with the Nevada Republican.

Read the whole story: Politico

Comments

[elizlucinda]

11:21 AM on 06/18/2009

Ain't nepotism grand!

[Deja Peterson]

10:42 AM on 06/18/2009

lol, hypocrisy is a mother******!

[desertdweller]

10:27 AM on 06/18/2009

This is why we have a Senate Ethics Committee. It's time for a hearing. The affair may be just the tip of the iceberg. Who know what and when?

[jsgaetano]

10:27 AM on 06/18/2009

Another shining example of Wingnut Welfare.

[haval2]

10:23 AM on 06/18/2009

Loads of promises broken here. what a born again stink!

[dax49]

10:15 AM on 06/18/2009

so the whole family was pimping mom, huh

[truthartbeauty]

09:46 AM on 06/18/2009

wish I was moral enough to be married but of course as a gay man I am not. but I am so impressed with the high moral standards of heterosexual marriages.... what a beacon of decency they prove to be day after day after day after day after day after day after day.....you are so special!

[fcsakes]

10:28 AM on 06/18/2009

Do not make sweeping generalizations. They hurt you. After all, only a little over 50% of all heterosexual marriages end in divorce.......:)

[SatinPanties]

10:38 AM on 06/18/2009

And Republicans/NeoCons NEVER get divorced! ;-)

Family Values I tell ya!

[dinglebe]

09:38 AM on 06/18/2009

Regarding Ensign: "A born-again Christian and a crusader for traditional values", according to the Politco piece.

Give me a frigging break. He's nothing better than a born-again adulterer and maybe worse. If the world were instantaneously freed of its fake Christians, the attendance at Sunday morning services would be down about 80%.

[SatinPanties]

10:40 AM on 06/18/2009

If one is to remain faithful and have REAL family values, why does one need to sign contracts, become part of big organizations to shove those "family values" down other people's throats?

Methinks they do it more to convince themselves than anybody else... and well, we see how well that works out.

[Dbos]

08:51 PM on 06/18/2009

Yes

[AddyGmom]

09:04 AM on 06/18/2009

How fiscally responsible are the repubs. Pay-as-you-screw. Niiiice.

Anybody want these holier-than-thou Promise Breakers in charge of anything any more?

[dax49]

10:17 AM on 06/18/2009

and when hannity briefly reported on this, he was doing an impression of bill clinton- yet he claims to be an independent, not a republican- yeah, right

[KarateKid]

08:46 AM on 06/18/2009

What a shining example of a role model for young people to emulate. This hypocrite obviously has no sense of shame.

[Dbos]

08:15 AM on 06/18/2009

Hippocretin

[Periwinkle]

07:45 AM on 06/18/2009

This incident is definitely investigation-worthy. I'm willing to give the son the benefit of the doubt under the theory "like father like son." Maybe he held a legitimate position. Or maybe not. A whole lot of people could be going to the federal prison GOP wing over this one.

[MimiGardner]

07:34 AM on 06/18/2009

If the republican senator was paying off both the husband and the son while sleeping with the wife/mother, then it gives new meaning to the term family values.

[WierdWookie]

03:53 AM on 06/18/2009

Just noticed Paul Bluenthal's notes. It sure is dangerous when a government employee does something worthy of blackmail.
What did the blackmailer want, anyway?

[WierdWookie]

03:49 AM on 06/18/2009

If the Pay to Son is true, this is more than just another affair. This Senator, Rep or Dem should be investigated. Or maybe an investigation is in progress and that is why he fessed up all of a sudden.