Rick Santorum May Have Tipped Off Ensign To Affair's Exposure

A number of conservative Republicans appear to have become entangled Nevada Sen. John Ensign's affair and its aftermath. First, his mistress' husband said that Sen. Tom Coburn (R-Okla.) urged Ensign to pay off the woman's family. Now the cuckold is saying former Sen. Rick Santorum (R-Pa.) was involved as well.

"One of the correspondents that is part of Fox News is Rick Santorum," Hampton told Ralston in an interview. "I sent a note to Rick. I begged Rick to call me, to talk to me before, and he didn't. Obviously, in my opinion, I could be wrong, but that would be what I supposed happen. And if I'm wrong, Rick, forgive, but it appears to me how it happened."

Ensign's parents paid his mistress' family $96,000, "out of concern for the well-being of long-time family friends during a difficult time."

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[DoctorWhoDat]

Rick Santorum? This story is going to the dogs.

[CarmanK]

They are all members of the boys club and of course they would warn each other if trouble is on the horizon, if they have access to the info. After all they are friends. And they share each others secrets.

[Deja Peterson]

wow! are all the republicans involved in an extramarital affair?

[6bd]

c street : subsidized senatorial housing- absolutely frightening. From the Rachel Maddow show this evening. http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28314808/ns/msnbc_tv-rachel_maddow_show

[ReedYoung]

Coe denies possessing any authority, but Family members speak of him with a mixture of intimacy and awe. Doug Coe, they say -- most people refer to him by his first and last name -- is closer to Jesus than perhaps any other man alive, and thus privy to information the rest of us are too spiritually "immature" to understand. For instance, the necessity of secrecy. Doug Coe says it allows the scoundrels and the despots to turn their talents toward the service of Jesus -- who, Doug Coe says, prefers power to piety -- by shielding their work on His behalf from a hardhearted public, unwilling to believe in their good intentions. In a sermon posted online by a fundamentalist website, Coe compares this method to the mob's. "His Body" -- the Body of Christ, that is, by which he means Christendom -- "functions invisibly like the mafia. . . . They keep their organization invisible.
http://www.motherjones.com/politics/2008/05/book-excerpt-family?page=3

The author's home page
http://jeffsharlet.com/

[ignoranceequalsfear]

Santoum.... what a tragic figure!

[Mark Twaine]

You're right. What is that stuff on his upper lip in the picture with this article.

[ReedYoung]

Tragedy Masque (TM)

[termgirl]

NEWSFLASH: There is a Sarah Palin connection here.
Falls Church Anglican is closely assocated with "The Family," and played a part in John McCain's selection of her as his running mate. There is a New Yorker article by Jeff Sharlet titled "The Insiders: How John McCain Came to Pick Sarah Palin." Check it out.

[termgirl]

Correction: The article is by Jane Mayer.

[ReedYoung]

Maybe another correction: I don't find any mention of "Family" or its leader, "Coe" in that article by Jane Mayer. But I just heard of "The Family" yesterday on Maddow, so I don't mean to say you're wrong, I just can't find it in that article.

[Emlyn]

ANYONE INVOLVED WITH THE ENSIGN SHOULD RESIGN - NOW!!!!

[cariintexas]

Why aren't the trolls here trying to defend the indefensible.

[sviolette]

They are busy in other blogs defending war criminals. They can't cover all of these crimes at once. They will be by later.

[Mark Twaine]

It's Friday night, great time to get a little "strange tail."

[jcwtts1]

Which is why Fox isn't a news station but is rather a political arm of the republican party.

J

[Vyvjala]

The photo of Brick Sanitarium, it looks like someone stuck an umbrella up his @ $ $..........

[BobDobbs757]

LMAO.. and then after the photo he give a loud SUPER!! And hops on to his Mr Garrison's SUPER DUPER vehicle.. http://media.southparkstudios.com/media/images/511/image_07.gif

[DoctorWhoDat]

Mr Garrison would have been a bette Senator than Rick Santorum. Mr Hat also

[zukervati]

Tehehe .... Right on. Always despised this d0ucheb@g for what he stood for, so glad he got his a$$ whooped by Casey.

[Krankil]

There are now many Republican leaders (from Gingrich and Juliani to the latest Palin Sanford and Eseign) who have been caught preaching exactly the opposite of what they do (under the protection of Jesus).
When will Michael Moore put it all together and point out the hypocrisy of the Republicans. All of them seen together in one documentary will wake up the more naive who still believe in the extreme right fringe of the Republican party

[Krankil]

Add hypocrisy to his repertoire (Faux News contributors on their spin gave him credit for breaking the story himself!!!)... Faux News and a Republican Sen are hypocrits? I'm surprised!

[Krankil]

Faux News not only is a disgrace for journalism and what the word "journalistic integrity" is but Faux News is actually out there for the only purpose of pushing a right wing agenda.

This is proof that money is not the issue for Murdock (otherwise you don't sit on a story like this). He can generate money but stiring controversy when he hires lunatics like Hannity and Beck. But his goal is more than money. They changed the meaning of "fair and balanced"

[burmajoe1]

[Gregor2]

Trying to get conservatives to practice what they preach is like teaching a pig to whistle...­.extremely frustrating for you and really annoying for the PIG!!!