John Ensign

GOP Purity Test: Republican Party's Version of the Longest Suicide Note in History

Kara Vallow | Posted 12.09.2009 | Politics

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You can tell the sun is setting on a once-great political party when it starts issuing angry, demonizing mission statements that seem deliberately devised to alienate as many moderate voters as possible.

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Ensign Probe Heats Up: Senate Panel Reportedly Subpoenaing For Documents

Posted 12.04.2009 | Politics

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A Senate probe of Sen. John Ensign (R-Nev.) is heating up, according to a reporter for the Las Vegas Sun. "Sources confirm that the Senate panel has ...

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Tiger Quits Golf; Will Become Politician

Andy Borowitz | Posted 11.30.2009 | Comedy

Read More: Borowitz Report, Politics, Extramarital Affairs, Rachel Uchitel, Mark Sanford, Andy Borowitz, John Ensign, Republican Party, Tiger Woods, Comedy News

"After two days of refusing to speak to the media about suspicious aspects of my personal life, I have proved to myself that I am qualified for a career in politics," Mr. Woods told reporters in Orlando.

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Doug Hampton: Ensign Should 'Resign Immediately,' C Street Protecting Him (VIDEO)

The Huffington Post | Rachel Weiner | Posted 11.24.2009 | Politics

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Doug Hampton, whose wife had an affair with John Ensign, said in an interview that the Nevada senator should "resign immediately," claiming that power...

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John Ensign Affair Details Revealed: Nightline Interviews Doug Hampton About Senator's Affair With Cindy Hampton (VIDEO)

Kevin Freking | Posted 11.24.2009 | Politics

Scroll down to watch video of Nightline interview. WASHINGTON (AP)- A Nevada man whose wife had an affair with Sen. John Ensign said he discovered th...

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John Ensign Affair: Time For Cindy Hampton To Tell All

Lynda Obst | Posted 11.24.2009 | Politics

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The John Ensign affair is mysterious in only one way to me: the quiet Mrs. Hampton.

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John Ensign Scandal: Mistress's Husband Speaks Out, Says Senator Kept Pursuing Affair (VIDEO)

The Huffington Post | Rachel Weiner | Posted 11.23.2009 | Politics

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Doug Hampton, the friend of John Ensign who discovered the Republican Nevada senator was having an affair with his wife, sat down with ABC News to dis...

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Tom Coburn: I Didn't Help Negotiate Ensign Affair Pay-Off

George's Bottom Line | Posted 11.22.2009 | Politics

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Sen. Tom Coburn, R-Okla., told me flatly that he did not offer to broker a million-dollar deal between his Senate colleague, John Ensign, R-Nev., and ...

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Ensign Moves Out Of C Street Home

Las Vegas Sun | Lisa Mascaro (Contact) | Posted 11.08.2009 | Politics

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Sen. John Ensign has moved out of the C Street house, the Christian home he shared with other elected officials on Capitol Hill that came under scruti...

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Let's Shout 'You Lie!' to the Liars (Metaphorically, Of Course)

Ed Gurowitz, Ph.D. | Posted 10.08.2009 | Living

Read More: Joseph Welch, You Lie, Rush Limbaugh, John Ensign, John Boehner, Death Panels, Joe Wilson, Glenn Beck, David Letterman, Living News

We're in a no-kidding crucial situation. Unless someone will stand up and (metaphorically) shout "you lie!" to those who are lying, we may find one day that there is no one left to speak for us.

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LettermanGate: One Week Later

Bruce Kluger | Posted 10.08.2009 | Media

David Letterman successfully navigated his way through three explosive crises -- personal, professional and legal -- by simply telling the truth.

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GOP In Bind Over Scandal-Plagued Ensign's Reelection Prospects

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 10.07.2009 | Politics

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Weighed down by ethical controversy and marital scandal, Sen. John Ensign has gone from GOP rising star to pariah. Once tasked with getting more Repub...

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Ensign Confronted Outside Office By CNN, Denies Affair Wrongdoing (VIDEO)

AP/Huffington Post | Posted 10.07.2009 | Politics

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WASHINGTON — Sen. John Ensign said Tuesday that he complied with Senate ethics rules and the law when he arranged a "soft landing" as a lobbyist...

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Ensign Investigation Confirmed By Barbara Boxer

AP | Posted 10.04.2009 | Politics

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WASHINGTON — The second-ranking Senate Republican offered no support Sunday for embattled Sen. John Ensign, facing renewed criticism over an ext...

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Sex, Lies, and Band-Aids: Why Ensign and Polanski Should Have Pulled a Letterman

Alafair Burke | Posted 12.03.2009 | Media

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Letterman, despite whatever idiotic (or worse?) things he may have done with women on his staff, was wise enough to realize that silence isn't permanent and peace of mind can't be bought.

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WSJ: Ensign's Senate Prospects Grow Cloudy

wsj.com | NAFTALI BENDAVID | Posted 12.03.2009 | Home

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Sen. John Ensign's future grew more unsettled Friday as Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell declined to offer his support or express confidence in ...

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Ensign Shows There's No Blushing in Politics

Rick Horowitz | Posted 12.02.2009 | Politics

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Here's the inspiring part: the sight of John Ensign sitting behind a microphone and talking about how people need to follow the rules. He can do all this while keeping a straight face!

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Dr. Coburn's Peculiar Privilege

Jacob M. Appel | Posted 12.02.2009 | Politics

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Senator Coburn claims physician-patient privilege to avoid testifying against Ensign. But this is not a "Get out of Jail Free" card for physicians who acquire knowledge outside of their work as doctors.

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John Ensign Scandal: Senate Republicans Decline To Defend Colleague

AP | PETE YOST and LAURIE KELLMAN | Posted 12.02.2009 | Politics

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WASHINGTON — Sen. John Ensign of Nevada was only beginning to emerge from a self-imposed political exile over fallout from his extramarital affa...

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Gelbart and Schulberg: Two Writers Depart an Ever Stranger Land

Michael Winship | Posted 12.02.2009 | Home

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Recent illogical bloviation by politicians and pundits brings to mind the summer's passing of two writer friends and colleagues, each of whom had a sure grasp of mass hysteria.

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GOP Senator Identifies Gun Violence As Major Factor In Health Care Crisis

Paul Helmke | Posted 12.02.2009 | Politics

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Even if he didn't mean to, I want to thank Senator John Ensign of Nevada for speaking out about the importance of reducing gun violence as a means of addressing America's skyrocketing health care costs.

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John Ensign's Ex-Mistress, Husband Sought $8.5 Million Settlement Over Affair

AP | Posted 12.01.2009 | Politics

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WASHINGTON — Sen. John Ensign's former mistress and her husband sought an $8.5 million settlement from the Nevada Republican before the affair b...

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Blue Dog Leader Works With Theocratic "Mafia" Opposed to Health Care Reform

Bruce Wilson | Posted 11.25.2009 | Politics

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Those in the powerful, secretive, Washington Christian fundamentalist association known as The Family have led some of the most virulent opposition to health care reform and especially a "public option".

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The Impeachment of President Obama

Bob Cesca | Posted 11.23.2009 | Politics

I've been following the Republican descent into the realms of the bizarre for some time now, and I'm convinced that if they retook Congress the Republicans might try to impeach the president.

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Hypocrisy, Lies and Videotape

Michael Sigman | Posted 11.21.2009 | Politics

Read More: Mark Sanford, Bill Clinton, John Ensign, Family Values, Orange County, David Lynch, Larry Craig, Mike Duvall, Republicans, Conservatives, Sex, Politics News

The closer we look at the self-righteous leaders of the Right, the more we see the ugliness of -- well, let's use Mike Duvall's euphemism -- inappropriate story telling.

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