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The Year of the Apology: The Worst and Best of 2009

Michael Maslansky | Posted 12.24.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Mark Sanford, Chris Brown, Kanye West, Balloon Boy, Celebrity Apologies, Tareq and Michaele Salahi, Serena Williams, Alex Rodriguez, Apologies, John Ensign, Tiger Woods, Joe Wilson, James Crowley, Michael Vick, A-Rod, David Letterman, Decade in Review, 2009 in Review, Year in Review, Entertainment News
Michael Maslansky

We tested 15 of the most public apologies of the year to see what makes for a good apology and a bad apology and what we can learn from our A-list of apologists.

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The 12 Most Shocking Political Sex Scandals Of The Decade

Posted 12.23.2009 | Politics

Read More: Slidepoll, John Ensign, Don Sherwood, David Vitter, Sex Scandals, DC Madam, Jeri Ryan, Jack Ryan, Gary Condit, Larry Craig, Mark Foley, Political Sex Scandals, Politics News

As 2009 ends, the Huffington Post is taking a look back at one of the recurring themes of the past decade -- embarrassing political sex scandals. Whic...

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Gun Lobbyists Against 'Wellness And Health'

Paul Helmke | Posted 12.22.2009 | Politics

Read More: Gun Violence, Senate, Congress, John Ensign, Rahm Emanuel, Nancy Pelosi, Health Care Reform, Gun Control, Harry Reid, Health Care, Guns, Barack Obama, Politics News
Paul Helmke

While our massive health care reform package was hammered out in the back offices of the Capitol, Senators still found time to bend over backwards for the Gun Owners of America.

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Boehner Calls Tanning Tax 'Attack on Orange Americans'

Andy Borowitz | Posted 12.22.2009 | Comedy

Read More: Borowitz Report, Health Care Reform, Tanning Beds, Andy Borowitz, John Ensign, John Boehner, Republicans, Comedy News
Andy Borowitz

The Senate's efforts to introduce a tax on tanning beds hit a roadblock today as Rep. John Boehner (R-Ohio) blasted the idea, calling it "a blatant attack on Orange Americans."

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SNL Mocks Media For Ignoring Political Affairs While Reveling In Tiger's (VIDEO)

Huffington Post | Alex Leo | Posted 12.13.2009 | Comedy

Read More: Mark Sanford Affair, Mark Sanford, Video, John Ensign Affair, John Ensign, John Edwards, John Edwards Affair, Snl, Tiger Woods News, Tiger Woods, Tiger Woods Coverage, SNL Tiger Woods, Tiger Woods SNL, Tiger Woods Affair, Comedy News

"Saturday Night Live" opened yesterday with a skit mocking both the sexual indiscretions of politicians and how little attention is given them by the ...

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Why John Ensign Matters and Tiger Woods Doesn't

Marlene H. Phillips | Posted 12.12.2009 | Sports

Read More: Tiger Woods Mistress, Senator John Ensign Mistress, John Ensign Scandal, Tiger Woods Affair, Tiger Woods Scandal, John Ensign Affair, John Ensign, Sports News
Marlene H. Phillips

There's another of these Powerful Man is a Scumbag stories that really should be getting this kind of scrutiny because it does matter.

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John Thune: The GOP's Answer to Obama?

Politics Daily | Matt Lewis | Posted 12.11.2009 | Politics

Read More: David Brooks, John Ensign, Huckabee, Twitter, John Thune, Climate Change, #thune2012, Nrsc, Gop, South Dakota, Palin, Romney, Republicans, Politics News

While names like Palin, Romney and Huckabee get most of the attention when it comes to 2012 presidential speculation, a dark horse may be rising out o...

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

Kara Vallow | Posted 12.09.2009 | Politics

Read More: Mark Foley, Womens Rights, Ronald Reagan, John Ensign, David Vitter, Republican Purity Test, Women and Politics, Gop Purity Resolution, Gop, Purity Balls, Larry Craig, Defense of Marriage Act, Gop Purity Test, Politics News
Kara Vallow

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

Read More: John Ensign Scandal, John Ensign, Ensign Scandal, John Ensign Probe, Ensign Probe, Politics News

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
Andy Borowitz

"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

Read More: Hampton Ensign, John Ensign, Ensign C Street, Ensign Affair, John Ensign Scandal, Dough Hampton John Ensign, Ensign Scandal, Doug Hampton, Politics News

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

Read More: Ensign C Street House, John Ensign, Divorce, Nevada, Senate Ethics Committee, Cell Phone, Darlene Ensign, Cindy Hampton, Adultery, Ethics Violations, C Street House, Hamptons and Ensigns, Sex, Sexual Harassment, Affair, Ethics, Cheating, Doug Hampton, C Street, Senate, Politics News

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

Read More: Cindy Hampton Nightline, Tom Coburn, Cindy Hampton, John Ensign, John Ensign Cindy Hampton, Ensign Affair, Ensign Scandal, John Ensign Affair, John Ensign Mistress, Politics News
Lynda Obst

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

Read More: John Ensign, Cindy Hampton, Ensign Ethics Laws, Ensign Affair, John Ensign Scandal, Ensign Scandal, John Ensign Affair, Doug Hampton, Politics News

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

Read More: Tom Coburn, Coburn Affair, Ensign Affair Pay-Off, John Ensign, Ensign Affair, John Ensign Affair, Doug Hampton, Politics News

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
Ed Gurowitz, Ph.D.

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

Read More: Mark Sanford, Ed Sullivan Theater, Bill Clinton, Sex Scandal, Joe Halderman, The New York Post, Larry Craig, Cbs, tmz.com, Sarah Palin, Worldwide Pants, brucekluger.com, USA Today, Lewd Conduct, John Ensign, Argentina, Elliot Spitzer, John Edwards, Extortion, The Daily Beast, Bruce Kluger, David Letterman, Media News
Bruce Kluger

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

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Sam Stein

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

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 10.07.2009 | Politics

Read More: National Republican Senatorial Committee, Ensign 2012, Nrsc Ensign, Senator Ensign, Republicans, John Ensign, Reelection Campaign Ensign, Ensign Reelection, Politics News

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

Read More: Ensign Investigation, John Ensign, Senate Ethics Committee Ensign, Ensign Ethics Complaint, Ensign Affair, John Ensign Scandal, Ensign Denies Wrongdoing, Ensign Ethics Investigation, Senate Ethics Investigation Ensign, John Ensign Dough Hampton, Politics News

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

Read More: Ensign Investigation, Ensign Senate Ethics Investigation, John Ensign, John Ensign Ethics Investigation, John Ensign Investigation, John Ensign Probe, Ensign Probe, Ensign Affair, Ensign Ethics Investigation, Politics News

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

Read More: Roman Polanski Arrest, Rick Pitino Affair, Rick Pitino, John Ensign, John Ensign Mistress, David Letterman Extortion, Bill Cosby, Alafair Burke, John Ensign Affair, Roman Polanski, David Letterman, Media News
Alafair Burke

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

Read More: GOP Scandals, Senate, Mitch McConnell, John Ensign, Cynthia Hampton, Ensign Affair, Cynthia-Hampton-Ensign, Republican-Affairs, Nevada, Republican Senators, Republicans, Home News

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

Read More: GOP and Health Care, Health Care Reform Opponents, Congress and Health Care, Charles Grassley, Senate Finance Committee, John Ensign, Health Care Reform, John Ensign Affair, Max Baucus, Republicans, Republicans and Health Care, Chuck Grassley, Democrats, Jon Kyl, Politics News
Rick Horowitz

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

Read More: Nevada, Law, Marriage, Politics, Senate, Tom Coburn, John Ensign, Oklahoma, Sex, Doctors, John Ensign Affair, Health Care, Bioethics, Medicine, Extra-Marital-Affairs, Physician-Patient Privilege, Politics News
Jacob M. Appel

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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