Nevada Sen. John Ensign to admit affair; sources say blackmail involved

Politico ^ | 6/16/09 | Manu Raju

[pissant]

Apparently it was with a female anyway...

[Impy]

How is it an affair if he was separated from his wife?

[org.whodat]

Elected in 2000, the 51-year-old Ensign has moved up the leadership chain in the Senate.

Hope he enjoys the ride back down.

[cbkaty]

The egos of the powerful never fail to eventually hoist them in their own petard....

[Big_Monkey]

This is front page news on NYTIMES.com (although it’s a small story, in the crawl). But, to date, the NY Times has not printed a single word, in it’s paper or on it’s website about Obama firing a federally protected Inspector General.

[seanmerc]

1. It’s an affair until they’re divorced.

2. The other woman was married to somebody else.

[org.whodat]

Sort of depends on the time line doesn't it. What caused the separation another woman?? Track records cause problems, ask newt.

[TexasFreeper2009]

um... he was seperated from his wife at the time...

nothing to see here.

[Juan Medén]

I wish they would keep their petards in their pants.

[Sir_Ed]

Ya’ really need to ask that stupid question?

Just read the Bible... God says marriage is forever, if you happen to be separated, oh well, it’s still adultery.

For the life of me I cannot understand these stupid people who cheat on their wives...haven’t they any moral strength whatsoever??

Ed

[driftdiver]

Funny how they make him sound like the victim.

[BossLady]

That’s what I thought.....he was separated....so what’s the big deal???

[pissant]

Well, Larry Fag was a victim, of his Restless Leg Syndrome.

[dforest]

I don’t care. He could never be as low and vile as Barney Frank, Chris Dodd, Harry Reid.

Democrats should be applauding him.

[cbkaty]

....another day, another fallin Republican... There are a few left, right?

[Stepan12]

It was a good idea that he confessed to some of the details.

Better that than giving into blackmail. It's not as though he was cheating on his wife either as they were separated at the time.

[PapaBear3625]

Amazing how when it's the Republican, the party affiliation is at the beginning of the first sentence of the article.

I'm not going to care about what he did while separated.

[taillightchaser]

He’s toast-—only dimocraps can do stuff like this.

[pissant]

Yup

[TexasFreeper2009]

By your same “biblical” standard anyone who divorced and marries again or dates is also an adulterer.