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Sen. Ensign Resigns GOP Leadership Post After Admitting Affair
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| June 17, 2009
| Trish Turner and Carl Cameron
Posted on 06/17/2009 10:47:42 AM PDT by MaestroLC
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To: St. Louis Conservative
Who will replace Ensign as chair of the RPC? I vote for DeMint or Coburn.
This from
Politico:
The most likely candidate to replace Ensign at the no. 4 spot in Senate leadership is Sen. John Thune (R-S.D.), also considered a rising Republican star, who currently serves as vice chairman of the Republican Conference and has already expressed interest in Ensigns Policy Committee chairmanship, according to GOP Senate aides. Thune has had an eye on higher Senate leadership spots, but the policy chairman spot is far from a lock for him, as other young Republicans may make a run at Ensigns old position.
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posted on
06/17/2009 11:27:20 AM PDT
by
counterpunch
(In this present crisis, government is not the solution to our problem. Government is the problem.)
To: MaestroLC
Ensign expressed regret Tuesday for his actions. Any man that would bang the wife of an employee who is also an employee is to low of a person to have regrets except the regret of getting caught.
To: hoosierham
Blackmail which is a kin to liberal inspired set up.
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posted on
06/17/2009 11:27:45 AM PDT
by
b4its2late
(I love defenseless animals, especially in a good gravy.)
To: SMM48
Because Rats have no consciences or morals.
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posted on
06/17/2009 11:27:57 AM PDT
by
Maryhere
("HE comes to rule the earth")
To: CA Conservative
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posted on
06/17/2009 11:28:09 AM PDT
by
DoughtyOne
(Obama post 09/11. The U.S. is sorry, we are a Muslim nation, and we surrender.)
To: counterpunch
For one thing, he voluntarily announced it himself. It would be a bigger deal if he had been outed by the newsmedia. Or if he was nationally known. AFTER he was threatened with blackmail from his former lover. I doubt he would have confessed otherwise.
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posted on
06/17/2009 11:29:10 AM PDT
by
MaestroLC
("Let him who wants peace prepare for war."--Vegetius, A.D. Fourth Century)
To: businessprofessor
If there is illegality, he should resign. Anytime your are the boss banging the hired help there is illegality involved. Little thing called sexual harassment.
To: SMM48
Why do Pubs resign while Rats just keep going merrily along as if nothing happened? .... he's not resigning from his Senate seat, just the GOP leadership position (which really means he was probably thrown out)....
To: org.whodat
"Our families were close," a weary-looking Ensign said. "That closeness put me into situations which led to my inappropriate behavior. We caused deep pain to both families and for that I am sorry." I hate when that happens. The excuses are getting really ridiculous. The idea that your family being close to another family would just allow this to happen is beyond incredible.
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posted on
06/17/2009 11:30:46 AM PDT
by
w1andsodidwe
(Jimmy Carter(the Godfather of Terror) allowed radical Islam to get a foothold in Iran.)
To: hoosierham
"WE ought to be merciless when elected officials betray the public trust and the Constitutional limits on government,but we just might want to stop trying to insist on perfect people as officeholders.I'm afraid there is a shortage and we will have to make do with not-quite-perfect humans." So, Clinton/Lewinsky didn't bother you?
To: MaestroLC
That doesn’t matter.
It’s all about how the news breaks.
If the media exposed him, they would turn it into a feeding frenzy.
Since he exposed himself, it sets a totally different tone, one the media cannot exploit that sensationally or for that long.
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posted on
06/17/2009 11:33:22 AM PDT
by
counterpunch
(In this present crisis, government is not the solution to our problem. Government is the problem.)
To: MaestroLC
And Barney Frank is running the banks....
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posted on
06/17/2009 11:35:11 AM PDT
by
keepitreal
(Obama brings change: an international crisis (terrorism) within 6 months)
To: counterpunch
That doesnt matter. Its all about how the news breaks. If the media exposed him, they would turn it into a feeding frenzy. Since he exposed himself, it sets a totally different tone, one the media cannot exploit that sensationally or for that long. He's a Republican. They would exploit the situation no matter how it was exposed because they hate Republicans. If he was a Dem, they would try to bury it as quickly as possible.
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posted on
06/17/2009 11:37:46 AM PDT
by
MaestroLC
("Let him who wants peace prepare for war."--Vegetius, A.D. Fourth Century)
To: St. Louis Conservative
Eh, they’ll probably pick Miss Lindsay Grahamnesty.
To: MaestroLC
That’s all true, but it is still a matter of the physics of the story.
This story has limited momentum due to how it broke.
The State-Run Media can’t change that, no matter how hard they try over on MSNBC.
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posted on
06/17/2009 11:44:20 AM PDT
by
counterpunch
(In this present crisis, government is not the solution to our problem. Government is the problem.)
To: hoosierham
I see your point, I really do. No one is perfect and we can’t expect that. Answer me this one question though...If a person is willing to break their oath to their mate, the one person they should be closer with then anyone, why should I trust them to keep an oath made to anyone else. Line an oath of office of instance.
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posted on
06/17/2009 11:47:50 AM PDT
by
Durus
(The People have abdicated our duties and anxiously hopes for just two things, "Bread and Circuses")
To: pleikumud
To: pleikumud
To: a fool in paradise
“Sen. Ensign had sex while Sen. Craig did not”
Let’s ask Sen Craig’s wife if the betrayal is any less because he “didn’t have sex”
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posted on
06/17/2009 11:49:59 AM PDT
by
Cyman
To: Reagan69
Between now and 2010 they will find some other Repub with a problem. Dems can commit serial felonies and nothing is ever said.
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posted on
06/17/2009 11:50:19 AM PDT
by
Frantzie
(Boycott ABC News and their parent company The Walt Disney Company)
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