I'm growing weary of stories like this...seems John Ensign (R-Nev) has come out and admitted to an extramarital affair. Lots of thoughts occur to me at a time like this.
First, the folks on the other side of the aisle will point to the hypocrisy here (Conservative, family values guy dipping his wick in the staff inkwell), and they'll be right.
Secondly, it is clear that lots of guys cheat on their wives. But MAN, why would you do it when you're in a place where you KNOW someone wants to rat you out? Clearly, Ensign did this(admission) to head off some embarrassing scandal that was sure to follow. He should have known better, much better.
Tuesday, June 16, 2009
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"Why would you do it when you're in a place where you KNOW someone wants to rat you out?"
Sounds like you would make quite a successful politician.
"First, the folks on the other side of the aisle will point to the hypocrisy here (Conservative, family values guy dipping his wick in the staff inkwell), and they'll be right."
It is no more hypocritical than a progressive who preaches about "sharing the wealth" one day and subsequently exposed as a tax cheat the next.
It is something about the office that makes people feel invincible, but inevitably look stupid.
The Republican senator from Nevada was screwing a member of his campaign staff while the Democrat senator is screwing the country.
This type behavior is inexcusable by anybody, but why is the moral outrage always greater when a Republican does it and then admits the error of his ways or resigns.
This compared to the left not only embracing their near-do-wells, but making them elder statesmen of the party? The JFK, Bill Clinton, Barney Frank, Gerry Suggs, Mel Reynolds, etc. stories support this point of view.
Hypocrisy thine name is Liberal Democrat
Smoothfur -- Hypocracy, i believe you need to read the definition of the word. The DEM leaders you mentioned didn't build their platform based on their fidelity and righteous ways - Rep. Ensign did.
Hypocrisy? I do not think that word means what you think it does. The reason you might see a difference in reaction, Smoothfur, is that it's not the Liberals who are banging their bibles and pontificating about the sanctity of traditional marriage. This guy, like so many Republicans before him, has spent his career passing judgment on other people's relationships.
Ensign published releases and urged passage of the Federal Marriage Amendment Act, saying to fellow senators "Marriage is the cornerstone on which our society was founded. For those who say that the Constitution is so sacred that we cannot or should not adopt the Federal Marriage Amendment, I would simply point out that marriage, and the sanctity of that institution, predates the American Constitution and the founding of our nation. Marriage, as a social institution, predates every other institution on which ordered society in America has relied." He also said, "It is not right to mold marriage to fit the desires of a few, against the wishes of so many, and to ignore the important role of marriage."
He was among those clamoring for Clinton to quit, saying the affair meant "He has no credibility left."
The hypocrisy falls squarely in the energetic laps of those who try to force their personal beliefs about marriage on a populace while behaving in an conflicting manner.
Like CW, I don't think someone's approach to marriage should have any bearing in public life and I certainly don't give a damn who my politicians sleep with, but just as I thought when Edwards admitted his affair: what a bumbling idiot. I don't care about the affair, I do care that someone would show such poor strategic judgment given how many constituents do care about these things.
Did this occur in his Las Vegas office? If so, that information is protected.
Heh heh heh...he said "staff".
Was it a member of his staff, his staff, or his member that led him astray?
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