Sen. Ensign admits affair; sources say blackmail involved
source: http://news.yahoo.com/s/politico/20090616/pl_politico/23813
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Sen. John Ensign (R-Nev.) acknowledged Tuesday that he had “violated the vows” of marriage by having an affair with a campaign staffer.
The admission — made in a televised appearance in Las Vegas — shocked Ensign’s Senate colleagues and delivered a serious blow to any hopes he might have had of seeking the GOP presidential nomination in 2012.
Political insiders in the Senate and in Nevada told POLITICO that Ensign began the affair with the staffer several months after he separated from his wife, Darlene. When Ensign reconciled with his wife, the sources said, he gave the aide a severance package, and the two parted ways.
Some time later, a Nevada source said, Ensign met with the husband of the woman involved and had what this source described as a positive encounter. Sources said that the man subsequently asked Ensign for a substantial sum of money — at which point Ensign decided to make the affair public.
The admission — made in a televised appearance in Las Vegas — shocked Ensign’s Senate colleagues and delivered a serious blow to any hopes he might have had of seeking the GOP presidential nomination in 2012.
Political insiders in the Senate and in Nevada told POLITICO that Ensign began the affair with the staffer several months after he separated from his wife, Darlene. When Ensign reconciled with his wife, the sources said, he gave the aide a severance package, and the two parted ways.
Some time later, a Nevada source said, Ensign met with the husband of the woman involved and had what this source described as a positive encounter. Sources said that the man subsequently asked Ensign for a substantial sum of money — at which point Ensign decided to make the affair public.
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@Twiturbia on twitter says "Promise Keepers, Promise Breakers: "Admission clouds Ensign's future" Hypocrite?"
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Eleganza
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I would also have to say that it occurs to me that it is this kind of thing that is threatening the "sanctity of marriage" as they love to say, much more than gay marriage
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Eleganza
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Eleganza
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Ah yes yet another from the party of "family values" hoist on his own petard...they seem to fall into one of two categories those who have been caught and those who haven't been caught YET
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A black male.....
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