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Nevada Republican John Ensign is planning to resign from the Senate Friday, media outlets reported Thursday evening.
John Ralston of the Las Vegas Sun first tweeted he was "hearing Ensign is out tomorrow" and subsequent news outlets, such as Roll Call, soon reported the news on background.
Last month, Ensign announced plans to retire at the end of his current term amid an ongoing ethics investigation. At the time, Ensign said his decision not to seek another term was best for his family, though some began to question whether his paltry fundraising numbers amid the scandal were what really prompted the retirement. But it was immediately unclear Thursday night what had prompted Ensign's surprise resignation.
Under Nevada law, Republican Gov. Brian Sandoval would be tasked with appointing Ensign's interim Senate replacement.Nevada Republican John Ensign is planning to resign from the Senate Friday, media... more
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Congressional publication Roll Call is reporting that Sen. John Ensign is planning on resigning tomorrow. Sen. Ensign is an embattled Nevada Republican best known for carrying on an affair with the wife of his former top aide, an affair which indirectly resulted in Sen. Ensign’s parents paying said wife a sum of money.
Ensign had already announced in March that he would be retiring from the Senate, noting that a run for reelection in 2012 would result in an “exceptionally ugly” campaign against him, and that “there are consequences to sin.” He is, however, expected to step down and allow for Nevada governor Brian Sandoval to appoint someone to replace him, rather than waiting forCongressional publication Roll Call is reporting that Sen. John Ensign is planning on... more
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Media Matters is once again helping our enlightenment. The featured video helps expose one of the most insidious movements effecting America and the world in modern times. Namely, the radical "fundamentalist" Christian desire that America must lead the march toward the "Christian totalitarianism" of the world, in other words, "A 21st Century Crusades".
As many may expect, Fox News' Glenn Beck is a willing conduit for propagating this movement, which is supported by Beck's brand of his Mormon faith. The posted video is an example of how intellectually (I use the word loosely) invested Beck is in "Christian totalitarianism". Beck has what he calls a documentary, named "Rumors of War". "Rumors of War" supposedly aired on "Insider Extreme" (a Beck "pay to view" site), Jan. 14, 2011, at 8pm, and is his latest "documentary" installment in his argument for Christian world domination or conversely, resistance to Muslim world domination (seemingly Beck's greatest fear).
Rachel Maddow has, from time to time, done several segments on her MSNBC show about religious influences on our politicians. They include interviews with Jeff Sharlet, the author of "The Family". "The Family" is a revealing chronicle of a secretive organization called "The Fellowship". "The Family" has a dormitory for politicians on "C" Street in Washington, D.C.
It seems many, mostly Republican "End Timers", are in our government and are in lock-step with the King of Beckistan.
Included in the "tags" are links to data that supports the idea a 21st Century Crusades is alive and well.Media Matters is once again helping our enlightenment. The featured video helps... more
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It’s one thing to burn a Quran. It’s another when Sharon Angle suggests you go all Second Amendment on the national ass if her Cult de Tea doesn’t get its way. But dissing masturbation is just plain Un-American.It’s one thing to burn a Quran. It’s another when Sharon Angle suggests... more
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They groped. They skirt-chased. They lusted in their hearts. And now they will live in infamy
Whether politicians cheat is hardly even a question. Why politicians cheat is a question that will never have a satisfactory answer. But which politicians have had the most spectacular, messiest, craziest affairs? That we can get to the bottom of. Philandering is as old as marriage itself, but the twenty-five instances listed here all have some variation on the theme that makes them notable even in the perpetually randy confines of the Beltway. Obviously the list is not exhaustive; as long as there are politicians, it'll never be complete.
http://www.gq.com/news-politics/politics/201006/the-twenty-five-greatest-philanderers-in-american-political-history#introThey groped. They skirt-chased. They lusted in their hearts. And now they will live in... more
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The old saying goes, 50,000 flies can't be wrong...but 49,999 of them could be right and one is just a wingnut. Meet Robert Donald, the sole contributor to Nevada Sen. John Ensign's reelection campaign.The old saying goes, 50,000 flies can't be wrong...but 49,999 of them could be... more
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Federal agents have started interviewing people connected to Sen. John Ensign's (R-Nev.) sex scandal, a potential sign that the Nevada Republican could face a criminal probe over the matter, according to several sources familiar with the matter.
The FBI has contacted former aides to Ensign - in both Las Vegas and in Washington, the sources said. The sources said it appears that the FBI has begun a preliminary review of the case, and there's no evidence yet that it will become a full-fledged criminal investigation into the senator's conduct. At the same time, the Senate Ethics Committee has already launched an inquiry, issuing subpoenas last month to a slew of former Ensign aides.
http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0110/31652.htmlFederal agents have started interviewing people connected to Sen. John Ensign's... more
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"Saturday Night Live" opened yesterday with a skit mocking both the sexual indiscretions of politicians and how little attention is given them by the media. John Edwards, John Ensign, and Mark Sanford gathered together to protest that their affairs barely registered despite the fact that one of them engaged in bribery, one of them abandoned his state in a time of need, and one of them had a love child with a campaign worker.
These stories, while reported by major news outlets, disappeared quickly and without much follow-up. All of these men still have their jobs. Tiger Woods on the other hand, a man with no public responsibilities, has been the subject of intense media scrutiny over several weeks and has indefinitely resigned from golf.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/12/13/snl-tiger-woods_n_390173.html"Saturday Night Live" opened yesterday with a skit mocking both the sexual... more
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WASHINGTON — A Nevada man whose wife had an affair with Sen. John Ensign said he discovered the relationship after intercepting a text message around Christmas in 2007.
"How wonderful it is. ... Scared, but excited," it read.
Doug Hampton recounted the text message during an interview taped for broadcast Monday night on ABC's "Nightline." The interview covered a lot of ground already made public since Ensign, R-Nev., admitted to the extramarital affair in June, but provided new details about how the affair was discovered as well as the senator's reaction when Hampton confronted him.
The acknowledgment of the affair has led to a huge fall from grace for a man that many viewed as a rising star within the GOP. He's now fighting to complete a second term in office that continues through 2012.
The Hamptons and Ensigns had been close family friends for years. Hampton told "Nightline" he confronted Ensign when both families were present during a Christmas Eve gathering.
"John cries like a kid. Puts his head in his hands, cries like a little boy," Hampton said, adding that he heard remorse and panic in his old friend's voice but now believes it was disingenuous.
Hampton continued to work for Ensign as his co-chief of staff. He said that the two went on a trip to Iraq in February 2008. He said he was having troubles with his telephone and asked to borrow Ensign's to call his wife. He said Ensign scrolled to a listing for Aunt Judy instead of Cindy Hampton. "And then I realize, Wow, wow, something is seriously wrong," he said, that the affair was still going on.
Hampton makes clear through the interview he isn't going away quietly and believes Ensign abused his power in pursuing the affair. Ensign's legal team has said it's confident that all laws and ethics rules were followed in the case, which includes Ensign helping Hampton gain employment with a lobbying firm as well as Ensign's parents providing the Hamptons with a payment of nearly $100,000 that they described as a gift.
"I truly wish that I could publicly respond to each one of Doug Hampton's allegations," Ensign said. "They are full of half truths and untruths. I will cooperate with any investigation because I have not violated any law or Senate ethics rule. If Doug Hampton violated federal law and rules, I did not advise him to do so, I did not suggest that he do so, and I did not cooperate with his doing so."WASHINGTON — A Nevada man whose wife had an affair with Sen. John Ensign said he... more
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When Obama became president people thought all comedy had beenen ensued during the last eight years would go away but the republicans proved us wrong this year.
On ""Real Time" Friday night, Bill Maher decided to end his show by mocking all the Republicans who have become prime targets for jokes now that George Bush is no longer front and center. "It turns out there were plenty of ridiculous Republicans behind him that we just couldn't see," Maher said. "His stupid star doth shone too brightly."
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The Ensign affair may result in Senator John Ensign's resignation and even imprisonment. It appears Ensign may have broken the law by bribing the husband of his former mistress. Ensign gave the man a lobbying job and used his public position and influence to further the man's career.The Ensign affair may result in Senator John Ensign's resignation and even... more
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Imagined conversation 1
Late one night on C Street: A prayer goes sideways
Ensign: Lord, why did you put so many obstacles in my path? I was well on the way to running for president. Sure, I wasn’t exactly doing a bang-up job for Nevada, what with the rising unemployment rate, massive cuts to schools, health care and public programs, but I’m good-looking, white and well-off, so all that other stuff was just politics. But now I’ve got a scandal on my hands. I’m seen as a hypocrite, and I’m possibly looking at ethics charges. What’s more, my family’s been dragged into this mess. Why, Lord? Why?
Devil: Why are you assuming it was God? I mean, give a homeboy some credit.
Ensign: Whoa! I forgot about you. I just thought you were the one screwing up my golf game. I never figured you for something this obvious.
God: Actually, John, it was neither of us. You kinda did this to yourself. I mean, it’s not like you found a wallet on the street and didn’t return it.
Devil: Yeah, normally I’m glad to take credit for these things—Sanford, that was all me, dude. That guy couldn’t find Argentina on Google Maps.Imagined conversation 1
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A few days after South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford returned from Argentina and publicly revealed his adulterous affair with a Buenos Aires businesswoman, a group of five video game creators are gathered in a small conference room in San Francisco to discuss politicians with a wandering eye.
"The point here is to take the opportunity of Sanford to look at something that seems to be happening a lot," declares Kate Connally, the only woman in the room, as the group reviews more than 10,000 Google News headlines on a plasma screen.
Guided by a reference document titled "Where's the Naughty Governor?" the discussion runs through a recent bumper crop of philandering politicos: Eliot Spitzer, Jim McGreevey, John Ensign, John Edwards, Antonio Villaraigosa, Gavin Newsom.
The agenda, as Joel Breton describes it, is simple: "We have to decide who's in this game."
Breton is the director of content at AddictingGames, a website owned by Nickelodeon that has carved out a unique specialty: Turning breaking news events into online video games.
In this case, the game, Where's the Naughty Governor?, launched Wednesday, is a series of five Where's Waldo? style puzzles in which players search for clues in a photograph before trying to locate the missing politician's face. For Sanford, those clues culled from the news include a hiking stick, a sexy Argentine woman and a reporter's microphone -- all hidden on a street scene from Buenos Aires.
The quintet quickly work their way through 15 politicians with slippery zippers before settling on five. Sen. Ensign of Nevada is labeled "kinda boring" and tossed out because he promptly admitted his infidelity; mayors Villaraigosa and Newsom don't have big enough national profiles; former Sen. Larry E. Craig of Idaho is set aside because his arrest for allegedly soliciting sex in an airport bathroom by tapping his foot could, Breton notes, deserve its own game.
Those making the cut: Sanford, Spitzer, McGreevey and Edwards.Dave Williams, senior VP of Nickelodeon's games group, even reaches into the past for one more addition.
"Could we end on Bill Clinton? He's the big boss!" he says with a laugh, using the video-game term for a final and most difficult opponent.
The contrast between popular video-game series such as Halo and AddictingGames' self-described "news games" couldn't be plainer: The former take years and tens of millions of dollars to produce, dozens of hours to play and sell for at least $50. News games typically take a couple of weeks, cost less than $10,000 and are free to anyone with an Internet connection and a few minutes to spare.
Such inexpensive, simple online games are becoming increasingly prevalent on a host of websites, some run by media giants such as Yahoo and Disney, others by independent designers.
Most of AddictingGames' content is submitted by individual users, but since it was acquired by Nickelodeon parent Viacom in 2006, the site has produced more original titles aimed at teenagers -- even if the games aren't exactly suitable for the cable channel's kid audience.
A majority are simple puzzle, shooting or sports games. A small but growing number, however, tee off the headlines that generate huge buzz on the Web and Twitter.
"If you want to make fun of something in politics or culture, games are now a great way to do it," says Connally, the VP in charge of AddictingGames.
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