Ensign Says Affair 'A Mistake,' But Not As Bad As Clinton's Lewinsky Relationship

[Swede]

The hypocrisy is strong in this one.


When President Bill Clinton's relationship with a White House intern erupted a decade ago, Sen. John Ensign called for his resignation.

But the Nevada Republican says that situation is different from one he faces after admitting to an extramarital affair with a former campaign aide. Ensign told The Associated Press that he didn't lie under oath like Clinton did and that he hasn't "done anything legally wrong."


http://www.wbaltv.com/politics/20466395/detail.html

[reflection]

1. Ensign, It's not about Clinton, it's about YOU.

You sound like a little kid. Grow up.

[seabeyond]

2. and really.... how does he figure. insane logic. nt

[sarge43]

3. "....he didn't lie under oath..."

Hand waving away the wedding vows about faithfulness, honoring, etc.

The hypocrisy is reinforced concrete.

[Wapsie B]

4. But what about Poppy's Fitzgerald relationship?

[Captain Hilts]

10. the six figure job to be in charge of 'gifts' on diplomatic trips - sweet deal! nt

[Me.]

5. Clinton Didn't Pay Anyone Hush Money

[HopeHoops]

6. So, he got fucked but she wouldn't give him a blow job? WTF?

:shrug:

[Mrs. Overall]

12. That was my first thought, too--sour grapes.

[HopeHoops]

14. Dang, his "grapes" must have REALLY been sour if she wouldn't do it!

:puke:

[Arugula Latte]

26. Thanks a lot for that little mental image!

x(

:rofl:

[NJmaverick]

7. Typical right wing, my shit doesn't stink, "logic"

:puke:

[City Lights]

8. But John, you're in the party that claims to be the "moral" party, 'member?

Claiming that what you did isn't "legally wrong" sounds like word parsing to me.

What would Jesus think?

What do we tell the children, John?

You're a lying hypocrite, John, just like so many others in that Gang of Psychos party of which you're a member.

Fuck off, asshole.

[Captain Hilts]

9. He's just jealous Bubba got to bring two hawt Asian babes home....nt

[WI_DEM]

11. What a hypocrite--trying to turn attention from himself to Bill Clinton.

[opihimoimoi]

13. Ensign did not do himself any favors explaining his fucking a staffer

then hiring her son and giving her husband, who also worked for Ensign, a Raise? Then Gifts to her from HIS Parents...like 90K.

Who the fuck is he kidding?

[PRETZEL]

15. This dude's as full of shit as that other scumbag

Mark Sanford.

But then again, they're both cut of the same "Family" cloth.

They don't give a rat's ass about their affairs. They both felt entitled to do whatever they damn well pleased and their only regrets are that they can't say how they really felt about the affairs.

[gratuitous]

16. The logic of a five-year-old

Oh, and John (appropriate name, by the way)? You and your cohort had Clinton in the dock, accused and tried, but you couldn't even muster a majority on any of your bogus charges. In America, we call that "exoneration." I don't know what they call it where you live in Cloud Cuckooland.

[Cha]

17. Fucking republicon whiny

hypocrite.

[progressoid]

18. Ya know, there are probably about 60 million Repukes that agree with him.

Sad.

[LeftHander]

19. OMG - The CLENIS returns!!! nt

[tjwash]

21. it never went away...the clenis is the holy altar the RW nuts gather at to worship.

nt

[Liberal_Dog]

20. Moral Relativsm 101

I did something bad.

He did something worse.

Therefore, what I did really wasn't bad at all.

[no_hypocrisy]

22. I'll make it easy: It's OK if you're part of the Family and not OK if you aren't.

Clinton wasn't part of the Family.

[quiet.american]

23. In Ensign's C Street world, assaulting children also isn' t wrong.

One of the leaders in the Family was explaining why King David was important. And he says,” It’s not because he was good man, it‘s because he‘s a bad man. You know, he seduced another man‘s wife and he actually had the husband murdered.” And he wants to explain why this was a model—and he says to one of the men in the group, “Suppose I heard you raped three little girls. What would I think of you?” And this guy, being a human being, says, “You would think I was a monster.” Well, the leader of the Family says, “No, not at all, because you‘re chosen. You‘re chosen by God for leadership, and so the normal rules don‘t apply

http://www.burlingtonnews.net/blog/?p=33

[enviralment]

24. that is true

He didn't lie under oath. the problem with Clinton wasn't the sex it was the lying.

[Swede]

25. Roh roh!

[Orsino]

27. Please go on, Senator. Go on comparing yourself to President Clinton.

This faceplant is getting more spectacular.