Hell may be fury yet to come for Sen. Ensign

[Bravo Zulu]

LAS VEGAS (AP) -- Sen. John Ensign has been quick to describe his dalliance with an aide in brief and simple terms. The affair is over. The apologies made and accepted. No questions will be answered, the married Nevada Republican said in his brief admission of infidelity.

But the first public statement from the woman once involved with the 51-year-old rising political star suggests more is brewing behind Ensign's neat account.

Cindy Hampton and her husband, a couple Ensign has described as "close friends," issued sharp remarks Wednesday through an attorney.

"It is unfortunate the senator chose to air this very personal matter, especially after the Hamptons did everything possible to keep this matter private," Las Vegas lawyer Daniel Albregts said in the statement. "It is equally unfortunate that he did so without concern for the effect such an announcement would have on the Hampton family. In time the Hamptons will be ready and willing to tell their side of the story."

http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_ENSIGN_AFFAIR?SITE=PAPIT&SECTION=NATIONAL&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT

[Liberal_in_LA]

1. So he's had at least 2 affairs

"The disclosure resurrected questions about a two-week period in 2002 when Ensign abruptly dropped from public view. A person familiar with that episode, speaking on condition of anonymity because of the sensitivity of the matter, said the senator told a close associate the absence followed an earlier affair."

[murielm99]

2. I noticed that in an earlier article.

It seems that many people have missed it thus far.

Maybe he has a longer history of infidelity than anyone realized.

[BR_Parkway]

4. He's GOP yakkin about family values - of course he's got a history

of not actually practicing them.

It's kind of like the whole closet gay Congressmen being the most outspoken about not giving GLBT their rights - those protesting the loudest normally have something to hide. As a group of people drawn to authoritarian "top down" controls, they are the ones who think there need to be rules for everyone else because they really lack those same self restraints in their own lives.

The more they squawk about the evil gays - the more likely they've got a boy (or several) in the background - the more they harp on "sanctity of marriage", the more the odds go up that they're serial cheaters.

It's become so stereotypical at this point, even Vegas wouldn't bet against it.

[JNelson6563]

5. Hammer meet nail.

Spot on.

[malaise]

3. Three n/t