Doug Hampton Breaks Silence On Wife's Affair With Ensign

[babylonsister]

Doug Hampton Breaks Silence On Wife's Affair With Ensign
By Zachary Roth - July 8, 2009, 5:14PM



Doug Hampton has spoken publicly for the first time about his wife Cindy's affair with Sen. John Ensign. And it's good...

The highlights from Hampton's interview with Las Vegas Sun political columnist Jon Ralston:

- Hampton said that Ensign paid Cindy more than $25,000 in severance when she stopped working for his campaign committees -- a possible felony violation of campaign-finance law if he didn't report it as an in-kind contribution. (Campaign reports show no such payment.)

- Hampton said Ensign continued the affair for months after Hampton found out about it, and even well after the Ensigns and the Hamptons had confronted the issue together!

- Hampton also said that Sen. Tom Coburn (R-OK) urged Ensign to end the liaison and to sweep it under the rug, suggesting that Ensign pay the Hamptons millions and help them resettle in Colorado.

- Hampton released a letter written by Ensign to Cindy Hampton, in which he expresses deep remorse for the affair -- which continued for around six months after the letter was written! (It reads like the words of a six-year-old who has been ordered by a parent to apologize, but has no independent grasp of what he did wrong.)

lots more...

http://tpmmuckraker.talkingpointsmemo.com/2009/07/doug_hampton_breaks_silence_on_wifes_affair_with_ensign.php?ref=fpa

[Tangerine LaBamba]

1. Boy, is Michael Jackson dead!

And guess who's back in the news?

Ah, well, the respite was nice while it lasted, wasn't it, Senator Ensign?

[babylonsister]

3. I'm so happy Ensign is back in the newz. Now how about those

other wimmen he was involved with? :evilgrin:

[Tangerine LaBamba]

4. I bet he thought

he was off the hook, what with Sanford and Palin in the wings, behind Jacko, and look!

The day after - if that's not funny, nothing is ........................

[PCIntern]

2. Biggest lie in the 'letter'

was the word "Sincerely".

[timeforpeace]

5. "Ensign continued the affair for months after Hampton found out about it" Shouldn't that say

Ensign and Hampton's wife Cindy?

[babylonsister]

6. Pretty gross, doncha think? They shared her? nt