m$m finally mentions Ensign in passing...

[babylonsister]

http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2010/08/05/4824232-first-thoughts-will-gay-marriage-be-an-issue-in-the-fall


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*** Don't throw stones in glass houses: Given all the attention Charlie Rangel's and Maxine Waters' ethics woes have received, don't forget that another person is potentially facing even more serious charges -- GOP Sen. John Ensign. Both the Senate Ethics Committee and the Justice Department are investigating these matters relating to Ensign's affair with a staffer whose husband was a top Ensign aide: 1) the allegation that Ensign promised to set up the cuckolded husband as a lobbyist after he confronted Ensign about the affair, and 2) that Ensign's parents wrote a $96,000 to the couple. For Ensign, the attention being given to Rangel and Waters is not a good development. As Republicans attempt to make hay over Rangel and Waters, they'll be forced to defend the Ensign situation -- something that makes Senate Republicans, in particular, very uncomfortable. By the way, it's being reported that Ensign has registered his legal defense fund as a 527…

[medeak]

1. k&r n/t

[malaise]

2. This will explode before the elections

and it will be HUGE!! :popcorn:

[derby378]

3. Oh, I sure hope so

We're gonna need more popcorn.