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Published Friday, July 24, 2009 | 7:50 p.m.
Updated Saturday, July 25, 2009 | 2:57 a.m.
Sun Coverage
WASHINGTON - Republican Sen. John Ensign issued the following statement Friday night in light of continued questions about his affair with a former campaign staffer, Cynthia Hamtpon, as well as the $96,000 payment Ensign's parents made to the woman, her husband, Doug Hampton, who was a top Ensign aide at the time, and their children:
"I know there are questions regarding my affair with Cindy Hampton that people want to know the answers to. It was reported, however, that CREW was planning to file complaints with the Senate Ethics Committee and the Federal Election Commission, so I have been advised not to publicly comment further at this time. If any inquiries are undertaken, then I am confident they will be resolved in my favor and those questions will be answered. I am very sorry this issue has caused a great deal of embarrassment and pain for my family, the Hamptons, and many of my supporters. I remain committed to working hard for the people of Nevada on the important matters before the Senate."
I was more than willing to give our Senator a pass until these revalations about this house on C Street started to be made public.
There are times when, we the people call our Senators offices regarding issues which may be near and dear to us. And we don't always expect the Senator to agree with our positions. When calling Senator Ensign's office I always found his staff to be very courteous, good listeners, and left me with the feeling that our Senator was willing to take ALL comments into consideration before making up his mind on any particular issue. That is his job.
I feel betrayed. Our Senator has no mind of his own.
He is a Stepford Senator, pre-progammed and open to nobody elses ideas or opinions.
These people who live at C Street revel in a privilege bestowed upon them from G-d. They can commit adulterous affairs, commit heinous crimes and all will be forgiven by G-d almighty because these particular Senators and congessmen, Democrat and Republican, who live and work at C Street don't have to answer to anybody but themselves.
They care nothing about health care. Their fervent religiocity prohibits it. Stem cell research that can help people inflicted with disease, denied by them. A pre-emptive war declared by them, a "crusade" so labled by President Bush which has spent our country out of monies that could have been spent far more wisely on our needs here at home. Taxpayer money, our hard earned dollars funneled to Vice President Cheney's former companies. The Ensign crowd.
Our Senator is a robot, not a representitive. And if C Street "family" has provided him with cover, so be it. It's expected of this cult. If his blood family, however, structured transactions as a payoff for the Senator's illegal, illicit and hypocritical behavior he should go to jail.
Stuart & Robert Wyman-Cahall
Las Vegas, NV 89142
Sorry just doesn't cut it.
Once again Sen Ensign does Brenda Lee
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aiGPQVUJq...
Or maybe Phil Collins
http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x2328a_...
Regardless it"s too little too late.
This is more bizarre behavior. Why is he coming out with another non-statement when everyone is focused on "cop-gate?" Because his staff is abandoning ship?
Does he still live at the cult house?
How come Ensign does not have to explain and disavow his relationship with the cult house the way Obama had to disavow Rev. Wright?
Does he have supporters? Even the talk radio kooks have dumped him.
We're still with you Senator Ensign! Let's get back to work. We all stumble on occasion and I mean all of us. Time to bounce back! This nation's economy is in a mess. We have real issues out there that need your attention.
President Obama and his staff are working diligently with Congress to enact healthcare reform to benefit all Americans, with items such as cutting the doughnut hole for Medicare drugs in half.
Hopefully, in the future Congress will empower the Medicare panel of experts to associate costs with medical outcomes, which the Mayo Clinic is supporting. Running the same scan over and over at several providers, as one example, does not effect outcomes.
Two nights ago Sean Hannity ran short video clips of President Obama speaking highly of Mayo Clinic and their comprehensive approach to medicine for less Medicare reimbursement costs.
Then, Hannnity ran a quote from Mayo Clinic with their statement that the legislation, as is, will be a "missed opportunity". This implied that Mayo did not support Obama, an effort to discredit the President.
In fact, the Mayo Clinic would like the administration and Congress to go further with healthcare cost reform than Congress, in particular some Republicans playing politics in Congress, are willing to do.
Citizens of Nevada, your voice counts and needs to be heard by your elected representatives this summer and fall. No matter your position, I would encourage you to email, write or call them directly.
Republican Congressman Jim Demint has stated if healthcare can be postponed until fall, when appropriation bills come into play, he believes it might fail. Senator Demint has stated it would then be President Obama's waterloo.
Also at this time, the Senate Finance Committee is emerging as a pivotal player in legislation outcomes.
Here is some information for you about historical total sum support some Republican members of the Senate Finance Committee have received from special interests:
Congressman Health Insurance
John Ensign 1,795,899 580,690
Chuck Grassley, Iowa 1,876,479 858,224
Orrin Hatch, Utah 2,311,744 659,307
John Cornyn, Texas 1,994,353 568,253
Remember, elected officials work for you, you put them in office. Unless they hear from you, no matter your side in the issue, they will only be hearing from special interests, and lobbyist-attorneys on Capitol Hill representing the corporate world above the glass ceiling in American healthcare structure, a structure which represents about one sixth of the American economy.
Nevada needs federal healthcare help, sooner the better.
Numbers Correction to Above Post:
These are historical sum total figures, and I am reformatting the information so it won't display again as gazillions (as columns do not work in the comments section).
John Ensign, Nevada:
Healthcare Industry- 1,795,899
Insurance Industry- 580,690
Chuck Grassley, Iowa
Healthcare Industry- 1,876,479
Insurance Industry- 858,224
Orin Hatch, Utah:
Healthcare Industry- 2,311,744
Insurance Industry- 659,307
John Cornyn, Texas:
Healthcare Industry- 1,994,353
Insurance Industry- 568,253
Does Cornyn live at the cult house?
Johnny boy when the pressure gets too great, that's providing you get your conscience back, and you find that your state has turned their backs on you, your friends and family has turned their backs on you, don't worry. Good old C street will always open its doors for you. They will be the only ones left to fill the empty void you have created in your soul.
I might add no one stands by anyone on the last day; all stand alone in judgment.
Should have went to the cat house, and took Gibbons with him. It would have been cheaper for the both of them.
atta boy johnnie...
assume the fetal position...
you clown...
better yet...
assume the fetal position at mommy and daddy's house...
what a pathetic human being you are...
granted every single advantage in life...
pathetically run to mommy and daddy even as an adult to fix all of your boo boos...
then assume the fetal position when things get tough...
what a total and complete fraud you are!!!
johnnie boy ensign is not a leader...
he is a child...
a pathetic little spoiled punk who rode mommy and daddy's coat tails all the way to the us senate...
what a fraud...
here's a question...
anyone else come to mind who rode mommy and daddy's coat tails to political office...
hmmm...
and this spoiled punk hurt this country more than any other politician in my life time...
hmmm...
does w the loser scum bag clown come to mind...
how pathetic the poor poor terribly misguided republican party is...
absolutely pathetic!!!
Interesting non-statement.
He is apologizing for embarrassing people.
That has nothing to do with the issue, does it?
I would have expected an apology for letting constituents down. Letting them down by wasting precious political time dealing with the consequences of an affair.
Not for embarrassment. If anyone should be embarrassed, it should be Senator Ensign.
SORRY-sorry your still a senator. us americans have to pay for your healthcare. what a clown
How did this become a heath-care debate issue? Well I guess it is because Ensign won't be part of that debate except to vote NO. (By the way, if you hear statistics from the "Lewun Group" they are funded by and insurance company in Phoenix, and of course "Conservatives for Patients Rights" and Jack Scott come from the scandal ridden HCA.
Senator Ensign, I am still awaiting the help you pledged and have never recieved. As your constituent, I continue to wait for you to honor your word. P Rupp B125 SP NV 89047
#1...THE-"C"-STREET-"FAMILY"-more than likely prepared this statment that was presented to the public by Ensign,as per their...>"Protocal",so thus,...these words are not actually Ensign's! DOES'NT ANYONE SEE (THE-BIG-PICTURE) HERE?!?...WHEN WE (ELECTED)> John Ensign > (TO OFFICE),...>(WE ALSO ELECTED ALL OF THE-"C"-STREET-"FAMILY"-> TO THAT SAME OFFICE)!...<(*o*)> HELLO-PEOPLE!,...>WELCOME TO "REALITY"!
It's pretty obvious most of the negative comments being made about Sen Ensign are from the same person with multiple logons. The descriptive world 'clown' appears in almost all of them.
Reply: mred
It's important to make a point about Senator Ensign, related to the healthcare debate in Congress, because some Senators have recently strayed off course in their personal lives, while under the coverage of federally funded healthcare benefit plans.
At the same time they have gone astray many Nevadans, quite possibly some without any healthcare coverage , and definitely without a strong healthcare structure in the state, have been exposed to the possibility of blood born pathogens by merely seeking healthcare treatment through Endoscopy Centers of Nevada. They were not promiscuous with their lives, but merely seeking responsible healthcare in Nevada.
If Senator Ensign is going to preach and teach about God, and moral responsibility, and setting an example as a Nevada public policy leader, while enjoying substantial support from both the corporate-lobby level of the healthcare and insurance industry, then that is all well and fine, nothing wrong with that. But, he needs to reconcile today it would be best for him to pay the toll by supporting rational healthcare reform legislation in Congress.
Nevada has much to gain from national healthcare reform in the coming years. Once the new federal program is up and running, providing reliability for providers to forecast costs and budgets, then providers such as Mayo, or UCLA, or Cleveland Clinic, or Pittsburgh Medical, can look into the financial feasibility of bringing their brand and quality of healthcare to two million urbanites in Southern Nevada. That is the future, and when it happens it will set the existing feifdom of doctors (such as Desai) and med mal attorneys on their tail. Right now, without federal intervention, the cost structures are prohibitive to that happening in Nevada.
Contact your elected representatives, let your voices be heard in large numbers.
As a final note, the costs for Medicare and private healthcare under the status quo will be higher over the next 10-15 years without reform.
Young people, especially, should be concerned about those costs, as they will be the ones paying for them.
Senator Ensign, do the right thing on healthcare reform, then resign at the end of the year. It is not important whether it is the right thing for your party, or your family and friends, it is the right thing for Nevada, the State, and it's reputation in 49 other states.
Gregory,
AMEN!!
Stuart & Robert Wyman-Cahall
Las Vegas, NV 89142
Ensign is bad for Nevada
When Ensign gave or got jobs for the Hampton brood, he also got them health care benefits. So you can see how a guy like Ensign has no concern for people with no health-care. To him it is no big thing, just call a contributor buddy up and get a guy a job with medical benefits. Or get mommy and daddy to pay for it.
Ensign's health plan probably gets him free Viagra, weekly clap tests and condoms and abortions. And as the "Family" tells you, your better than anyone else, so use the methods of Pol Pot, Mao, and Hitler...if that is necessary to achieve your goals. Sick, demented, perverse and dangerous. That's John Ensign.
Don't know about Cornyn, but Sen. Grassley is another member of the Family (C. Street)
Boarders at the C Street Center currently include Senators Tom Coburn, R-OK; John Ensign, R-Nev.; and Jim DeMint, R-SC; and Representatives Zach Wamp, R-TN; Bart Stupak, D-Mich.; Joseph Pitts, R-PA; Heath Shuler, D-N.C.; and Mike Doyle, D-Pa
Where'd you get that list, henderson?
"The Family" probably has dirt on all of them living at that C Street house.
Ensign, Gibbons - have no shame, just arrogance
--they both remind me of hannity, limbag, o'reilly, cheney, bush, rove, rumsfeld, et.al. ad nauseum
beyond contempt
why are you bothering w/ nonsense like this? All of you. Dont you know there is a full fascist takeover of America happening RIGHT NOW? No power ever changed hands when obama "took office". They both bow to a much larger and concentrated power structure. Theyre stealing all our money, shredding the constitution and using our money to build F.E.M.A. concentration all over America for "terrorists" and "right wing extremists" who happen to believe in the constitution and U.S. soverneigty. PLEASE WAKE UP!!!!!! infowars.com
I cannot believe that we can't get a health care plan with people like this in office. I think he and the other Replicans were too busy with their bimbo interuptions to care for their fellow man. Make them sick for these people calling themselves bible thumpers. We should thump these guys with bibles until they cannot thump like bunnies in a field.