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John Ensign planning to run again

(via Politico) · November 17, 2010 · 2:03 AM

Nevada Sen. John Ensign said Tuesday he has been planning to run for reelection “for a long time,” suggesting that the ongoing fallout of his extramarital affair won’t doom him politically.

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  1. By ColinFromLasVegas
    Nov. 17, 2010
    3:01 a.m.
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    I think he misspoke.

    He intends to run. But not for public office.

    He's running from an ongoing FBI criminal investigation into his apparent corruption that may land him in prison.

    He's running from a possible Senate ethics probe that may get him slapped out of office in total disgrace.

    He's running from fallout due to his deplorable personal life which includes adultery, an extramarital affair with a friend/staffer's wife and the equally despicable attempt to have his parents pay the staffer off with money for his silence.

    He's running from his track record of total uselessness as a Senator. He's running from the fact that he does not serve, cannot serve and will never be able to serve Nevada.

    Basically, he's running from the truth.

    He can't snow us. Ensign is pond scum.

    He's gone. If not due to his personal actions, it will be by the will of the people. We don't want him anymore. Even the Republican Party doesn't. Ensign is a disgrace.

    I am simply amazed at the dream world he apparently lives in where he thinks nobody knows of his shameful past record in office. To think that his actions don't produce consequences is incredibly dumb. It's a guarantee he won't even be able to muster enough votes to seek public office as Dogcatcher General in Nevada. He don't seem to grasp the reality that for his past public office behavior, he has to pay.

    Bye, Ensign. Disappear.

  2. By PGelsman (Paul Gelsman)
    Nov. 17, 2010
    3:07 a.m.
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    Well said Colin.

  3. By dipstick
    Nov. 17, 2010
    3:54 a.m.
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    johnny prevert may run in the republican primary but even crazy bat sh*t angle would beat him. he would be better off looking for another job.

  4. By fosimmons (frank simmons)
    Nov. 17, 2010
    5 a.m.
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    Playboy Ensignee is disgusting and let's hope he goes to prison

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    For months I have sought one thing , just one, that he has done for Nevada or the country and there is absolutely nothing.

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    This man is a lowlife jerk without any morals or manners, class and certainly no religion

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    Of course, he will not win any coming elections because people do not want Playboys and idiots representing them

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    Ola - jail him and put Kyle and KeatingFiveGuy in there , too !

  5. By dipstick
    Nov. 17, 2010
    5:28 a.m.
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    they're all in bred down there in bayou country and having sex out of wed lock is called a family get together.

  6. By Uhave2laff (Marla Turner)
    Nov. 17, 2010
    6:31 a.m.
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    Proving once again that those with a sense of entitlement are in public service for the perks - not the people. John, get out while you have your one remaining shred of dignity left.

  7. By SunJon (Jon Becker)
    Nov. 17, 2010
    6:34 a.m.
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    He voted against the stimulus package but championed tax breaks for the super wealthy. Those that work for a living now pay the taxes of wealthy - with more Ensign, we'll be selected by a State Lottery to do their gardening.

  8. By Chandler_L (Chandler LeVrIcH)
    Nov. 17, 2010
    6:57 a.m.
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    Ah, the joys of a Republican primary challenge. Good-bye Johnnie, we knew ye too much.

  9. By KillerB
    Nov. 17, 2010
    7 a.m.
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    dipstick -- you post "having sex out of wed lock" as if it were a bad thing. If so, what's bad about it?

    "Prostitutes are accused even by feminists of selling their bodies; but prostitutes don't sell their bodies, they rent their bodies. Housewives sell their bodies when they get married." -- Florynce R. Kennedy (the attorney-activist who led a mass urination on a campus to protest the policy of no women's toilets), from "Color Me Flo" (1976)

  10. By NancyK (Nancy Kuhns)
    Nov. 17, 2010
    7:18 a.m.
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    Good grief. The man is delusional at best if he thinks he will make it through a primary. How does one become that detached from reality?

  11. By lbfromlv (Larry Bee)
    Nov. 17, 2010
    8:29 a.m.
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    This guy may not be smart but he certainly knows the word "devious" when he meets it. He figures to rent Harry Reid's political commercials and run them against Ms. Angle just as Harry did. No brainer and no production costs.

  12. By Judy
    Nov. 17, 2010
    8:58 a.m.
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    Ensign and Gibbons have so much in common. neither can keep their zipper up when a woman is in the room and both have the arrogant ego the size of Nevada. Gibbons ran again and LOST and Ensign will lose. Can't wait to see this circus side show leading into 2012.

  13. By airweare (Joe Lamy)
    Nov. 17, 2010
    2:10 p.m.
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    Colin has skewered the 'possum and laid his flesh to the fire.

    Coyote connoisseurs might dine on that kind of roadkill, but most people find him kind of a worthless, irrelevant pervert whose sense of honesty and credibility are thinner than soy sauce.

    John (Roadkill) Ensign, US Senator from Nevahduh, famous for nailing his best friend's and staffer's wife, and then got his folks to front the hush money!

    Now kkknockin on yer door an askin fer yer VOTE!

  14. By mred
    Nov. 17, 2010
    5:07 p.m.
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    He should be investigated for campaign finance irregularities, he didn't report the 86 cents I sent him.

  15. By casinokid
    Nov. 17, 2010
    9:13 p.m.
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    @mred

    I caught that one that's funny 86 him lol

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