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StumblePublished Wednesday, July 8, 2009 | 2:07 p.m.
Updated Wednesday, July 8, 2009 | 2:09 p.m.
Doug Hampton, the man whose wife had an affair with U.S. Sen. John Ensign (R-Nevada), has been the hottest "get" in news circles (with the exception of his wife, Cindy) since Ensign admitted the affair at a brief news conference last month. Well, we got him and you can watch the first of our exclusive two-part interview tonight on Las Vegas ONE, Cox Cable channel 19. The Sun will post the program to its website Wednesday, too, for those who don't have cable.
My credo in life and work is "It's better to be lucky than good." It's worked well and helped us land guests at fortuitous times. But the credit in this case is all Jon's and it has everything to do with being good and nothing to do with luck. Our only good fortune on this story is that Fox News gave it a pass and Doug Hampton had the sense to eventually reach out to Jon, whom he recognized as an authority on the story as well as someone who would capture national attention.
Throughout the next two days some will question whether the "tabloid nature" of the subject is beneath the standards of a fine production like Face to Face. My answer is simple: Ask John Ensign.
"tabloid nature" of the subject ...it is a nice change of pace.
It was getting really boring to hear the daily Democratic progranda machine crank out the same old daily BS. Seeing Jon kissing Rogers butt was so tiring. For months now, I basically have been either watching 2 minutes of show or just directly deleting it from the DVR.
Doug is clearly a bitter man and I do not blame him. I doubt that he will get his millions that he is demanding. I think he is trying for his 5 minutes of fame (yes the 200 to 500 people watching Face-To-Face will make give him that fame.)
The show was interesting but I was hoping for a Jerry Springer moment when a fight would break out.
Perhaps on day 2.....
Believe me...there were more than 500 hundred people watching. This story made msnbc, wonkette, huffington post the minute it was reported. A large population of us in the north and rurals actually read LVSun
I think it is ironic that the only "news" (everything else is old news or trivia) in the interview is that he was asking for a million or more dollars.
His children must be very happy for him.