Comments on: Ensign And Sanford Won’t Resign, And… http://donklephant.com/2009/07/14/ensign-and-sanford-wont-resign-and/ Big Teeth. Huge Ass. Surprisingly Reasonable. Mon, 23 Nov 2009 19:41:00 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Trescml http://donklephant.com/2009/07/14/ensign-and-sanford-wont-resign-and/comment-page-1/#comment-511672 Trescml Wed, 15 Jul 2009 11:00:55 +0000 http://donklephant.com/?p=15586#comment-511672 The only way that Ensign unless polling showed him it was hopeless. The power of a Senate seat is something that is not easy to give up and since Ensign may not have a post Senate plan for his life yet (higher office being off the table) he doesn't want to leave. He reaks of hypocrisy? A good part of the Senate is the same way in one way or another. If you want to get rid of him, then you have to find a candidate that can appeal to enough of his voter to win. He will have a core that will vote for him no matter what. This is how Michelle Bachman get re-elected. I hope he get defeated, but the fact that he want to keep his office and run again shouldn't be a surprise. The only way that Ensign unless polling showed him it was hopeless. The power of a Senate seat is something that is not easy to give up and since Ensign may not have a post Senate plan for his life yet (higher office being off the table) he doesn’t want to leave. He reaks of hypocrisy? A good part of the Senate is the same way in one way or another. If you want to get rid of him, then you have to find a candidate that can appeal to enough of his voter to win. He will have a core that will vote for him no matter what. This is how Michelle Bachman get re-elected. I hope he get defeated, but the fact that he want to keep his office and run again shouldn’t be a surprise.

]]> By: Chris http://donklephant.com/2009/07/14/ensign-and-sanford-wont-resign-and/comment-page-1/#comment-511067 Chris Wed, 15 Jul 2009 01:05:03 +0000 http://donklephant.com/?p=15586#comment-511067 It's not really having to do with their private lives, it has to do with the level of hypocrisy they offer the republican party and the people they serve. It’s not really having to do with their private lives, it has to do with the level of hypocrisy they offer the republican party and the people they serve.

]]> By: Paul http://donklephant.com/2009/07/14/ensign-and-sanford-wont-resign-and/comment-page-1/#comment-510729 Paul Tue, 14 Jul 2009 19:03:45 +0000 http://donklephant.com/?p=15586#comment-510729 If either of these two men cared at all about the ones they have hurt they would resign. However,at least we know what type of people Sanford and Ensign really are now !! If either of these two men cared at all about the ones they have hurt they would resign. However,at least we know what type of people Sanford and Ensign really are now !!

]]> By: Tully http://donklephant.com/2009/07/14/ensign-and-sanford-wont-resign-and/comment-page-1/#comment-510669 Tully Tue, 14 Jul 2009 18:21:21 +0000 http://donklephant.com/?p=15586#comment-510669 Bribed with gifts, or were blackmailed into paying? MY take on Ensign's revealing of the incidents in the first place was that they were putting the old blackmail squeeze on him, and short of taking it public that would never stop. This would support that theory -- they already got money, and new jobs out of Ensign via referrals, and then came back for more. But the gravy train failed to stop again -- instead Ensign went public to stop the blackmailing. Doesn't excuse Ensign's actions, of course. Other than the going-public thing. Formal reprimand for Sanford? Sounds about right. It's not like he committed perjury or anything. ;-) Bribed with gifts, or were blackmailed into paying? MY take on Ensign’s revealing of the incidents in the first place was that they were putting the old blackmail squeeze on him, and short of taking it public that would never stop. This would support that theory — they already got money, and new jobs out of Ensign via referrals, and then came back for more. But the gravy train failed to stop again — instead Ensign went public to stop the blackmailing. Doesn’t excuse Ensign’s actions, of course. Other than the going-public thing.

Formal reprimand for Sanford? Sounds about right. It’s not like he committed perjury or anything. ;-)

]]> By: gerryf http://donklephant.com/2009/07/14/ensign-and-sanford-wont-resign-and/comment-page-1/#comment-510651 gerryf Tue, 14 Jul 2009 17:58:18 +0000 http://donklephant.com/?p=15586#comment-510651 Why should he resign! A senator's private life should have no impact on his ability to lead! It's not like Ensign said that Larry Craig should resign after his bathroom stall encounter. Or that Bill Clinton should resign becuase his affair was such an "embarassing moment for the country" or that such affairs are a "sad moment" for the American people, or that people who engage in such activity have "no credibility left." Or that elected leaders need to "hold themselves to a little higher standard." Or that he is a member of The Promise Keepers, who promise "to be committed to practicing spiritual, moral, ethical, and sexual purity" or to build "strong marriages and families through love, protection and biblical values." Oh, he said all those things? Nevermind..... Why should he resign! A senator’s private life should have no impact on his ability to lead!

It’s not like Ensign said that Larry Craig should resign after his bathroom stall encounter.

Or that Bill Clinton should resign becuase his affair was such an “embarassing moment for the country” or that such affairs are a “sad moment” for the American people, or that people who engage in such activity have “no credibility left.”

Or that elected leaders need to “hold themselves to a little higher standard.”

Or that he is a member of The Promise Keepers, who promise “to be committed to practicing spiritual, moral, ethical, and sexual purity” or to build “strong marriages and families through love, protection and biblical values.”

Oh, he said all those things?

Nevermind…..

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