Reply #32: I have done some snooping on the internets............

[kestrel91316]

and have found some interesting tidbits about Senator John Ensign (R-NV).

I knew that he had casino connections, but WOW - his father is Michael S. Ensign, CEO and COO of the parent company of Mandalay Bay, Luxor, Excalibur (a crappy, cheezy place, BTW) and a bunch of other casinos including the places out in Jean. MONEY MONEY MONEY!!!! John is a big supporter of gambling interests, to say the least.

Curiously, the Senator claims to be a Pentecostal, his bio says he is a member of a Foursquare Gospel church, and he lives in DC at the whackadoo haven known as C Street Center with, among others, Senator Brownback of KS. He makes like a RW Christofascist, but supports gambling and probably stands to inherit a HUGE estate of gambling proceeds when dear old dad passes. Fits right in with the mandatory hypocrisy in today's Repubic Party.

And about dear old dad: John's mom was working in Vegas as a lowly casino cashier when John was a toddler (abt 1960). Then at some point she marries, presumably, THE CASINO OWNER, who kindly adopts John as his own. I guess mom knew how to look out for herself. IMHO this sort of sleeping one's way to the top is, well, tacky. But hey - look where it got mom and her kid........John is a notable pretty boy, so I guess his mom must have been the best-looking cashier around.