Mark McKinnon: Ensign, Get Your Sorry Ass Out of the Senate

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http://www.thedailybeast.com/blogs-and-stories/2009-06-17/ensign-get-your-sorry-ass-out-of-the-senate/?cid=hp:originalslist5


Ensign, Get Your Sorry Ass Out of the Senate

by Mark McKinnon

As vice chairman of Public Strategies and president of Maverick Media, Mark McKinnon has helped meet strategic challenges for candidates, causes, and individuals, including George W. Bush, John McCain, Governor Ann Richards, Charlie Wilson, Lance Armstrong, and Bono. McKinnon is co-chair of Arts & Labs, a collaboration between technology and creative communities that have embraced today’s rich Internet environment to deliver innovative and creative digital products to consumers.

In the fourth of a series on the 2012 landscape, former Bush and McCain strategist Mark McKinnon says Sen. John Ensign’s hypocrisy makes his misdemeanor of adultery a felony—and he should resign.



Ensign. It’s almost an anagram for resign. How appropriate.

John Ensign just crashed off our top 10 list for 2012 GOP presidential aspirants. Hell, in our view, he ought to crash his sorry ass out of the Senate.

Having an affair is bad. Having an affair with a campaign aide is really bad. Having an affair with an aide who is married to Senate staffer is crazy stupid.

Sanctity of the institution of marriage? Well John, you just soiled the sanctity of your own institution so what does that say about your deeply held convictions?

OK, so we know John Ensign has really poor judgment.

But, as usual in these kind of “affairs,” it’s the hypocrisy that really stinks up the joint that makes the misdemeanor a felony.

Here’s what Ensign said about his Republican colleague Sen. Larry Craig after he got tangled in sexual scandal on the issue of whether or not he should resign: "I wouldn't put myself hopefully in that kind of position, but if I was in a position like that, that's what I would do. He's going to have to answer that for himself."

OK, well despite his “hopefully,” Ensign did put himself in that kind of position. And since he was “in a position like that”, shouldn’t he resign?

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1. In just one month two GOP presidential contenders for '12 are damaged goods

Huntsman, gone to China, and probably out for '16 as well. Would Republican primary voters nominate someone who served in the hated Obama Administration?

Ensign is now toast for '12.

So, who will be next to go off the 2012 radar screen?

[malaise]

2. Oops

Well byebye then

[panader0]

3. Any pictures of Mrs. Hampton yet?