THE EARMARK

Senator John Ensign (R-NV), you march your butt right over here!  You were a very bad boy, Senator!  A very bad boy!  Now you go stand in the corner and think about what you did while Mommy and Daddy write a check to pay off your mistress…

Senator John Ensign’s parents gave almost $100,000 to his former lover and her family in April 2008, it was revealed on Thursday, as Mr. Ensign’s embarrassment over his extramarital affair seemed to deepen.

“In April 2008, Senator John Ensign’s parents each made gifts to Doug Hampton, Cindy Hampton, and two of their children in the form of a check totaling $96,000,” a statement on the senator’s behalf said. “Each gift was limited to $12,000. The payments were made as gifts, accepted as gifts and complied with tax rules governing gifts.”

We at the Earmark don’t know what is more hypocritical:

1. The fact that Ensign has routinely campaigned on a right-wing family “values” platform yet was off philandering with a married woman.

or

2. The fact that he routinely votes against any form of welfare or poverty assistance and yet the man is still living off of his wealthy parents!

Our friends at Politics Daily point out that Ensign is in good company as far as unsavory Nevada politicians go, but let’s face it: In terms of sheer loser-dom, the senator wins hands down.

Just compare him to the state’s governor, Cheatin’ Jim Gibbons.  When that man got the inkling to rape a cocktail waitress in a Reno parking garage, he went right up to her and told her his intentions.  He didn’t wuss out and make his parents do it for him!

Tags: Jim Gibbons, John Ensign, Nevada