John Ensign Screws Around, Blames Bill Clinton
Many have noted the hypocrisy of John Ensign having voted to impeach Bill Clinton and then turning around and having his own affair, complete with hush money. John Ensign seems to claim that Bill Clinton is to blame for Ensign’s affair. Or something like that.
Commentary By: Steven Reynolds
OK, maybe John Ensign didn’t blame Bill Clinton for his own marital infidelities, but he sure used the Clinton/Monica Lewinsky scandal to deflect attention from his own sorry moral behavior. From the Associated Press via wbaltv.com:
When President Bill Clinton’s relationship with a White House intern erupted a decade ago, Sen. John Ensign called for his resignation.
But the Nevada Republican says that situation is different from one he faces after admitting to an extramarital affair with a former campaign aide. Ensign told The Associated Press that he didn’t lie under oath like Clinton did and that he hasn’t “done anything legally wrong.”
“President Clinton stood right before the American people and he lied to the American people,” Ensign said. “You remember that famous day he lied to the American people, plus the fact I thought he suborned perjury. That’s why I voted for the articles of impeachment.”
Ensign made the remarks Wednesday before speaking at a Chamber of Commerce luncheon in rural Fernley.
The event was Ensign’s first public appearance in his home state since acknowledging in June that he had an affair with his friend’s wife, former campaign aide Cynthia Hampton.
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