Nevada Senator John Ensign last week admitted to having an affair with a campaign staffer last year. He said the staffer husband was trying to blackmail so he came forward and admitted it, apologized to his family and his constiuents.
Nevada Senator Harry Reid over the week when asked about it, simply said he hoped Ensign and his family could work through this and that his marriage would be stronger. That's all.
Ensign is a Replublican, Reid is a Democrat. And to my knowledge, I've not heard any other Democrat of nation stature say anything about Ensign and the affair. Contrast this to, oh, I don't know, how about John Edwards revealing he had an affair, and the response from the Republicans, especially the right wing nuts on talk radio. They called him everything but a white man, and rain roughshod over him.
This is yet another reason why I'm proud to be a Democrat. Wouldn't it be a very pleasant surprise to have Republicans not gleefully chatter, scold and gossip about a Democrat when something like that happens to them?
POLT Listening to "Float On" by Modest Mouse
We gayboys learn important lessons from comic books: one, there are a lot of villains out there, so you better develop some secret powers; two, if you have a good body, you can wear tight clothes; and three, it's always good to be part of a dynamic duo. - Mike, Queer As Folk
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