While his story has been overshadowed to a great degree by the Mark Sanford and Sarah Palin follies, consider for a moment the Curious Case of Senator John Ensign.
Briefly, what happened was this: He cheated on his wife with an employee who worked in his Senate offices (as did his paramour's husband), then paid the couple $25,000 in hush money -- but failed to end the affair. When the other couple came on hard times, the Ensigns invited them to live in their home, during which time Ensign continued his dalliance -- under his own roof -- until he was confronted by the woman's husband on Christmas Eve and subjected to a sort of Adultery Intervention attended by all members of both families. Even at that he had a hard time ending the affair, so he went to his Christian buddies for advice. They counseled that he ought to write the other woman a note putting an end to things and boost the hush money payment to a cool $100Gs, and then they walked him down to the Fed-Ex office to make doubly sure he sent the note. [Even at that, he called his lover ahead of delivery to tip her off the note was coming and she should ignore its message.] In the meantime, the boy senator went to his mommy and daddy and borrowed the $100,000 to pay off the other family. And apparently that's what amountsed to presidential timber in the Republican Party these days.
The aggrieved husband went on Las Vegas television for an extended interview detailing the whole sordid mess. Watch it here if you like soap operas.
Briefly, what happened was this: He cheated on his wife with an employee who worked in his Senate offices (as did his paramour's husband), then paid the couple $25,000 in hush money -- but failed to end the affair. When the other couple came on hard times, the Ensigns invited them to live in their home, during which time Ensign continued his dalliance -- under his own roof -- until he was confronted by the woman's husband on Christmas Eve and subjected to a sort of Adultery Intervention attended by all members of both families. Even at that he had a hard time ending the affair, so he went to his Christian buddies for advice. They counseled that he ought to write the other woman a note putting an end to things and boost the hush money payment to a cool $100Gs, and then they walked him down to the Fed-Ex office to make doubly sure he sent the note. [Even at that, he called his lover ahead of delivery to tip her off the note was coming and she should ignore its message.] In the meantime, the boy senator went to his mommy and daddy and borrowed the $100,000 to pay off the other family. And apparently that's what amount
The aggrieved husband went on Las Vegas television for an extended interview detailing the whole sordid mess. Watch it here if you like soap operas.
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