Ensign

[dignam]

It's not just that he cheated on his wife. With a woman who worked on his campaign. It's that the "other worman"'s husband works in Ensign's senate office. The two families were "very close," as he said. That's an indescribably low blow: an epic violation of trust between employer and employee. I suppose this is the perfect sexual cognate to the

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[tracyhatesmayo]

Oh good Lord. Republicans cheat on their spouses with campaign employees. Democrats cheat on their spouses with interns. Its a personal matter, not public policy. Its really just a marital issue between the cheater and the spouse, not the job. Does your sex life affect your job performance? Maybe if you were cheating on your job by screwing (up) another job? Many of our best leaders have (sadly) been sluts

[threepunchstuff]

Isn't part of it that the husband knew, and tried to use the knowledge to get money? Maybe he liked being cuckolded. Or at least didn't mind, for the right price.