Sen. John Ensign said Thursday his parents gave his mistress and her family nearly $100,000 "out of concern for the well being of longtime family friends during a difficult time," providing his first public acknowledgment that the woman received payments tied to the affair.
In a statement through his attorney, Ensign described the April 2008 payment as a single check for $96,000 given to Cindy and Doug Hampton and two of their children. The Hampton family received the check after the senator told his parents of his affair with Cindy Hampton, a campaign aide and longtime friend.
Part two of the Hampton interview is here.
I enjoyed this comment on the Washington Post comments section:
benighse wrote:
Alright, let's see if we have this correct: 1) Ensign gets wind of a FoxNews leak and admits an affair--it hits the front pages; 2) Sanford hears about it and two days later hops a plane to Buenos Aries to boink his mistress and relieve Ensign of his front page status; 3) Michael Jackson and Farrah Fawcett bounce them both from the front pages, so Sanford confesses even more, and gets back in the news; 4) Sarah Palin says, "you boys can't get ALL the publicity about NOT resigning, so I'll resign for you, and get ALL the front page stories for a week" and it works for a few days; 5) Ensign says "that's enough Sarah" and let's the evil mistress's husband tell lies about it only being a $25,000.00 payment, and says "you liar, it was at least $96,000.00 and mommy and daddy have the checks to prove it." 6) WHAT's NEXT? --- All we know is if the game goes like Monopoly, it's Sanford's roll of the dice, and Sarah is waiting at Park Place or Boardwalk to make the big money when it's her turn again....TRUTH, STRANGER THAN FICTION....
7/9/2009 10:23:55 PM
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