Incredible; almost 450 posts So the next time a republican is caught with a boy in a bathroom stall or running away to a foreign country to be with his mistress we'll have the same kind of thread right?
Curious question (somewhat unrelated/somewhat related): I'm assuming that most of the people on this board have a job. Almost every company has an IT acceptable use policy that gets enforced, and there are a number of provisions which, if violated, result in disciplinary action and/or termination. The most obvious examples of violations are p*rnography, bootleg movie/music sites, p2p file sharing, etc. Does congress have to abide by the same set of policies? and if so, does their internet usage get audited? For example, if during an audit it turns up that a certain congressman was using p*rnography from his work computer, would he be liable to receive disciplinary action and/or termination?
It is highly unlikely that internet usage by members of Congress is audited, IMO. That would give lowly IT workers the ability to f*** with the most powerful people in this country and there is no way on God's green Earth that Congress would approve of such auditing.
WienerGate 2 -- What did he have in his underwear? According to his friend John Stewart in the video from this thread -- "He's just not that big." So what did he have down his pants -- a rolled up copy of the constitution, the Bill of Rights, or perhaps pages from a Koran? We shouldn't rest until all the questions from this debacle are answered.
don't get your political panties in a bunch. You will have plenty of sex scandals to of the other party to use as ammo in your attack of how evil they are. THis topic has had so much traction because of the nature what happened, i.e. his early excuses to cover it up, followed by more pictures and evidence, followed by documentation of his conversations. He left a long cyberpaper trail which gives people a lot to talk about.
Did he play the victim for 10 days? Did he do countless interviews denying the accusations? How many women was he in contact with? BTW, I'm on the record as thinking the amount of media attention this is getting sucks. It's only distracting people from more important issues our politicians should be tackling: specifically the economy.
Its not even Ensign. Ensign did get hammered but what about David Vitter. The guy is still sitting in the senate after getting caught paying for prostitutes multiple times. Not to mention he made calls to a madam WHILE there were roll calls on the floor. Yet when Vitter got caught, Republicans waxed the floor with the need for "forgiveness" and how people can change. Additionally Vitter was caught in the same manner as Elliot Spitzer yet Republicans were all over Spitzer for his infidelity but didnt give a **** about Vitter. (who is still in office) So its not shocking at all that Republicans have been entirely two faced when it comes to marriage infidelity.
i love the kindgergarten finger pointing that goes on in these things... "but, but he did that"...."they did it too"...etc It's like playing with my brother's kids
ensign slept with a married woman whom both her and her hubby worked for him and then had a potential criminal investigation into paying them off with his parent's money. are you seriously suggesting sexting is worse?
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He immediately resigned, this is what most politicians do when they get caught. As opposed to lying your ass off to the public and falsely accusing others of crimes (this is the worst part of all of it) until the amount of evidence amounted against you is undeniable. According to Brietbart, who has been honest and correct every step of the way, Weiner called in his staff immediately and planned to establish a defense of accusing Brietbart (through the media/blogs) of hacking his accounts. Which did happen for many days. Accusing others' of criminal activity just to hide your sleaziness is unforgivable.
No he didn’t He only resigned after the senate ethics committee was about to come down on his head. In fact they still could issue their statement. For three years Ensign tried to hide his affair. The senate ethics investigation had been going on for almost two years. He didn't immediately resign and you know it.
