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Top Ten Reasons John Ensign Should Resign

POSTED BY: OPPYH
UPDATED: Saturday, October 3, 2009 21:54
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FREMDFIRMA

Friday, October 2, 2009 7:01 PM

Oh, I didn't mean that in a sexist way, there's boy-whores too, just sayin that when someone political, powerful or famous is payin for some nookie, keeping it quiet is kinda part of what they're paying for, isn't it ?

I've just got back from a funeral of an old friend, an argument with my state rep, and my doctor, and I look like a freakin pirate right now with this damn eyepatch, my mechanical leg, and a brace of stitches, so i'm not exactly in like a really happy place, no...

But the whole idea of payin for sex sets my back up, as Mal said in Shindig "It's the LIE of it" - so there's that, too.

-F

KWICKO

Friday, October 2, 2009 10:32 PM

Or, to put it even more bluntly, you ain't payin' for the sex - you're payin' 'em to LEAVE afterwards!

DREAMTROVE

Saturday, October 3, 2009 1:05 AM

lol. just overall.

KWICKO

Saturday, October 3, 2009 1:41 AM

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lol. just overall.

Yup. Good times.

KWICKO

Saturday, October 3, 2009 1:50 AM

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But the whole idea of payin for sex sets my back up, as Mal said in Shindig "It's the LIE of it" - so there's that, too.

I'm conflicted. I don't mind the IDEA of people paying for sex, and think prostitution might be better off if it were legal - except for the organized-crime aspects of it. I think there are people who'd do good to avail themselves of sex-workers (that guy who shot up the gym in Pennsylvania comes to mind) because they can't seem to get laid any other way. On the other hand, I'm prude enough that I couldn't pay for sex. Like Frem and Mal, there's just something I find distasteful about it (and when I say "distasteful", DO NOT come back with "That's why I never kiss 'em on the mouth!").

So yeah, if you can find a way to have prostitutes where they have the power of self-determination (individual rights?), then go for it. But how do you insure that they aren't victimized by pimps, whether legal or not?

Now, as to the question at hand about Letterman:

Is it clear whether he hired these women just to have sex with them? Or is it that he had sex with someone who worked for him?

More to the point, should EVERYONE lose their job if they sleep with someone they work with, they work for, or who works for them?

And if so, tell me again, why is John Ensign still a U.S. Senator? And why is he being allowed to run for reelection?

And there are SOOOOO many other great questions about Ensign, having to do with both legal AND ethical issues.

Mike

The percentage you're paying is too high-priced
While you're living beyond all your means;
And the man in the suit has just bought a new car
From the profit he's made on your dreams

GEEZER

Saturday, October 3, 2009 2:24 AM

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...and I look like a freakin pirate right now with this damn eyepatch, my mechanical leg, and a brace of stitches...

But the parrot, man! Do you have the parrot?

"Keep the Shiny side up"

FREMDFIRMA

Saturday, October 3, 2009 3:56 AM

I *knew* that was comin...

No, no hook hand, no parrot, but damned I got everythin else, I can sub in a white cat to stroke in villainous fashion though.

You know what REALLY sucks about stitches ?
THEY ITCH GODDAMN IT, rrrrrgghhhh!!

-F

RIVERDANCER

Saturday, October 3, 2009 4:30 AM

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Originally posted by Kwicko:
Or, to put it even more bluntly, you ain't payin' for the sex - you're payin' 'em to LEAVE afterwards!

That's what Chef says. And we can always trust him and his life lesson songs.

DREAMTROVE

Saturday, October 3, 2009 2:46 PM

I recent met a man who did have a hooked hand. He had a boat, but no parrot.

Still, you should get a parrot. Parrots are cool. Get a baby of some smart parrot and train it like a dog. Some parrots can actually learn to talk, not just ... err... parrot ... or do I mean arr...

As my brother said years ago "parrots actually *do* know what they're saying, they're just not very nice."

NIKI2

Saturday, October 3, 2009 5:28 PM

Way, waaay too late to comment on it all, so I'll just comment on the title and as far as I read.

I agree with others, Letterman is a comedian, he screwed up, and no, I don't believe for a minute that he meant the 14 year old. That's just plain stupid. He'd KNOW the backlash he'd get; it was just dumb not to clarify the joke, which could have been done easiy with something like "good thing he didn't have Bristol with her, or..." They screwed the pooch on that one.

Palin made the most of it, as she has done with ANYTHING that would gain her sympathy or she thinks would.

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The Left's never-ending personal attacks on Palin only show just how terrified they truly are of her.

Oh, please, please, BELIEVE that, and run her for Prez in 2012...please, please, please????

I never watched Letterman much...I don't watch either of the late-night shows 'cuz I'm really sick of bad jokes being laughed at. Before I gave up, I spent a long time listening to their jokes, thinking "uh..?" while listening to the audience go crazy over something I thought was stupid or just plain not funny.

I don't watch stand-up comedians anymore, either, because the idea of their "humor" seems to be hollering, obscenity, bathroom jokes, or other just plain nasty "humor" which, again, the audience goes wild over but I find not the slightest bit humorous.

Which is not to say either Letterman or stand-ups don't come up with some really great stuff now and again...just not enough to sit through the rest of the bullshit. I always found Letterman particularly nasty in his humor and don't like the bit of the man himself which sneaks through.

But Palin? She's a joke, and I've not seen such a whiner in a long time, not to mention a quitter for self-serving purposes. She'll make her fortune dissing America, Obama, Democrats, the media, and anything else she can wrap her pathetic little brain around, happily lying through her teeth when it serves her purpose.

As to "abusing" her daughters, she used her kids every chance she got; "as ye sow, so shall ye reap". Has nobody but herself to blame. Obama's kept his kids out of the spotlight the majority of the time, yet "Kill Obama, and Michelle and the two kids too" wasn't even intended as a joke!

It's all a tempest in a teapot, as is Letterman's recent scandal. Waste of time, energy and thought.

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