Comments on: Tom Coburn and “the Family” Tried to Buy Off Ensign’s Mistress http://emptywheel.firedoglake.com/2009/07/08/tom-coburn-and-the-family-tried-to-buy-off-ensigns-mistress/ Fri, 15 Jul 2011 20:48:32 -0500 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.2 By: klynn http://emptywheel.firedoglake.com/2009/07/08/tom-coburn-and-the-family-tried-to-buy-off-ensigns-mistress/#comment-171426 klynn Thu, 09 Jul 2009 13:59:06 +0000 http://emptywheel.firedoglake.com/2009/07/08/tom-coburn-and-the-family-tried-to-buy-off-ensigns-mistress/#comment-171426 <p>Hey,</p> <p>I’ve been watching her announcements irt his seat. She has caught my attention. I know someone who is a close friend to her and I thought I would have a chat with him to learn more about her political grounding.</p> Hey,

I’ve been watching her announcements irt his seat. She has caught my attention. I know someone who is a close friend to her and I thought I would have a chat with him to learn more about her political grounding.

]]> By: klynn http://emptywheel.firedoglake.com/2009/07/08/tom-coburn-and-the-family-tried-to-buy-off-ensigns-mistress/#comment-171424 klynn Thu, 09 Jul 2009 13:55:46 +0000 http://emptywheel.firedoglake.com/2009/07/08/tom-coburn-and-the-family-tried-to-buy-off-ensigns-mistress/#comment-171424 <p>Made my comment and then dashed away for the rest of the evening. </p> <p>I would would definitely meet you in Bowling Green. We’ll have to work out a calendar date. (Your writing schedule, my “little klynn’s schedules).</p> Made my comment and then dashed away for the rest of the evening.

I would would definitely meet you in Bowling Green. We’ll have to work out a calendar date. (Your writing schedule, my “little klynn’s schedules).

]]> By: cinnamonape http://emptywheel.firedoglake.com/2009/07/08/tom-coburn-and-the-family-tried-to-buy-off-ensigns-mistress/#comment-171385 cinnamonape Thu, 09 Jul 2009 11:20:54 +0000 http://emptywheel.firedoglake.com/2009/07/08/tom-coburn-and-the-family-tried-to-buy-off-ensigns-mistress/#comment-171385 <p>But secret pay-off is “silence money”…not likely. Coburn’s claims are just full of horsedada. </p> <p>IF you are going public with the affair and deal BOTH would have to be revealed at the Press Conference…all the sordid facts, and make everyone aware that this money isn’t public funds, but Ensigns own money plus the donations of the “Family” and GOP. Lawyers from the Hampton’s would give a statement. Otherwise the money would look like a bribe. But I don’t think Coburn’s gang ever intended to let Ensign’s fate sit with the voters.</p> <p>The deal was supposedly arranged, the letter written…did Coburn compel Ensign to go public? NO.</p> <p>So what would be the punishment for that? Exposure in a manner that would be “out of his control”. But Coburn and the Family kept it secret still. Even after Ensign renewed the affaire.</p> <p>The only thing that makes sense is that Coburn & Company wanted the affaire OVER, and hushed up.</p> But secret pay-off is “silence money”…not likely. Coburn’s claims are just full of horsedada.

IF you are going public with the affair and deal BOTH would have to be revealed at the Press Conference…all the sordid facts, and make everyone aware that this money isn’t public funds, but Ensigns own money plus the donations of the “Family” and GOP. Lawyers from the Hampton’s would give a statement. Otherwise the money would look like a bribe. But I don’t think Coburn’s gang ever intended to let Ensign’s fate sit with the voters.

The deal was supposedly arranged, the letter written…did Coburn compel Ensign to go public? NO.

So what would be the punishment for that? Exposure in a manner that would be “out of his control”. But Coburn and the Family kept it secret still. Even after Ensign renewed the affaire.

The only thing that makes sense is that Coburn & Company wanted the affaire OVER, and hushed up.

]]> By: Hmmm http://emptywheel.firedoglake.com/2009/07/08/tom-coburn-and-the-family-tried-to-buy-off-ensigns-mistress/#comment-171364 Hmmm Thu, 09 Jul 2009 04:43:13 +0000 http://emptywheel.firedoglake.com/2009/07/08/tom-coburn-and-the-family-tried-to-buy-off-ensigns-mistress/#comment-171364 <p>Well, after all, The Family has The Newer Testament, and we don’t, so who are we Unwashed Masses to whine at God’s Chosen Leaders?</p> Well, after all, The Family has The Newer Testament, and we don’t, so who are we Unwashed Masses to whine at God’s Chosen Leaders?

]]> By: fatster http://emptywheel.firedoglake.com/2009/07/08/tom-coburn-and-the-family-tried-to-buy-off-ensigns-mistress/#comment-171348 fatster Thu, 09 Jul 2009 03:48:12 +0000 http://emptywheel.firedoglake.com/2009/07/08/tom-coburn-and-the-family-tried-to-buy-off-ensigns-mistress/#comment-171348 <p>I don’t think Jesus would like them very much, period. He had that habit of always hanging out with poor people, dontcha know. Feeding them, loving them, comforting them, teaching them, assuring them that they mattered. Unfortunately, his teachings got turned inside out as the centuries progressed.</p> I don’t think Jesus would like them very much, period. He had that habit of always hanging out with poor people, dontcha know. Feeding them, loving them, comforting them, teaching them, assuring them that they mattered. Unfortunately, his teachings got turned inside out as the centuries progressed.

]]> By: PJEvans http://emptywheel.firedoglake.com/2009/07/08/tom-coburn-and-the-family-tried-to-buy-off-ensigns-mistress/#comment-171311 PJEvans Thu, 09 Jul 2009 02:36:13 +0000 http://emptywheel.firedoglake.com/2009/07/08/tom-coburn-and-the-family-tried-to-buy-off-ensigns-mistress/#comment-171311 <p>Typo alert:<br /></p><blockquote> Sanford was getting <strong>martial</strong> counseling from “the Family” </blockquote> <p>I hope you meant <strong>marital</strong> counseling!</p> Typo alert:

Sanford was getting martial counseling from “the Family”

I hope you meant marital counseling!

]]> By: AZ Matt http://emptywheel.firedoglake.com/2009/07/08/tom-coburn-and-the-family-tried-to-buy-off-ensigns-mistress/#comment-171292 AZ Matt Thu, 09 Jul 2009 01:44:22 +0000 http://emptywheel.firedoglake.com/2009/07/08/tom-coburn-and-the-family-tried-to-buy-off-ensigns-mistress/#comment-171292 <p>I don’t think Jesus would like them lying.</p> I don’t think Jesus would like them lying.

]]> By: Hmmm http://emptywheel.firedoglake.com/2009/07/08/tom-coburn-and-the-family-tried-to-buy-off-ensigns-mistress/#comment-171286 Hmmm Thu, 09 Jul 2009 01:32:23 +0000 http://emptywheel.firedoglake.com/2009/07/08/tom-coburn-and-the-family-tried-to-buy-off-ensigns-mistress/#comment-171286 <p><a href="mailto:WO@32" rel="nofollow">WO@32</a> - Thanks.<br /><a href="mailto:fatster@33" rel="nofollow">fatster@33</a> - Wow, I <em>thought</em> that rang a bell. Thanks muchly for delaying my early-onset-Alzheimer’s self-diagnosis for another week or two.</p> <p>Man, I <em>thought</em> all them Christers looked alike…</p> WO@32 – Thanks.
fatster@33 – Wow, I thought that rang a bell. Thanks muchly for delaying my early-onset-Alzheimer’s self-diagnosis for another week or two.

Man, I thought all them Christers looked alike…

]]> By: fatster http://emptywheel.firedoglake.com/2009/07/08/tom-coburn-and-the-family-tried-to-buy-off-ensigns-mistress/#comment-171271 fatster Thu, 09 Jul 2009 00:40:48 +0000 http://emptywheel.firedoglake.com/2009/07/08/tom-coburn-and-the-family-tried-to-buy-off-ensigns-mistress/#comment-171271 <p>Go here: <a href="http://www.thenation.com/doc/20080331/ehrenreich" rel="nofollow">http://www.thenation.com/doc/20080331/ehrenreich</a></p> Go here: http://www.thenation.com/doc/20080331/ehrenreich

]]> By: WilliamOckham http://emptywheel.firedoglake.com/2009/07/08/tom-coburn-and-the-family-tried-to-buy-off-ensigns-mistress/#comment-171265 WilliamOckham Thu, 09 Jul 2009 00:33:14 +0000 http://emptywheel.firedoglake.com/2009/07/08/tom-coburn-and-the-family-tried-to-buy-off-ensigns-mistress/#comment-171265 <p>SOS Clinton is one of the women in public life that the family likes. The family loves strong leaders who pay lip service to religious values.</p> SOS Clinton is one of the women in public life that the family likes. The family loves strong leaders who pay lip service to religious values.

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