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Corrupt adulterer and Republican Senator John Ensign isn’t up for re-election until 2012. That’s a good thing, because his total fundraising take for the first quarter of 2010 wouldn’t pay for pens and pencils for the campaign office that he couldn’t afford rent on:
Sen. John Ensign’s re-election campaign took in just $50 in contributions, from one contributor, during the first quarter of 2010, according to FEC reports. The paltry take comes as more bad news for the scandal-tarred Nevada Republican, who would run for re-election in 2012.
Disclosure reports examined by TPMmuckraker show that Robert Donald, a Las Vegas retiree, was the sole contributor to the “Ensign for Senate” committee between January and March. Donald gave two separate $25 contributions.
Not $500 or $5,000 or $50,000 (and mind you, even the biggest figure there would be bad for a statewide Senate campaign), but fifty bucks. From one guy.
In Ensign’s defense, that guy really seems to like him. He probably won’t have to spend a dime canvassing Robert Donald’s house. But if he wants more than one vote in November 2012, he might want to up the fundraising ante.
Ensign’s legal troubles have been completely toxic to the GOP in Nevada. He is currently under investigation by the Justice Department over pay-to-play deals in connection with getting the husband of his mistress, former Chief of Staff Doug Hampton, a lobbying job.
Ensign’s personal contributions are actually higher than contributions to his PAC. That raked in exactly zero dollars in the first quarter.
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Must not be planning on running again.
Ha! Ha! or ha ha ha…ha
can we get a progressive in there or do we get another republican calling themselves “democrats”?
But he had such success when he dialed for dollars in the past.
Well, I am not calling a waahmbulance.
I guess he thinks that the blowjobs he got from Mrs. Hampton were worth losing his Senate seat for.
Ensign is worth every penny he collected.
I think he got more than he is worth!
The bottom line is that I don’t care about the bedroom activities of my elected officials or of anyone else for that matter. However, when he’s paying people off, especially people who work for him, to keep it quiet, that’s what I have a problem with.
Not necessarily. Do we know yet whether it was delivered in a jar full of pennies?
Don’t ridicule. If he gives that $50 to David Vitter, it’ll get put to good use.
*snicker snicker*
you can Depends on that
Ridicule is our friend. Lord knows, we have precious few friends.
you always were generous, eCAHN
If I did my calculations accurately (less than no guaranty there) $50 in pennies is 3.7 cubic feet. Oops site I relied on keeps switching back & forth between inches & meters, so cancel my conclusions.
Hey, people are out of chickens.
PS I’m keeping my pennies, too.
I have been known to throw pennies on the street in Manhattan.
Hole-in-the-wall store in my neighborhood, proprietor being a curmudgeon, embedded a quarter in the sidewalk right outside his door. I can’t tell you how many times I have had a reflex reaction to bend down & pick it up.
See a penny, pick it up. And, all the day, you’ll have good luck.
Damn! I struggled so hard not to include the D word. ;)
Agree. Except in Ensign’s case there is the hypocricy issue. He was one of the first & loudest to blast Clinton for his bj & call for impeachment. And the prick contributed to that giant waste of my tax dollars by endorsing Ken Starr’s wanking bs. Trow da bum out! jerk.