Psst - @4, Slog is explicitly an adjunct to journalism, not stone cold journalism. Speculation, rumor, satire - it's all here. Might as well start getting used to it and have some fun, dear.
I always assume the possibility that the partner knows and/or approves of the affair.
Too many people want to believe that when a cheater is "caught" or confesses, their partner MUST have been completely unaware and surprised. That's BS.
If the couples are now "estranged", it was more likely 3-way action or a cuckold fetish than swinging. And Mrs. Ensign may have been turning a blind eye to it, as some spouses of cheaters do, but now that it's public she has to take the "official" stand of victim.
TPM goes into much more damning stuff than swinging. Stuff taxpayers would be pissed about.
Instead of phrasing it as a question, just say, "Ensign is a swinger." Oh that's right, that would be libel!
"But sometimes swingers have nasty breakups with a couple with whom they've been playing.
I'm thinking there's more—and more damaging—dirt to come on Ensign."
Sometimes (so I am told) a swingparty spices things up with a little bisexuality. Could Ensign have herded Hampton's hog? Licked his lollipop? Received a prostate probe?
And, who with a brain in modern America gives one small shit?
Gosh, people are being killed for political beliefs in Iran. And, I suppose they are still fucking each other ... get on it Dan, still fucking each other.
Obviously, he was primarily having gay sex with Doug. Ensign is copping to the affair with Cynthia (probably just a one-time thing while Doug was out of town) because it's more acceptable to his right-wing base.
Why not just say that, Dan? There's just as much evidence for it as there is for your hypothesis.
@18, Male on male action is highly frowned upon at most swinger's parties. Most swingers are either looking for a swap or a MFF threesome with no "gay shit" for the men. However, the ladies are both free and encouraged to jump each other.
@12 The man is a public figure by choice who has openly supported the 'morality' of opposite-sex marriage as opposed to same-sex marriage. We fit in by calling public bullshit on his hipocracy.
Let's not forget that Cynthia Hampton was second-in-command at the National Republican Congressional Committee, put there by Ensign, when her immediate superior, a guy named Ward, was busted for embezzling millions.
Nor should we forget that Ensign and co-rightwing wackjob Tom Coburn share a house in Washington, D.C. owned by that Christian crypto-cult The Family, where Coburn and "other men" allegedly had an intervention regarding Ensign hiding the salami with Mrs. Hampton.
Now we've got money, sex and religion swirling around this thing. I hope that there's an investigative reporter out there willing to go deeper, because this is a really titillating story and it's at the expense of a bunch of hypocrites.
I love your work, and your curiosity. And you might well be right. But this is GOSSIP. Not journalism.
Too many people want to believe that when a cheater is "caught" or confesses, their partner MUST have been completely unaware and surprised. That's BS.
Slog is the Gay 'Star', but not as classy...
I know this is juicy stuff... I know it feels good to watch a political enemy go down in flames... I know hypocrisy is our favorite battle cry...
But this seems to be a matter between this man, his wife, his lover, her husband and his demand for cash. Where do we fit in?
Is hypocrisy really our scarlet letter? That's the best we can do?
Instead of phrasing it as a question, just say, "Ensign is a swinger." Oh that's right, that would be libel!
Jolly good.
I'm thinking there's more—and more damaging—dirt to come on Ensign."
Sometimes (so I am told) a swingparty spices things up with a little bisexuality. Could Ensign have herded Hampton's hog? Licked his lollipop? Received a prostate probe?
Gosh, people are being killed for political beliefs in Iran. And, I suppose they are still fucking each other ... get on it Dan, still fucking each other.
I will stay tuned!
Why not just say that, Dan? There's just as much evidence for it as there is for your hypothesis.
Nor should we forget that Ensign and co-rightwing wackjob Tom Coburn share a house in Washington, D.C. owned by that Christian crypto-cult The Family, where Coburn and "other men" allegedly had an intervention regarding Ensign hiding the salami with Mrs. Hampton.
Now we've got money, sex and religion swirling around this thing. I hope that there's an investigative reporter out there willing to go deeper, because this is a really titillating story and it's at the expense of a bunch of hypocrites.