Ensign Leaves C Street House »
Posted By Progressive 1 week, 5 days ago in Political News
Sen. John Ensign (R-NV) "has moved out of the C Street house, the Christian home he shared with other elected officials on Capitol Hill that came under scrutiny for its residents' beliefs and practices and their role in trying to end the Nevada Republican's affair with a campaign staff member," reports the Las Vegas Sun.
"The red brick town house emerged this summer as the subject of political intrigue -- not only as a pivotal location in Ensign's affair with Cynthia Hampton, but also that of South Carolina Republican Gov. Mark Sanford, who sought guidance there as he wrestled with his own affair."
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Progressive1 week, 5 days ago
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As fallout from Ensign’s affair continues with a preliminary Senate Ethics Committee investigation and talk of a possible criminal inquiry by the Justice Department, Ensign decided to move out, not wanting to draw further attention to his longtime home.
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Ensign has previously said he did nothing legally wrong, and will cooperate with any formal investigations.
Ensign apparently was not pushed out, but left on his own. He apologized to his colleagues.
Ensign declined last week to discuss his housing situation, after The New York Times reported that the senator was planning to move.
“I don’t discuss my living arrangements,” Ensign told the Sun.
But the Sun confirmed through another source that he left the house a few weeks ago.
The break is significant. Ensign had lived at the C Street home since shortly after coming to Congress in 1995. (He left Congress for two years after an initial failed run for the Senate in 1998.)
As many six lawmakers — senators and congressmen — reside at the multistory town house just a few blocks from the Capitol. Group residences are common in Washington, where rents are high and elected officials typically support a residence in the capital and one in their home state.
A timely book, “The Family,” by religious writer Jeff Sharlet, described the organization that runs the house as a longtime, backroom power player in Washington, grooming lawmakers as spiritually chosen political leaders. Men often gather there for spiritual fellowship.
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epiphannyy1 week, 5 days ago
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Jeff Sharlet's book describes a lot more than that. Everyone should read it. It describes a group that has been involved in Washington politics for nearly a century now, who believe they are truly "God's chosen" and above all rules of morality because of this distinction. As one of God's chosen, they could LITERALLY rape young girls and still find support among the members since God's chosen can do no wrong. The rules of morality that govern the rest of society don't govern them because God already chose them and therefore they are immune to any of those petty restrictions. They preach that the governing styles and ideology of people like Hitler, Stalin, Mao Tse Tung, and even Osama bin Laden are to be studied, revered, and emulated at every opportunity. These are the "great leaders" to model their own agendas after.
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That is why when their fellow members have been caught up in scandal, they've still been embraced. This move by Ensign is an interesting one though. I wonder if it was his own decision or if his transgressions just became too big for them to ignore any longer. Either way, it's an interesting move.
ANY politician who choose to live with or "seek spiritual fellowship" at C-Street should be viewed with suspicion by all thinking Americans. They are more like a cult than they are like any valid religious group. And their very existence is a threat to America because of the way they wield their power in the political world. What is most confusing, however, is how many religious people see nothing wrong with what these people do, even tough their core belief is that no one but themselves (their fellow chosen ones) even count in society today - including every religious nut who defends them.
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