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The Senate Select Committee on Ethics publicly criticized Republican Oklahoma Sen. Tom Coburn on Friday for acting improperly when he attended a meeting for an ex-aide to former Sen. John Ensign who was precluded from lobbying senators under federal law.

The Ethics Committee also publicly admonished Bret Bernhardt, chief of staff for Sen. Jim DeMint (R-S.C.), over his dealings with Hampton, including setting up a meeting between his boss and a Las Vegas airline that Hampton was representing.

Doug Hampton repeatedly appealed to Coburn for help in trying to end the extramarital affair between Ensign and his wife, Cindy Hampton. Cindy Hampton was Ensign’s campaign treasurer, and both Hamptons were personally close to the Ensign family.

Coburn, who lived in a Christian group townhouse on Capitol Hill with Ensign, later found himself acting as a go-between for Doug Hampton and Ensign when the former aide demanded millions of dollars in payments to rebuild his shattered career after leaving Capitol Hill. Coburn even floated the idea of Ensign — the son of wealthy casino owners — buying the Hamptons’ Las Vegas home.

Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington, a watchdog group, criticized the Ethics Committee for taking so long and waiting until the start of a holiday weekend to act against Coburn and Bernhardt. The group also said the punishment should have been stronger.

“The facts in this matter have long been clear and beyond dispute. The Senate Ethics Committee issued its report on Sen. Ensign over a year ago, so why in the world did it take the Senate Ethics Committee an additional year to find Sen. Coburn violated Senate rules?” said Melanie Sloan, CREW’s executive director, in a statement. “As usual, the committee was more interested in glossing over misconduct than in actually holding a senator accountable. It should come as no surprise to anyone that this tepid rebuke was issued at the beginning of a holiday weekend.”

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Who frickin' cares?

All you Libs on this board repeatedly say "Politicians lie and do stuff like this, everyone of them do it".

So stick you're original mantra and realize it goes both ways. You don't give a crap about all the gazillion crooked things Obama has done, so quit giving a crap about what any GOP politician has done. Hypocrisy is your name.

Hey I'm all for cracking down on corrupt politicians regardless of party, but trying to hype "a public criticism" of a Republican for "attending a meeting" tells you just how desperate things are for the Cool Amateur's fanboys.

"Politicians lie and do stuff like this, everyone of them do it".

Remember that every time you post.

(05-30-2012 05:19 AM)beck Wrote:  "Politicians lie and do stuff like this, everyone of them do it".

Remember that every time you post.

There is no reason to remember this the next time anyone posts. All he did was quote what

Quote:"All you Libs on this board repeatedly say "Politicians lie and do stuff like this, everyone of them do it". "