Could not have said it better

By CREW Staff

Sometimes it’s just easier to let other people’s words do the talking for us. Case and point, Jon Ralston’s column in this Sunday’s Las Vegas Sun.

“John Ensign is a man of many talents, not the least of which are his skill at twisting the truth and of putting on a false front to the world.”

Wow! The truth hurts doesn’t in John?

In case you missed it, Senator Ensign took leave of his senses (again) this past week, and decided it would be a good idea to blame CREW (.pdf) for his problems. Can you believe it? He sleeps with a campaign staffer, who happens to be married to his Chief of Staff, fires them both, has his parents pay them off, and then helps the jilted husband set up a lobbying shop to lobby the Senator’s own office. Yet, somehow the mess he’s in is CREW’s fault? It sure sounds like Senator Ensign needs a mirror more than he needs cash from his constituents.

Needless to say, Nevadans saw right through it—and Ralston took him to the woodshed for it.

Someday soon, we hope Senator Ensign will send another letter to Nevadans, actually taking responsibility for his actions, and explaining to them why he is walking away from his office, but it doesn’t look like today will be that day- as Ralston pointed out:

“Of all the myriad character traits Ensign possesses — skillful liar, world-class hypocrite, brilliant poseur — resignation would require him to have the one thing he so clearly lacks: A conscience.”

So until then we’ll keep up the good fight- and continue to hold Senator Ensign’s feet to the fire, as we do with every other equally corrupt member, no matter what political party they belong to.

The week is already off to an exciting start--- and it’s only Monday.