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Just caught wind of the news about Nevada Senator John Ensign, who apparently had an affair and paid off his mistress, her husband, and their son, all of whom were members of his staff. Ouch! This from a one-time higher up in the ridiculous Promise Keepers organization, leader of the campaign to impeach Bill Clinton, advocate for "opposite marriage," and critic of Alaska Senator Larry Craig for playing footsie in a men's room.

Now don't get me wrong. I have no illusions that politicians on the other side have any more integrity. As the saying goes, power corrupts and absolute power corrupts absolutely. But I have to admit that I just totally love it when the utter hypocrisy of conservatives like Ensign is exposed like this. The only difference between the two parties is that the Democrats pretty much don't bother to preach morality as they're dinking around, while for the Republicans the moralizing appears to be mandatory.

Meanwhile, I'm feeling exceptionally virtuous. I actually picked up the Whisper Cardigan and got the ribbing done, after having taken an extraordinary amout of time to pick up the correct number of stitches. I don't know why that was so difficult for me. I'm onto the back now, with only 7 inches of plain stockinette to go... Yay!