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Where's the Outrage?

The hubris of public officials like John Ensign and Mark Sanford isn’t even shocking anymore. Former Bush and McCain strategist Mark McKinnon proposes Ten Commandments for politicians.

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“I did nothing legally wrong.”

Now there’s a hell of a re-election slogan.

So it’s come to this. Senator John Ensign—who called for the impeachment of the president who said, “It depends on what the meaning of ‘is’ is”—has declared himself unimpeachable because he can’t be legally prosecuted.

What a searing indictment of...

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