Here's excerpts from part two of John Ralston's interview with Doug Hampton, the husband of John Ensign's mistress (full video at the Las Vegas Sun: pt. 1 | pt. 2):
Among Hampton's allegations:
- Ensign "orchestrated" getting Hampton "out of his official office"
- Ensign's top political aide hired Hampton to work for his consulting company as a favor to Ensign
- Ensign used Hampton's wife employment status as "leverage" to maintain contact
- "A powerful man changed our employment life forever."
- After the work for Ensign's political aide fell through, Hampton went to work for Allegiant Air, but now says his job is in jeopardy because of Ensign.
- Hampton says he believes Rick Santorum told John Ensign that Hampton had contacted Fox.
- Hampton says he is continuing to pursue his legal options.
Meanwhile, as their version of Rome burns, wingnuttia fiddles around with their outrage meter because a photo showed President Obama looking in the general direction of a woman's backside (he was actually making way for another woman who he was helping down a step).