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Remember John Ensign? He’s the Republican U.S. senator who seduced the wife of his best friend and chief of staff, fired both in order to continue his assignations and then ultimately resigned after a year of sensational headlines concerning secret payments and violations of federal lobbying laws.
It’s something of an irony that — in a nation where the Constitution prohibits establishing a state religion — we’ve spent so much time during the 2013 Legislature talking about religion.
I was fairly sure when I boarded the Southwest Airlines jet at McCarran International Airport that I was headed to Reno. I recall following the freeway road signs in my rental car to Carson City.
CARSON CITY
Suddenly, the endgame for the 2013 Legislature has become clear. The Democrats must surrender.
Give state Sen. Debbie Smith, D-Sparks, and Assemblyman Pat Hickey, R-Reno, credit for good intentions: They want to catch criminals.
Ah, spring (in an odd-numbered year in Nevada), when a young lawmaker’s thoughts turn lightly to taxes.
It’s good to have a sister who was in a hit TV show, as Michigan Supreme Court candidate Bridget Mary McCormack demonstrates by reuniting the cast of The West Wing for a timely reminder that those non-partisan, down ballot races really do matter. (McCormack’s sister is Mary Catherine McCormack, who played former naval officer Kate Harper, who later became deputy national security adviser on the show.)
Check it out:
I really do miss that show and its cast.
Well; I never watched the show, but what I got from this ad is: We should remove the “All Democrat” and “All Republicans” box and have the voter mark each of their selections.