Tacky and corrupt :: Power Line

Yesterday, I noted how, as governor of Arkansas, Mike Huckabee received tons of gifts (more than $100,000 worth in a single year) and stripped the governor's mansion of its drapes (one of the gifts) upon his exit. Lisa Schiffren at the Corner reminds us of another former Arkansas governor and his first lady with similarly tacky proclivities.

Her point -- "Do we need reruns of tacky Arkansas ethics in DC?" -- is well-taken. There is an important difference between Huckabee and Hillary, though. Huckabee's administration, in the words of a friend of mine from Arkansas, was tacky but not corrupt. Hillary Clinton is fundamentally corrupt.

Stuart Taylor provides the details in this "trip down memory lane -- the tawdriness of the 1992 presidential campaign through the mendacity of the ensuing years" -- and provides "a sampling of why so many of us came to think that Hillary's first instinct when in an embarrassing spot is to lie." Here are the highlights:

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