The one I loved, Jennifer, was when Huck actually sued the state ethics commission! (Actually, I can’t remember whether he actually went through with the suit or ended up just threatening to do so, or else filing but withdrawing.) I was amazed it didn’t spur headlines like this: GOVERNOR VS. ETHICS!!! I mean, I went to Little Rock in 1997 to write editorials, convinced I would be very impressed by the guy, and instead I left 14 months later convinced he was a lot too oily for my tastes. There were just too many incidents of the semi-sleazy, semi-questionable sort for me to trust the guy’s ethical judgment.
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