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Ethics & politics: Hillary's tales
But Sen. Hillary Clinton of New York now says women do improve ethics in politics.
Whence comes her empowerment? Wasn't Bill impeached? Wasn't the philandering Bill disbarred for lying to a grand jury about his affair with Paula Jones? Didn't he lie to the whole wide world about Monica Lewinsky?
Didn't Hillary herself have something to do with Whitewater, Travelgate and the FBI files?
That's the old Hillary, or is it?
"Research shows the presence of women raises the standards of ethical behavior and lowers corruption," Mrs. Clinton said at New York University last Monday.
But on Tuesday, Peter F. Paul pleaded guilty in federal court in a stock swindle, clearing the way for his testimony against David Rosen in a different matter.
Mr. Rosen was Hillary's fund-raising director during her senatorial campaign in 2000. He is charged by federal authorities for failing to report hundreds of thousands of dollars in "in-kind" contributions for putting on a gala fund-raiser for Mrs. Clinton in Los Angeles. The contributions, according to the allegations, came from Mr. Paul.
Mrs. Clinton possibly knew about the book-cooking; indeed, Paul said he told her.
Pols play fast and loose with the facts, but Sen. Clinton, new and old, is in a different class. Freakishly so.
