His aw-gosh, "let's just do what us simple folks know is best" belies Huckabee's own past as a politician. As has been well documented, when he was active in Arkansas politics, he was snared in a series of ethics slip-ups. In a 1992 failed Senate campaign, he used campaign funds to pay himself as his own media consultant and to pay a family babysitter. In a successful run for lieutenant governor, he set up a nonprofit that allowed him to accept m ...

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His aw-gosh, "let's just do what us simple folks know is best" belies Huckabee's own past as a politician. As has been well documented, when he was active in Arkansas politics, he was snared in a series of ethics slip-ups. In a 1992 failed Senate campaign, he used campaign funds to pay himself as his own media consultant and to pay a family babysitter. In a successful run for lieutenant governor, he set up a nonprofit that allowed him to accept money for speeches from backers without disclosing their identities.

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Authors Bio:

Sheila Samples is an Oklahoma writer and a former civilian US Army Public Information Officer. She is a Managing Editor for OpEd News, and a regular contributor for a variety of Internet sites.