Clinton VP Pick Sleaze

Writing for Politico on the last day of June, Isaac Arnsdorf chronicles all the gifts Tim Kaine accepted as Lieutenant Governor and Governor of Virginia. Now Hillary Clinton has ignored the apparent impropriety and appointed him her Vice Presidential running mate.

Kaine reported more than $160,000 in gifts from 2001 to 2009, mostly for travel to and from political events and conferences, according to disclosures compiled by the Virginia Public Access Project. The givers included political supporters, a drug company that soon after bought a facility in Virginia, and Dominion, the state’s biggest provider of electricity.

Virginia Sen. Tim Kaine took advantage of the state’s lax gift laws to receive an $18,000 Caribbean vacation, $5,500 in clothes and a trip to watch George Mason University play in the NCAA basketball Final Four during his years as lieutenant governor and governor, according to disclosures he filed.

Isn't that exactly what the Clintons have traditionally done, take money and favors from people wishing to buy influence? They've got to think Kaine's their kind of guy. Hat tip to Lucianne.com for the link.