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STOCKBRIDGE — When the Clintons left the White House in 2001, you might remember, they took a few items too many with them.
While a majority of the items were genuine gifts to the former president and first lady, some $28,000 worth of furniture — three sofas, a recliner, an ottoman, a table and four chairs, a rug and a pair of lamps — were returned. But returning the missing items and paying $86,000 for the gifts in an attempt to smooth things over didn’t stop political cartoonist Pat Oliphant from skewering the couple.
Captured in a red Conté crayon drawing on display at the Norman Rockwell Museum, the Clintons are seen running out of the White House clutching the missing items and more. Hillary, in a house dress and apron, makes off with fine china plates; Bill, in overalls, carries off an assortment of items including a rug and a lamp. Oliphant plays up the “country bumpkin” lens through which the highly-educated couple was often viewed. ....

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