{"id":32,"date":"2007-09-18T01:08:12","date_gmt":"2007-09-18T01:08:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/godometer\/2007\/09\/brownback-calls-huckabee-weak.html"},"modified":"2007-09-18T01:08:12","modified_gmt":"2007-09-18T01:08:12","slug":"brownback-calls-huckabee-weak","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/godometer\/2007\/09\/brownback-calls-huckabee-weak.html","title":{"rendered":"Brownback calls Huckabee weak on values"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>After trailing him in last month\u2019s <a href=\"http:\/\/thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com\/2007\/08\/11\/romney-wins-straw-poll\/\">Ames straw poll <\/a> and failing to get anywhere near the media attention, Sam Brownback is still beating up Mike Huckabee, a former Baptist preacher, for being insufficiently conservative on social issues. In a release sent out shortly after last night\u2019s <a href=\"http:\/\/www.valuesvoterdebate.com\">Values Voter debate <\/a>the Brownback camp said Huckabee showed <a href=\"http:\/\/redstateeclectic.typepad.com\/redstate_commentary\/2007\/09\/brownback-takes.html\">\u201cignorance of [a] key pro-life issue\u201d<\/a> because he appeared confused by a question during the debate about the so-called Mexico City Policy, which bars U.S. funds from going to family planning organizations overseas that offer or even discuss the option of abortion. 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