{"id":313,"date":"2007-04-16T09:44:00","date_gmt":"2007-04-16T09:44:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/jwalking\/2007\/04\/hard-truths-to-face.html"},"modified":"2007-04-16T09:44:00","modified_gmt":"2007-04-16T09:44:00","slug":"hard-truths-to-face","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/jwalking\/2007\/04\/hard-truths-to-face.html","title":{"rendered":"Hard truths to face"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.christianpost.com\/article\/20070414\/26890_Christians_Urged_to_Judge_Presidential_Hopefuls_by_Character.htm\">From<\/a> 2008 presidential hopeful <a href=\"http:\/\/www.explorehuckabee.com\/index.cfm?FuseAction=Home.Home\">Gov. Mike Huckabee<\/a><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u2018\u2018If you said during Bill Clinton\u2019s tenure that his personal behavior mattered and his character mattered and his activities in office and all of those things, if that mattered, you can\u2019t come along now and say it doesn\u2019t matter to Republicans in 2008&#8230; I\u2019m specifically referencing Christian evangelical leaders who were the most vocal in saying back during the Clinton era that personal behavior, personal responsibility and character were the key factors in a president\u2019s criteria.&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>He&#8217;s right.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>From 2008 presidential hopeful Gov. 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