{"id":976,"date":"2008-01-03T23:28:02","date_gmt":"2008-01-03T23:28:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/jwalking\/2008\/01\/votes-for-authenticity.html"},"modified":"2008-01-03T23:28:02","modified_gmt":"2008-01-03T23:28:02","slug":"votes-for-authenticity","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/jwalking\/2008\/01\/votes-for-authenticity.html","title":{"rendered":"Votes for authenticity"},"content":{"rendered":"

Everyone is talking about change. And that is true. People want change. But more than that what Iowans voted for was authenticity.
\nIn Huckabee and in Obama voters saw men who were true to who they are. After the scandals of the Bush years – on top of the scandals of the Clinton years – voters want authenticity. They don’t want to be lied to or have their ears tickled.
\nThis could bode well for John McCain.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Everyone is talking about change. And that is true. People want change. But more than that what Iowans voted for was authenticity. In Huckabee and in Obama voters saw men who were true to who they are. 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