{"id":576,"date":"2011-08-08T23:39:04","date_gmt":"2011-08-09T03:39:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/sweetshore\/?p=576"},"modified":"2011-08-08T23:39:04","modified_gmt":"2011-08-09T03:39:04","slug":"what-did-he-say","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/sweetshore\/2011\/08\/what-did-he-say.html","title":{"rendered":"What Did He Say???"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This is not something you will typically see on this blog. \u00a0I&#8217;m more interested in posting about my stated topics of traditional family values and stories of heroism, but I found this video so refreshing, I just had to post it.<\/p>\n<p>Don&#8217;t get me wrong&#8230;I&#8217;m very involved in and concerned about what is going on in this country; I just don&#8217;t plan to use this particular platform to hammer home my political views.<\/p>\n<p>That being said, it&#8217;s not often you hear a presidential hopeful be frank in speaking about his faith and how it impacts everything he does. \u00a0We all know that politicians love to throw around their church affiliation, but I&#8217;m afraid that most of the time what they say and where they say it is dictated by whatever group is being addressed at the time.<\/p>\n<p>When I came across this video, I wanted to share it with all of you who are taking the time to read this blog. \u00a0I&#8217;m not endorsing anyone&#8211;I don&#8217;t know enough about any of the candidates to do that yet and probably wouldn&#8217;t do it here anyway, but I love the fact that Governor Pawlenty and his wife are so transparent in this video.<\/p>\n<p>Take a minute to watch it&#8211;you won&#8217;t be disappointed.<\/p>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Aspirations of a President\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/hJBgQnECe3E?start=39&feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This is not something you will typically see on this blog. \u00a0I&#8217;m more interested in posting about my stated topics of traditional family values and stories of heroism, but I found this video so refreshing, I just had to post it. 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