{"id":369,"date":"2009-06-04T12:30:41","date_gmt":"2009-06-04T12:30:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/tonyjones\/2009\/06\/this-is-why-we-elected-him.html"},"modified":"2009-06-04T12:30:41","modified_gmt":"2009-06-04T12:30:41","slug":"this-is-why-we-elected-him","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/tonyjones\/2009\/06\/this-is-why-we-elected-him.html","title":{"rendered":"This Is Why We Elected Him"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I had the good fortune of watching President Obama&#8217;s speech live from Cairo this morning, and it was masterful. 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