{"id":45706,"date":"2014-10-08T16:13:02","date_gmt":"2014-10-08T22:13:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2014\/10\/08\/remember-this-man-has-been-and-wants-to-be-a-candidate-for-president.html"},"modified":"2014-11-05T13:37:56","modified_gmt":"2014-11-05T20:37:56","slug":"remember-this-man-has-been-and-wants-to-be-a-candidate-for-president","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2014\/10\/08\/remember-this-man-has-been-and-wants-to-be-a-candidate-for-president.html","title":{"rendered":"Remember, this man has been, and wants to be, a candidate for President"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Mike Huckabee, who thinks governors, presidents, and legislatures should simply ignore judicial rulings about the constitutionality of laws if they think that, well, by gosh, that&#39;s not what <i>God<\/i> wants.<\/p>\n<p>Um &#8230; how is that different from a theocracy, Mike?<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"sm2wp\"><p>\n<a style='display:inline;' href='http:\/\/www.rightwingwatch.org\/content\/huckabee-urges-states-ignore-rulings-marriage-equality-abortion-rights-church-state-separati'><br \/>\n<img src='https:\/\/lh4.googleusercontent.com\/proxy\/ilxHg4BfzvYqEGfMb9rJsizNmASQwIYoYjGR9VSrCrutvJ3ztHa1y0GMOVM_BFcBoSZha3azZdAm7lEXVdIBHhu14jTGRtcFLelJHb-ceZN62VXp6UzFyQrAN5xgNVwDy7dv_fJbq23m6M4=w120-h120' border='0' \/><br \/>\n<\/a><br \/>\n<span style='font-size:large;'><a href='http:\/\/www.rightwingwatch.org\/content\/huckabee-urges-states-ignore-rulings-marriage-equality-abortion-rights-church-state-separati'>Huckabee Urges States To Ignore Rulings On Marriage Equality, Abortion Rights &#038; Church-State Separation<\/a><\/span><br \/>\nIn an interview with Iowa-based conservative talk show host Steve Deace on Monday, former Arkansas Gov. 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