Character Makes a Difference: Where I'm From, Where I've Been, and What I Believe

by Mike Huckabee

Overview

How powerful is integrity? Just ask minister-turned-statesman, Mike Huckabee.  As lieutenant governor of Arkansas in 1996, he was publicly cast between the ultimate rock and hard place when his boss, governor Jim Guy Tucker, refused to resign despite his felony convictions in the Whitewater scandal.  Holding fast to the tenets of honor and faith, and his concern over what was best for the state’s people, Huckabee led the impeachment charge against his superior before a televised audience. That same day, Tucker resigned, and Huckabee would serve as governor of Arkansas until 2007, winning many national honors along the way.

Character Makes a Difference is Mike Huckabee’s biographical account of how he handled that potentially major constitutional crisis and why he believes character is the key issue in everyone’s life, “in the work you do, the candidates you vote for, the people who look to you for leadership.”

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780805448931
Publisher:	B&H Publishing Group
Publication date:	06/01/2007
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	227
File size:	576 KB

About the Author

Mike Huckabee recently completed more than ten years of public service as governor of Arkansas. In 2005, Governing magazine named him among the Public Officials of the Year, TIME magazine called him one of the five best governors in America, and he received the AARP Impact Award recognizing those who have done something extraordinary to make the world a better place. An outspoken man of Christian faith, Huckabee is also a musician, playing bass guitar in his rock-and-roll band Capitol Offense. In January 2007, he received the Music for Life Award from NAMM for his outstanding support of music arts and education. Mike and his wife, Janet, have three grown children: John Mark, David, and Sarah.
Mike Huckabee recently completed more than ten years of public service as governor of Arkansas. In 2005, Governing magazine named him among the Public Officials of the Year, TIME magazine called him one of the five best governors in America, and he received the AARP Impact Award recognizing those who have done something extraordinary to make the world a better place.

An outspoken man of Christian faith, Huckabee is also a musician, playing bass guitar in his rock-and-roll band Capitol Offense. In January 2007, he received the Music for Life Award from NAMM for his outstand­ing support of music arts and education. Books he has authored include Character Makes a Difference and Living Beyond Your Lifetime. Mike and his wife, Janet, have three grown children: John Mark, David, and Sarah.

Table of Contents

Character in the Furnace
A Crucible Moment     3
A Delicate Vessel     23
The People Rule     35
Is God a Democrat?     43
Yellow Dogs Bite     59
The Culture of the Moment     71
Under the Influence     79
Janet     87
The Need for Character
The Moral Thermostat     97
The Ultimate Question     107
Faith Is Like a Bass Boat     117
Decisions, Decisions     127
A Medium Rarely Well Done     139
Candidate in the Mirror     143
The Politics of Personal Destruction     151
Winning an Election, Losing a Generation     159
Let It Shine     167
Selected Speeches & Commentary
The Speech That Never Was     179
Face to Face and Heart to Heart     189
Of Right and Wrong     193
The People's Business     203
The Arts: A Lifetime of Learning     209
Welcome, Neighbors: Life after Katrina     221