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MORNING GLORY: Graham Platner proves candidates can’t outrun secrets and scandal

This is what today's political candidates have to fully grasp: It will all come out. Every bit of the bad and not much of the good. Forewarned is forearmed

By Hugh Hewitt Fox News

Published July 9, 2026 5:00am EDT

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Do you want to run for an office that will be heavily contested in the general election? Begin considering your decision with the Bible.

Really. Specifically, the Gospel of Luke, chapter 8, verse 17: "For nothing is secret that will not be revealed, nor anything hidden that will not be known and come to light." (The New King James Version.)

Roman Catholics have long been urged to reflect often on "the four last things": death, judgment, heaven and hell. The "judgment" comes along with the consideration of a man’s or woman’s entire life. The fundamental premise about the nature of God is that God knows all things — that he is omniscient (as well as omnipresent and omnipotent).

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That has not always been the case with political media. Sometimes the national and even local press were complicit in hiding facts known to some but not widely shared. President John F. Kennedy’s escapades were well known to many in the Beltway’s elite media and perhaps in Massachusetts, but those who knew and liked or even loved him were not about to tell. That is perhaps the most famous example of media complicity in burying scandals, but it’s a bipartisan tradition to not launder some dirty garments in........

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