I Read ‘Growing Up Duggar’: Chapter 7 — Your Relationship With Your Country

The first sentence tells us that “God used a series of supernatural events to clearly lead our family into making a difference in the world of politics.”

You can certainly say that.

In 1997, the Duggars began their ill-fated journey into politics. They heard on the radio that there would be a rally at the Arkansas state capitol to ban partial-birth abortion. They were inspired, and god laid it on Jim Bob’s heart to run for office. He took a “candidate campaign class” and decided he could make a difference.

Jim Bob and co. were very dismayed to find the Democrat opponent was endorsed by local newspapers and that Jim Bob had little experience, education, or even community service to speak of. One person even told him to get a vasectomy, and somebody at their “hometown restaurant” said Jim Bob was going to lose.

Anyway, Jim Bob won an election. They rented a house near Little Rock when he needed to work. He got a second term before losing a U.S. Senate election. He also wears this comically sized suit.