{"id":24745,"date":"2011-12-22T09:13:19","date_gmt":"2011-12-22T16:13:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/?p=24745"},"modified":"2011-12-22T11:21:29","modified_gmt":"2011-12-22T18:21:29","slug":"why-does-obama-hate-baby-jesus-so-much","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2011\/12\/22\/why-does-obama-hate-baby-jesus-so-much.html","title":{"rendered":"Why Does Obama Hate Baby Jesus So Much?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/white-house-christmas-card-2011.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-24746\" title=\"White House Christmas Card 2011\" src=\"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/white-house-christmas-card-2011-300x175.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"175\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/white-house-christmas-card-2011-300x175.jpg 300w, https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/white-house-christmas-card-2011-650x379.jpg 650w, https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/white-house-christmas-card-2011.jpg 950w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 85vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>I mean, look at that Christmas card? Where&#8217;s the Christ? Where&#8217;s the Family? Where&#8217;s a screaming, red-white-and-blue American Eagle protecting the Christ and His Family? \u00a0Where&#8217;s the Ten Commandments? What sort of sick Muslim Atheists put a <em>dog<\/em> on their Christmas card?<\/p>\n<p>Thank goodness we have <a href=\"http:\/\/radio.foxnews.com\/toddstarnes\/top-stories\/no-christmas-in-white-house-holiday-card.html\">Fox News and Sarah Palin<\/a> to call this un-America display of crypto-Islamic secularlism for what it is: <em>yet another salvo in the War on Christmas!<\/em> As passed on by Rachel Maddow:<\/p>\n<p><object id=\"msnbc956fbf\" width=\"420\" height=\"245\" classid=\"clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000\" codebase=\"http:\/\/download.macromedia.com\/pub\/shockwave\/cabs\/flash\/swflash.cab#version=6,0,40,0\"><param name=\"FlashVars\" value=\"launch=45760162&amp;width=420&amp;height=245\" \/><param name=\"allowScriptAccess\" value=\"always\" \/><param name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\" \/><param name=\"wmode\" value=\"transparent\" \/><param name=\"src\" value=\"http:\/\/www.msnbc.msn.com\/id\/32545640\" \/><param name=\"flashvars\" value=\"launch=45760162&amp;width=420&amp;height=245\" \/><param name=\"allowscriptaccess\" value=\"always\" \/><param name=\"allowfullscreen\" value=\"true\" \/><param name=\"pluginspage\" value=\"http:\/\/www.adobe.com\/shockwave\/download\/download.cgi?P1_Prod_Version=ShockwaveFlash\" \/><\/object><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-size: 11px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; color: #999; margin-top: 5px; background: transparent; text-align: center; width: 420px;\">Visit msnbc.com for <a style=\"text-decoration: none !important; border-bottom: 1px dotted #999 !important; font-weight: normal !important; height: 13px; color: #5799db !important;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.msnbc.msn.com\">breaking news<\/a>, <a style=\"text-decoration: none !important; border-bottom: 1px dotted #999 !important; font-weight: normal !important; height: 13px; color: #5799db !important;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.msnbc.msn.com\/id\/3032507\">world news<\/a>, and <a style=\"text-decoration: none !important; border-bottom: 1px dotted #999 !important; font-weight: normal !important; height: 13px; color: #5799db !important;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.msnbc.msn.com\/id\/3032072\">news about the economy<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"http:\/\/www.msnbc.msn.com\/id\/26315908\/ns\/msnbc_tv-rachel_maddow_show\/#45760162\">transcript<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>All right, America. How offended are you by this? I\u00a0know, right? How dare they. I\u00a0mean, Bo Obama on the White House Christmas card? Bo, a\u00a0dog? A\u00a0dog on the official White House Christmas card? This is a\u00a0Holiday travesty, if you ask me.<\/p>\n<p>But don\u2019t worry. Fox News is on this. Fox\u2019s Todd Starnes is on the story, revealing that this is what it says inside the evil dog-\u200bthemed White House Christmas card. <em>&#8220;From our family to yours, may your holiday shine with the light of the season.&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Where, I ask you, is any mention of Christmas, let alone Christ? I\u00a0mean, how are we even supposed to know it\u2019s a\u00a0Christmas card?<\/p>\n<p>And there\u2019s more. According to Fox\u2019s exclusive reporting, holiday presents on the card are placed on a\u00a0table underneath a\u00a0poinsettia instead of under a\u00a0Christmas tree. Now, of course, some pagan traditions have poinsettias as a\u00a0symbol of Satan. Just saying.<\/p>\n<p>Our friends at Fox knew that on a\u00a0story this hot, they needed experts to weigh in. Luckily they\u2019ve got former Alaska governor Sarah Palin on payroll. She told the network that she found this White House Christmas card to be a\u00a0bit unusual. <em>&#8220;It\u2019s odd,&#8221;<\/em> she said, wondering why the president\u2019s Christmas card highlights his dog instead of traditions like family, faith and freedom. Governor Palin saying\u00a0the majority of Americans appreciate more traditional, <em>&#8220;American foundational values illustrated and displayed on Christmas cards and on a\u00a0Christmas tree.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Like, for example, the Christmas cards of our other not-secretly-Kenyan presidents. Like the ones that they have displayed, right? On their American Christmassy Christian Christmas cards. Like look at President Bush\u2019s card from 2005. Okay, well, maybe not that one. Are those dogs? Yeah. Definitely this one from 2002. You know, I\u2019m actually sort of having a\u00a0hard time locating the baby Jesus in this one.<\/p>\n<p>I\u00a0bet we can find him on some Ronald Reagan cards, though. No, not this one in 1983, unless he\u2019s the chandelier. And no, not there either.<\/p>\n<p>Turns out almost every White House Christmas card features some picture of the White House. Or a\u00a0room in the White House. Or dogs. Which is not a\u00a0source of outrage to Fox when any other president does it. But it is a\u00a0source of outrage to Fox and to Governor Palin when <em>this<\/em> president does it. Why is that, I\u00a0wonder?<\/p>\n<p>And now is the part where I\u00a0show you the very, very, very Christmassy emphasis on Christ Christmas cards from Fox itself. Nothing says the little baby Jesus like two foxes roasting the NBC peacock over an open flame while sheep look on in wonder. That\u2019s the holiday card from Fox Business Channel this year. Maybe they\u2019re secretly Kenyan, too. Here\u2019s the Fox News card. If you can\u2019t make out that picture, it is Fox racing down a\u00a0hill and beating ABC, CBS and NBC. And then there\u2019s us. That\u2019s us. MSNBC and CNN cowering behind a\u00a0big hill of snow.<\/p>\n<p>All right. As somebody who is being made fun of in the Fox News Christmas card, I\u00a0think that is a\u00a0funny card. It is a\u00a0good Christmas card. Cartoony. I\u00a0like that. Perhaps we should call Governor Palin and ask her to point out where the family, faith and freedom are in that card. Or maybe we should not do that. At least we shouldn\u2019t do that and call it &#8220;news&#8221; because to do that would be totally, totally idiotic.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Sometimes Fox seems to parody itself, truly they do. And the remarkable thing is, <em>people watch and listen to these yahoos.<\/em> They hang on their very word. And, sure as shooting, there are people out there right now, people who can vote, and drive, and carry guns, and write letters to their editor, who are shaking their heads angrily over the breakfast table about how Obama hates Jesus and you can tell because of his un-American, un-Christian Christmas card. Just like these commenters on the Fox story (all sic [sic]):<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u2192\u00a0Of course there&#8217;s no &#8220;Christmas&#8221;in his card. First he&#8217;s a muslim..second hes a muslim and thrid he doesn&#8217;t believe in Christmas..and a dam pointsetta plant with presents under it? WTH? Now that&#8217;s just wrong! But yet he can spend 4 million dollars on a CHRISTMAS VACATION? Wake up people!<\/p>\n<p>\u2192\u00a0Just because everyone in the U.S. isn&#8217;t Christian doesn&#8217;t mean that Christmas isn&#8217;t a Christian occasion. COME ON!! I guess because we have some foreigners in the country then we can&#8217;t call the 4th of July Independence Day?? MIGHT OFFEND SOMEONE. This is really making people angry Cat. Yes, people like you who can&#8217;t use your brain! It makes no sense. How about Hanukkah &#8212; should we call it something else, try to change it around because everybody is not Jewish? This is the kind of rationale you are using. And it really shows an illogical mind, not a rationale mind! The President just shouldn&#8217;t send a CHRISTMAS card if he is afraid to use the word CHRISTMAS. This is lunacy!!<\/p>\n<p>\u2192\u00a0There were times when I would say Happy Holiday or MERRY CHRISTMAS and HAPPY NEW YEAR . The war on Christmas is sick and under Obama it is getting out of control. So these days I make it a point as loud as I can (still respectful) MERRY CHRISTMAS, HAPPY NEW YEAR, and GOD BLESS and if so one has a problem with it I will reply to them, the reply depends on how they handle there comment to my MERRY CHRISTMAS, HAPPY NEW YEAR, and GOD BLESS<\/p>\n<p>\u2192\u00a0Odd? Not to me! I believed all along that he has a purpose and the United States is NOT his #1 priority. I believe his loyalty is with his Muslim brothers. I am not Jewish but have no problem saying Happy Hanakuh. I am not Irish but have no problem saying Happy St Patricks Day. I do have a problem listening to foul mouth people sitting around me at a ballgame. Every group and organization is fighting for their &#8220;rights.&#8221; What about the rights of Christians? Obama insulted a lot of people from every race! Besides, Happy Holidays represents what&#8230;&#8230; Easter?<\/p>\n<p>\u2192\u00a0Absolutely right. No one cared about this until Obama started dividing the country. Period.<\/p>\n<p>\u2192\u00a0There you go&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;do you need ANY MORE proof that he is a Muslin?<\/p>\n<p>\u2192\u00a0He HATES America.He gets rid of oud day of prayer yet he prays with the muslims???? He wants to get rid of all morals!!! and the best way to do that is get rid of GOD!!! Wake up.<\/p>\n<p>\u2192\u00a0He is not a Christian-He is a Muslim-our enemy and hates America and everything it stands for! Everyone that lied and Covered for this muslim to be POTUS should be tried for Treason and put to death! I am sorry-these Radica Muslims want to kill us-he is part of that! He embraces Islam-his words not mine! We HAVE TO GET THIS RADICAL MUSLIM OUT OF OFFICE IMMEDIATELY BEFORE HE LETS THEM COMPLETELY TAKE US OVER AND PUT IN SHARIA LAW! They want Sharia Law so bad -let them leave our Country-A Christian Nation-and go back to their own country! BARACK HUESSIEN OBAMA! WHAT DOES THAT NAME SAY TO YOU? Wake up, and quit being Stupid-Stupid Cannot be fixed! MERRY CHRISTMAS, AMERICA!<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Yes, MERRY CHRISTMAS, AMERICA!<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a title=\"White House Christmas card 2011: As usual, not a person in sight - The Reliable Source - The Washington Post\" href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/blogs\/reliable-source\/post\/white-house-christmas-card-2011-as-usual-not-a-person-in-sight\/2011\/12\/15\/gIQAFBrlwO_blog.html\">White House Christmas card 2011: As usual, not a person in sight &#8211; The Reliable Source &#8211; The Washington Post<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Fox and Sarah Palin Freak Over White House Christmas Card | Mother Jones\" href=\"http:\/\/motherjones.com\/mojo\/2011\/12\/fox-sarah-palin-freaks-out-white-house-christmas-card\">Fox and Sarah Palin Freak Over White House Christmas Card | Mother Jones<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"http:\/\/www.reaganfoundation.org\/store - Product Catalog - White House Christmas Cards\" href=\"http:\/\/www.reaganfoundation.org\/store\/cat-White_House_Christmas_Cards-178.aspx\">Reagan Foundation Store &#8211; White House Christmas Cards<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Republicans Are Furious About Obama's Christmas Card... Wait Till They See Reagan's.\" href=\"http:\/\/www.businessinsider.com\/sarah-palin-bashes-the-obama-white-house-christmas-card-2011-12#george-w-bush-2005-here-are-the-bushs-two-dogs-barney-and-miss-beazely-in-a-spare-painting-by-jamie-wyeth-no-garland-or-presents-the-inside-reads--with-best-wishes-for-a-holiday-season-of-hope-and-happiness-1\">Republicans Are Furious About Obama&#8217;s Christmas Card&#8230; Wait Till They See Reagan&#8217;s.<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><small>(via <a href=\"http:\/\/thenewcivilrightsmovement.com\/maddow-palin-and-fox-idiotic-for-fake-war-on-christmas\/news\/2011\/12\/22\/32341\">New Civil Rights Movement<\/a>)<\/small><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I mean, look at that Christmas card? Where&#8217;s the Christ? Where&#8217;s the Family? Where&#8217;s a screaming, red-white-and-blue American Eagle protecting the Christ and His Family? \u00a0Where&#8217;s the Ten Commandments? What sort of sick Muslim Atheists put a dog on their Christmas card? Thank goodness we have Fox News and Sarah Palin to call this un-America &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2011\/12\/22\/why-does-obama-hate-baby-jesus-so-much.html\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Why Does Obama Hate Baby Jesus So Much?&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":24746,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"","_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","_seopress_analysis_target_kw":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[109,12,68,8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-24745","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-church-state","category-fourth-estate","category-holidays","category-zt-pc"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/white-house-christmas-card-2011.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":5202,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2003\/10\/16\/spinning.html","url_meta":{"origin":24745,"position":0},"title":"Spinning","author":"***Dave","date":"Thu 16-Oct-03 10:50am","format":false,"excerpt":"Spinsanity has their take on Moore and Dude, Where's My Country? 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