In the “things I never thought I’d write” category:

It turns out Fox News, the president of the Catholic League and I all feel the same about that Huckabee ad.  I hadn’t noticed the “subliminal” cross, but now that I watch it again, it seems pretty blatant.
Here’s the story.

Thanks to map for pointing me to it.

Oh, man.  I caught a campaign ad for Huckabee yesterday that really burned me up.

All wholesome-like, he smiled at the camera and said it’s time to put politics aside and remember the true meaning of the season, the birth of Jesus Christ.

Hold up.  What?  Did he really say those two things in the same sentence?

I am not naive enough to truly believe that there’s separation of church and state in our nation. Sure, it’s in the constitution and whatnot, but I think it’s very telling that our nation has a woman and a black man as serious presidential candidates, but zero non-Christians.  Still, it’s downright insulting for Huckabee to stare out of a TV screen and strongly imply that Christianity is a given and apolitical.

There are a lot of smart, thoughtful Christians out there who should (and probably do) feel outraged by this man using their religion to further his political goals.  Speak up.  Iowans, caucus.  Also, if you see an 8-month pregnant woman (or an elderly person, or a person with no feet whose armpits are getting chapped from the crutches) at your caucus site and chairs are in short supply, please be charitable.  That’s the kind of Christian value I can get behind.

That reminds me:  what do people with only one hand do when the toothpaste starts to run low?  I was doing an experiment in multitasking this morning that required me to put toothpaste on my toothbrush with one hand, and it’s harder than you might think.