Through the WorldNetDaily looking glass
December 09, 2009 5:36 pm ET by Terry Krepel
A December 4 New York Times article on White House social secretary Desirée Rogers reported that the Obama administration had apparently considered a "non-religious Christmas" celebration in the White House as a way to reach out to other faiths and that, according to the Times, there was a debate about whether to display the traditional nativity scene. In the end, the article added, "tradition won out; the executive mansion is now decorated for the Christmas holiday, and the crèche is in its usual East Room spot."
Run that story through WorldNetDaily's looking glass -- heavily distorted by right-wing partisanship and sheer, unreasonable hatred of Barack Obama -- and you get a December 8 WND article by Chelsea Schilling, headlined "Obama's latest target: Ousting baby Jesus" and carrying this lede:
The Obama administration sought to ban baby Jesus from the executive mansion as part of its plans for a "non-religious Christmas," according to a participant at a White House luncheon.
Briefly considering not erecting a nativity scene means you "sought to ban baby Jesus"? Really?
Does the WorldNetDaily store sell these looking glasses so the rest of us can take part in this same mind-bending distortion? Or is the experience open only to those who hate Obama with a burning passion like Joseph Farah and Co. do?
What that has to do with Christmas, I don't know. The one time I toured the White House in 1994, the theme was the Twelve Days of Christmas. One decoration was four birds flying around a red English phone booth, and another included the President and 9 other guys running for 10 Lords a Leaping. It was cute.
They had atheist trees ?
Is he throwing in the towel this year?
Here's the thing; I'll wager that Religious fanatics pi$$ and moan more about the way Christmas is celebrated or not celebrated than secular people do.
Pray to Lord Baby Jesus it won't happen!