The (Okie) Grinch Who Stole
(the Spirit of) Christmas
By Brad on Dec 26, 2008 in Not-so-funny, Oklahoma, Politics, Things That Make You Shake Your Head, Worth Considering | comments(0)
Just like his fellow Republicans at FGO and the Oklahoma GOP, former Oklahoma congressman and failed Oklahoma gubernatorial candidate Ernest Istook chose to besmirch the Spirit of Christmas with an unabashedly (and unashamedly) partisan Christmas message. I received the following email in my inbox yesterday morning — Christmas morning:
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Forward this to your friends who care. Merry Christmas!
*Santa Evacuated from North Pole!
Read the details at http://www.worldnetdaily.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=84508
Here are excerpts:
Evacuation operations continue at the North Pole, as Santa Claus, Mrs. Claus, their reindeer and an estimated 5,000 elves are being relocated due to global warming to a secure but undisclosed location.
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“The only way to save future Christmases was to evacuate the toymakers and Mrs. Claus and to re-locate operations before the ice melts,” said Nobel Laureate Al Gore, who was on the scene with a camera crew for the occasion. The footage will be included in Gore’s new documentary, “An Inconvenient But Jolly Old Elf”
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Observers confirmed that Santa was red with anger and threatened to retire. Said one onlooker:
“His cheeks were like roses and his nose like a cherry.
His droll little mouth was drawn up like a bow,
And the heat of his anger was as white as the snow.”
It was unclear who would have the power to appoint a replacement, but several governors volunteered to accept responsibility for picking a successor to Santa. Said one, “You don’t get many opportunities like this. Appointing a Senator is worth a lot. But choosing a new Santa Claus? Priceless!”
There’s more. Read it all in Ernest Istook’s column at: http://www.worldnetdaily.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=84508
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I’ll repeat what I said in my post last Saturday regarding co-opting the Christmas holiday for partisan pandering:
This partisanship by the party that so often likes to believe it’s more “Christian” than others certainly doesn’t reflect the spirit of this Christian holiday or the Christ whose birth is being celebrated.
