If the Huckaroo wanted to send an actual, nonpandering Christmas message, might he not have spoken out on behalf of the Prince of Peace?

I suppose we should take note of the repulsive ad with which "God's Own" Mike Huckabee is polluting selected airwaves--more even than they're already polluted. You know, the one where he's positioned strategically in front of bookshelves oh-so-cunningly dressed to create a background crucifix.

Cenk Uygur's got a good post, complete with video. I suppose everyone who sees this woeful spectacle will have his/her own idea of what's most pathetic about it. Here's Cenk's take:

The worst part is that it is wrapped in a sugar-coated, sickeningly saccharine coating (you can watch the whole ad and Ron Paul's fantastic response to it here). Are Americans still this naive that they're going to fall for this cheesy dude in the red sweater pretending he cares more about you because he is with Jesus Christ?

I'm afraid of the answer to that question.

To me, the worst thing about this sad spectacle is the Huckster's adolescent fantasy that he's really pulling a fast one here, by golly sneaking a cross into his ad while claiming that any cross you may see is purely accidental if not actually hallucinatory.

Now all you have to do is take the most casual look at the video to see that the bookshelves-masquerading-as-rood is 100 percent intentional. There isn't a chance in a gajillion that it's the tiniest bit accidental. And yet Huckyboy thinks he's cleverly cloaked himself with "plausible deniability."

Just think about it. Here's this poor sod sweating off another 100 pounds in his desperation to pander to brain-challenged religious wackos, and yet the gutless turd can't even admit that he's proudly flaunting his phony religion.

Of course if the Reverend Hockeypuck were, say, a Jew in Nazi Germany surreptitiously proclaiming his enduring faith while waiting for all the lights to go out, one could see the logic. But he's just a dumb, dishonest, pandering schmuck in a country where faux Christians routinely flaunt their phony Christianity and have no compunctions about trying to bully into submission anyone who dares to question their counter-constitutional religious tyranny.

Good one, Hucko. Oh yeah, you da man.

The country's hardy band of remaining true Christians will probably be praying for your troubled soul.

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