President Bush Continues Assault On Christmas
By on Dec 20th, 2007 at 10:47 am
President Bush Continues Assault On Christmas
During his end-of-year press conference this morning, President Bush joined with “secular progressives” in the right wing’s contrived War on Christmas, wishing reporters a “Happy Holidays.” Watch it:
[flv http://video.thinkprogress.org/2007/12/BushHappyHolidays.320.240.flv]
Bill O’Reilly and Focus on the Family have been waging an aggressive campaign to pressure people to use “Merry Christmas.” In the past, O’Reilly has argued that saying “Happy Holidays” to people “absolutely does” offend Christians.
This latest affront is part of George and Laura’s three-year assault on Christmas. Bill, looks like you may have prematurely declared mission accomplished.
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Don't worry about GDumbya's affront on Christmas -- he's irrelevant.
Here he is on TV again this morning passing out more useless advise . . . "what Wall Street needs to do"; "what the American public needs to understand"; blah-de-blah.
The idiot is about as useful as tits on a boar.
December 20th, 2007 at 10:50 amFalafel BillO,
Not every christian celebrates Christ's Mass, you idiot.
December 20th, 2007 at 10:50 am[JOKING] It's a disgrace to have such a president, how can he offend all the faithful ignoring christmas ??
December 20th, 2007 at 10:53 amLMAO! Or as chimp would say....heh heh heh
December 20th, 2007 at 10:55 amAnd don't forget Dick Cheney's holiday message, "Fu(k you America!"
December 20th, 2007 at 10:55 amwhich he yelled over his shoulder while boarding his helicopter armed to the teeth for a holiday vacation shooting tamed reindeer on some dixieland hunting farm.
The pervert Bill O’Reilly does not represent “the right wingâ€.
Comment by Frank M — December 20, 2007 @ 10:54 am
Sorry, but he is indeed one of yours.
Live w/ it.
December 20th, 2007 at 10:57 amDo you know who else hates Christmas and the baby Jesus?
ESPN and the crew of Monday Night Football!!!
December 20th, 2007 at 10:57 am.
OH NO, no, no...
You broke it, you bought it, pal. He is ALL yours.
December 20th, 2007 at 10:57 amPREEMPTIVE TROLL SPRAY:
"He was only being respectful to those of other faiths..."
"He was being polite"
"NON-STORY"
To which I say, DUH!
December 20th, 2007 at 11:00 amThe pervert Bill O’Reilly does not represent “the right wingâ€.
Comment by Frank M
Nah, he just owns it, lock, stock and barrel.
NEWSFLASH: Frank M Laden doesn't represent the Human Race.
December 20th, 2007 at 11:01 am4 - Oh yes he does, so you just settle down and own him, Frank.
December 20th, 2007 at 11:01 amI thought he was a crazed fundamentalist Christian.
Comment by CaptainMantastic
Nah, he's more of the Ricky Bobby type when it comes to religion, baby jesus, and all that.
December 20th, 2007 at 11:02 am"The pervert Bill O’Reilly does not represent “the right wingâ€."
Comment by Frank M
Hysterical, Frank! YOU may not feel that he represents your precious right wing but he sure has been spewing the same talking points that you, all the trolls here, the mal-Administration and the rest of the spinning heads at FAUX News. He may not be a "made man" in your estimation but he most certainly has been taken under the right wing, suckling at it's mis-shapen teet for about as long as I can remember. Let me guess Frank, Limbaugh, Coulter, Malkin are probably not fighting for your right wing's diseased causes either, huh?
Happy holidays, Frank
December 20th, 2007 at 11:03 amCapt - He says he is, but I think it was an act to get the Fundy vote. A guy whose public events features the arrests of people wearing the wrong tshirts is not a guy who is "inclusive" though. A distinction has to be made between the labels on the cans, and what's inside.
December 20th, 2007 at 11:04 amTo add more evidence, the WH holiday greetings for the last few years have featured a terrier running around the WH. What sinister allegations can I make about that ?
December 20th, 2007 at 11:05 amDNfP - nice connection - I think you've got even more to explore with the Ricky Bobby analogy. First time I've seen/heard it, and, with your permission, I'd like to repeat it in the offline world.
December 20th, 2007 at 11:06 am16 - I think we need to go back and cover what the "straw man" thing means.
December 20th, 2007 at 11:08 amThat's OK, Mr. President. Jesus will forgive you. 'Tis the season.
December 20th, 2007 at 11:08 amI'm for one glad that Bush wished America "Happy Holidays" and chose not to whore himself to Bill O'Reilly and his ilk. And as a Christian, I'm not offended. After all, I'm celebrating more than one holiday in the near future -- Christmas AND New Year's.
Speaking of holidays, Eid al-Adha begins today. Eid Mubarak to my Muslim friends!
December 20th, 2007 at 11:08 amI thought he was a crazed fundamentalist Christian.
Comment by CaptainMantastic
Is there any other kind of fundamentalist Christian?
December 20th, 2007 at 11:09 amVery few people listen to what GWB says anymore, so that aside, Happy Holidays or Merry Christmas......does anyone with half a brain really care which phrase is proper. This country and world are rife with huge problems. War, murder, poverty, the homeless, Jamie Lynn Spears. Get Real.
December 20th, 2007 at 11:09 amBill O'Reilly is prepared to launch an intercontinental ballistic dildo at anyone who declares war on Christmas.
-GSD
December 20th, 2007 at 11:09 ammissmolly, I just learned of the salutations Eid Mubarak today from a muslim friend of mine.
Seasons Greetings to all.
December 20th, 2007 at 11:10 amThe pervert Bill O’Reilly does not represent “the right wingâ€.
Comment by Frank M
Which perverts do represent the right-wing? These perverts, perhaps?
STOP REPUBLICAN PEDOPHILIA
December 20th, 2007 at 11:11 amHappy Holidays, Merry Christmas, and Happy New Year to all TP posters.
Yes, that includes Trolls!
December 20th, 2007 at 11:13 amGod bless us everyone!
December 20th, 2007 at 11:14 amI thought he was a crazed fundamentalist Christian.
Comment by CaptainMantastic
Is there any other kind of fundamentalist Christian?
Comment by Bobwurst — December 20, 2007 @ 11:09 am
beat me to it!
December 20th, 2007 at 11:16 amFunny thing... I was just about to leave the house this morning and as I grabbed the remote to shut the tube off, Tim Russert broke in with that Dramatic music that they play to announce a "Special Report" As he started to say, "The 43rd President of the United States is..." All kinds of crazy happy conflicted emotions started to fill my head, only to hear him finish that sentence, "...is about to give his 43rd press conf..."
Click... Damn! I thought I was going to get an early Christmas present.
December 20th, 2007 at 11:19 amIn the past, O’Reilly has argued that saying “Happy Holidays†to people “absolutely does†offend Christians.
Well, there's your problem, right there! Dubya ain't no Christian!
December 20th, 2007 at 11:21 amThe so-called "assault" on Christmas is a non-secular attempt at reducing the marketing and economic beating that this season brings about.
But Bible-thumpers feel "attacked"? Please, give it a rest. Christmas is an ASSAULT on us, and has been since it was invented.
December 20th, 2007 at 11:22 amGod bless us everyone!
Comment by Menehune — December 20, 2007 @ 11:14 am
Menehune,
Get on your knees and pray to the cowgod
Eat his burger, for it is his flesh
And drink his milk, for it is his blood
Obey the cowgod
Moo!
December 20th, 2007 at 11:24 amThe President wishes some reporters “Happy Holidaysâ€...
This is the best you nitwits can come up with?
Sheeesh.
December 20th, 2007 at 11:25 amCharles James Napier Nelson Riley expresses "sheeesh"...
December 20th, 2007 at 11:27 amthat is all you nitwit can come up with?
This is the best you nitwits can come up with?
Sheeesh.
Comment by Charles James Napier
Yet you fail to recognize your own hipocrisy by coming here in the first place.
Good lap dog, good boy!
December 20th, 2007 at 11:28 amThe thing is, thousands of years ago, when Evergreens grew in the Middle-Eastern desert, THEY KNEW that one day "Secular Progressives" would try and co-opt Christmas and start bringing in other heathen festivuses and such. So they got smart and built it RIGHT INTO THE NAME.
Nice try secular haters. Jesus, as usual, was one step ahead of you...
It's MERRY CHRISTMAS to you. Now and FOREVER....
* I'm pretty sure THIS will be offensive, even if Happy Holidays isn't. Just trying to do my part to advance the civil discourse during the winter solstice.
December 20th, 2007 at 11:30 amCharles - we don't choose the thread topics. Nonetheless, don't you think the President should support the troops who are in the front lines in the "War on Christmas"?
December 20th, 2007 at 11:30 amThe right wing owns O'Lielly, just as they own Coulter and Insanity.
December 20th, 2007 at 11:31 amComment by FearandSmear
LOL!
December 20th, 2007 at 11:32 amThe President wishes some reporters “Happy Holidaysâ€â€¦
This is the best you nitwits can come up with?
Sheeesh.
Comment by Charles James Napier — December 20, 2007 @ 11:25 am
It's true that this isn't some earth-shaking story, like the daily "abuse of power" news that constantly comes from the White House. It's a minor story.
But the point is that this is the guy whose Kool-aid Bill O'Reilly constantly drinks. And apparently isn't on the same page as Bill-o when it comes to the manufactured "War on Christmas."
It's not a slam against Bush -- it's against O'Reilly. What's puzzling is that there is apparently a need to explain this.
December 20th, 2007 at 11:34 amDon't fret missmolly, good_golly will be by in a minute to better illustrate why it is necessary...
December 20th, 2007 at 11:36 amHappy and Merry Solstice to all!
Deck the halls with boughs of really sharp thorned branches!
Put a yule log in your pellet stove!
Chop down a tree and drag it back to your abode to die a slow death!
And have a Merry Christmas too!
December 20th, 2007 at 11:36 am"The President wishes some reporters “Happy Holidaysâ€â€¦
This is the best you nitwits can come up with?
Sheeesh.
Comment by Charles James Napier"
you may not have noticed, you imperialist murdering bastard, but this site has multiple threads. take some time and explore, there are plenty of other threads that document the evil that is your president.
December 20th, 2007 at 11:37 amBill O’Reilly is prepared to launch an intercontinental ballistic dildo at anyone who declares war on Christmas.
-GSD
Comment by GSD — December 20, 2007 @ 11:09 am
Ah! HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH!!!! Bless you, GSD - that was worth the coffee squirting out my nose. ;o)
December 20th, 2007 at 11:43 amSheeesh.
Comment by Charles James Napier — December 20, 2007 @ 11:25 am
Nappy once again misses the point. Duh.
December 20th, 2007 at 11:45 amComment by GSD — December 20, 2007 @ 11:09
Oh no... the dreaded ICBD... will it come armed w/ multiple "heads"?
Will it be the vibrating kind?
What world leader would have the "b*lls" to use such a hideous WMD?
December 20th, 2007 at 11:46 amThe pervert Bill O’Reilly does not represent “the right wingâ€.
i would probably agree with this statement.
and shouldn't thinkprogress be focussing on more important matters?
December 20th, 2007 at 11:46 amAwwww, now, Shayne, the only point poor widdle Charlie has is his head.
Be nice to the poor baby. He's ....slow.
December 20th, 2007 at 11:46 amDarla - the reichwing not only owns Billo and those like him, but they spawned him as well.
Billo, Insanity, Coulter, Rush - the whole list of crazed haters - they are the reichwing's beloved children.
December 20th, 2007 at 11:48 amWhat sort of delivery system would an ICBD have?
How would one launch it?
Is this the justly feared "crotch rocket" I've heard mentioned in the past?
December 20th, 2007 at 11:49 amThis is the last straw that will send W to his own personal hell. We can hope anyway.
December 20th, 2007 at 11:49 amand shouldn’t thinkprogress be focussing on more important matters?
Comment by darladoon — December 20, 2007 @ 11:46 am
Sometimes, ya just gotta have a good larf at Bill Orally's expense.
December 20th, 2007 at 11:50 amWhat world leader would have the “b*lls†to use such a hideous WMD?
Comment by The Republic of Stupidity — December 20, 2007 @ 11:46 am
If O'Reilly uses it obviously it doesn't take any b*lls. Or brains.
December 20th, 2007 at 11:51 amDoes'nt Bush know that we are a Christian nation and that all of the founding fathers were Southern Baptist ministers? And that if you don't say "Merry Christms" to everyone you see you are an American hating leftist commie?
December 20th, 2007 at 11:51 amif you sign up with o'reilly's side in the war on christmas, does it automatically come with immunity from prosecution for harassing your female coworkers?
December 20th, 2007 at 11:54 amso wait, you mean to tell me that america is going bankrupt, there is a dysfunctional war happening... and this is crap is of any importance whatsoever??! yeh, mission accomplished.
December 20th, 2007 at 12:04 pmhttp://phatbenetar.blogspot.com/2007/12/george-w-bush.html
The pervert Bill O’Reilly does not represent “the right wingâ€.
Comment by Frank M — December 20, 2007 @ 10:54 am
Oh, but he does, and perfectly. brain-dead, bigoted, hateful, perverse, mysoginistic, and a world-class liar. I'd say he IS the right. And so would he.
December 20th, 2007 at 12:06 pmRepublicans use Christians for votes and Christains never learn.
December 20th, 2007 at 12:17 pmDecember 20th, 2007 at 12:28 pm
Come on, there are more people living in this world (and have the right to live in it) than just Christians. WWJD?
Comment by CaptainMantastic — December 20, 2007 @ 12:28 pm
He'd be celebrating the Jewish holy days. He wasn't a Christian.
December 20th, 2007 at 12:32 pmIf you wanna embed this video elsewhere, save it, view it or share it... here it is
VIDEO
December 20th, 2007 at 12:40 pmBush's War On Christmas
http://test.redlasso.com/service/svc/clip/playClip?fid=a9c341c2-9396-4aaa-a2c8-d82d3f410e60
The President wishes some reporters “Happy Holidaysâ€â€¦
This is the best you nitwits can come up with?
Sheeesh.
Comment by Charles James Napier — December 20, 2007 @ 11:25 am
I don't know, Chuckles... who exactly said this is the "BEST" TP could come up with?
I mean, they DID come up with it, you're right on that score. But is this the only article posted today? Is there anything about it that suggests it should be taken more seriously than it deserves?
It would be interesting to know how you reached the conclusion that this was the "BEST" TP could come up with.
December 20th, 2007 at 12:51 pmThis illustrates how completely moronic BillO is. Bush and CaptainMantastic think its ok to say "Happy Holidays".
December 20th, 2007 at 1:38 pm"This is the best you nitwits can come up with?"
Is "nitwits" the best YOU can come up with?
OK, then I will lay in a few kilos of No-Doz for the approaching stormfront of scorching, trenchant posts you are sure to lay at our unsuspecting feet.
D*ckwad.
December 20th, 2007 at 3:27 pmThere should be a war on Christmas, along with religion in general. As far as I'm concerned anyone that spends time thinking that some imaginary guy in the sky is the cause and reason for everything has given up their right to think for themselves and becomes a slave to the biggest con ever perpetrated against mankind.
Screw Christmas, screw Jesus and screw all the so-called Gods. Religion is for weak minded fools and a tool for those that would use them.
Kneel to that.
December 20th, 2007 at 4:00 pmComment by BERT CONVY — December 20, 2007 @ 1:24 pm
You may wish to research the Protestant Church's historic and in some cases continued aversion to this holiday. Their objection as well of that of other Christians is largely rooted in the lack of any biblical sanction of the holiday as well of course its many pagan symbols and modern day commercialism
December 20th, 2007 at 4:01 pmComment by Com_n_sense — December 20, 2007 @ 4:00 pm
Com_n_Sense for president!!! Sevenfold!!!
Com_n_Sense for president!!! Sevenfold!!!
Com_n_Sense for president!!! Sevenfold!!!
It bears repeating.
"There should be a war on Christmas, along with religion in general. As far as I’m concerned anyone that spends time thinking that some imaginary guy in the sky is the cause and reason for everything has given up their right to think for themselves and becomes a slave to the biggest con ever perpetrated against mankind.
Religion is for weak minded fools and a tool for those that would use them."
December 20th, 2007 at 8:16 pmThe message from GWB is subtle, but clear if you accept that for the past 30 years at least, that everything done by the Trilateralized government of the United States has been an act of treason against the American people by pursuing globalization and the destruction of America to achieve a Global Totalitarian Government. This government will be Socialist, Fascist or some mix, and the government will be the religion.
There will not be any religion other than Government. Christian, Islam, Judaism will all be eliminated, Of the major religions, only the Jewish religion consider themselves as a race, so the Jewish race will exist as a racial entity (Many of the most right wing Zionists in Israel are not so much religous as people who believe in the racial superiority of their race and who use anti-semitism as a tool to maintain their racial purity). There is no Christian race, and there will be an end to Christians. There is no Islamic race, and so Islam will be extinguished.
So the Bush the Born again Christian that never was, is just an instrument to facilitate the plan. Who better to lead Christians to their own destruction than one who is believed to be a Good Christian? They have used religion to get support for their GWOT and there will be another phase where they use religous leaders as a tool to keep the critters calm once they figure out what is happening, but once things have stabilized, it is over for religion.
So when Bush says, Happy Holidays and not Merry Christmas, he is showing his true colors, and that my fellow critters, is not a good sign.
December 20th, 2007 at 8:49 pmThe pervert Bill O’Reilly does not represent “the right wingâ€.
Comment by Frank M — December 20, 2007 @ 10:54 am
He says he does.
December 20th, 2007 at 10:24 pmhttp://themedium.blogs.nytimes.com/ 2007/ 12/ 26/ editors-note-the-ron-paul-vid-lash/
December 28th, 2007 at 12:26 amSilly me I just thought the war on Christmas was insecure hegemonic behavior from Christians who don't understand the messages of love, hope, peace, and joy in the Advent season, which are suppose to be fruits of our faith throughout the year. What do I know!!
So, when a Hindu friend sent me a text message on Christmas wishing me a Merry Christmas was she a Christian like me OR a joyous loving hopeful Hindu sowing seeds of peace. Or maybe she responded to me celebrating Diwali with her, but then was I acting like a Hindi like her, Bill? You twit!!
The few times I hear Dubya acting like a President of all the country and they are all holiday greetings. How meaningless is he as a President. If he had only put as much intensity in being the President of all of us instead of being a lying, corrupt, war criminal! What a bummer for this country!!
December 30th, 2007 at 11:32 am