"Sure, we coulda fed some orphans, but folks keep screaming
about how much I hate Christmas." (
Pete Sousa/White House)
Investor's Business Daily:
[T]he Obamas have gone all out in decorating their house this year, including a nearly quarter-ton gingerbread White House.
They have also installed 37 different Christmas trees. Thirty of the trees are live, or were, including one nearly 19-feet tall from Wisconsin. Seven of the three dozen Christmas trees are artificial or homemade including, of course, one from recyclables.
"We have 37 Christmas trees here at the White House--37!" Michelle Obama excitedly told a recent group of visitors. "That's a lot, right? Yes, that's a lot of trees. And we also have a 400-pound White House gingerbread house."
Well, that's nice. How lovely the Obamas are embracing the Christian tradition and making the White House a joyful environment for the people of faith who tour it during the holidays, right?
Wait, what was that headline?
As Americans struggle, the Obamas make do with 37 Christmas trees
Oh, for baby Jesus' sake!
The economy may be weak, unemployment strong and the first family soon to vacate the White House for another half-month of vacation in Hawaii.
The extravagance of 2011's decorations, however, are striking given the widespread joblessness, pale economic growth, home foreclosures and grim outlook for 2012, not to mention the incumbent president's historically low approval rating heading into his reelection bid.
Oh, would you folks just make up your mind? Does President Obama
hate Christianity or love it too much?
Cost-cutting on elaborate state tributes to religion is bandwagon I could totally get on board with. But I was waging war on Christmas before it was trendy.