Huckabee would like us to believe that his new presidential campaign TV ad, invoking Christ by name and flashing a subliminal cross on screen behind his head, is not a campaign ad at all. You see, says Huckabee, it's simply his taking a break from the campaign and wishing America a Merry Christmas:
"If we are so politically correct in this country that a person can't say enough of the nonsense with the political attack ads could we pause for a few days and say Merry Christmas to each other then we're really, really in trouble as a country," Huckabee said.Really? So this isn't a campaign ad? It's not an effort by Huckabee to woo voters, using Christmas, Christ and the crucifixion cross as the hook? Ok, I'm game. How many of these nationwide Merry Christmas television ads has Huckabee run in previous years? I mean, he's now claiming it's a Huckabee family apolitical Christmas tradition to run TV ads about Christ and the cross, so I assume he runs these every year, even when he's not running for president? Or did Huckabee only decide to wish Americans a very-public Merry Christmas the year he wanted to be president, meaning, this is a campaign ad and not a "pause" from the campaign, as Huckabee alleges?
The guy's a bit slippery. (And check out this new Huckabee spoof ad.)
