Posted on 12/20/2007 9:33:15 PM PST by bahblahbah
I didn't see the famous floating cross. What I saw when I watched Mike Huckabee's Christmas commercial was a nice man in a sweater sitting next to a brightly lit tree. He had easy warmth and big brown puppy-dog eyes, and he talked about taking a break from politics to remember the peace and joy of the season. Sounds good to me.
Only on second look did I see the white lines of the warmly lit bookcase, which formed a glowing cross. Someone had bothered to remove the books from that bookcase, or bothered not to put them in. Maybe they would have dulled the lines.
Is there a word for "This is nice" and "This is creepy"? For that is what I felt. This is so sweet-appalling.
I love the cross. The sight of it, the fact of it, saves me, literally and figuratively. But there is a kind of democratic politesse in America, and it has served us well, in which we are happy to profess our faith but don't really hit people over the head with its symbols in an explicitly political setting, such as a campaign commercial, which is what Mr. Huckabee's ad was.
I wound up thinking this: That guy is using the cross so I'll like him. That doesn't tell me what he thinks of Jesus, but it does tell me what he thinks of me. He thinks I'm dim. He thinks I will associate my savior with his candidacy. Bleh.
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for me the fact that he used the cross and then denied the cross was the most telling thing to come from this adThat's right. He joked about playing it backwards and hearing "Paul is dead" -- which was a clever (and pre-planned) reaction to his critics -- but the fact is, the cross as a trick of lighting and not an actual cross was a kind of subliminal imagery, putting it in there to trick us with an association of his face and that symbol.
It was premeditated and cold-hearted, a product not of Christian evangelism but calculated mass-media science.
Very Clintonesque.
Welcome to the camp
I guess you know why Im here
I am the Huckster
And Im being pushed this year
If you want to follow me
You have to play pinball
And put in the earplugs
Put on the eye shades
You know where to put the cork...
The Huckabee ad was good and infact effective. That’s why we’ve seen alot of the candidates coming out with their Christmas/Holiday season commercials. Alot of these politicians just can’t fake warmth (especially PIAPS). The only good ad IMHO other than Huckabee is the Obama ad.
Right. Like if, just as the cross came in to focus, he said let's remember Jesus is the reason for the season, that would have been fine. Instead he gave that little wink and that peering look like he's checking to see if he got one over on you. I don't like that. Look, both he and Mitt have changed some positions. But when I look at Mitt I don't sense guile. He may just be a lot smoother, but I don't.
Ann Coulter is, too, when it comes to the Huckster.
I probably am not going to vote for Huckabee, but it is time to stop attacking a man for his name.
BINGO! He got called on the cross and then lied about it. Right up there with “I did it but I didn’t inhale.” Must be something in the water in Hope.
What Peggy Noonan said:
“I wound up thinking this: That guy is using the cross so I’ll like him. That doesn’t tell me what he thinks of Jesus, but it does tell me what he thinks of me. He thinks I’m dim. He thinks I will associate my savior with his candidacy. Bleh.”
I’m not attacking the Huckster for his name, rather his character. The other three in my list were also lacking in character as you may recall.
Good article. Expresses things I can’t. The more I see him, the less I like him. It started with his “innocent” question about Mormon theology (Jesus & Satan brothers?). It’s been downhill since. I somewhat liked him before, but that was a turning point for me. He’s playing a nasty game. Reminds me of the Clintons.
I’m a Christian first, a mother second, a conservative third, and a Republican fourth.
I will be voting for Alan Keyes.
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