By Selwyn Duke
Perhaps you saw some of the Christmastime campaign commercials released by the presidential candidates. The one receiving the most attention was Mike Huckabee’s "floating cross" spot, which was criticized for its Christian symbolism. Although I have no use for Huck, his commercial was fine and the criticism nothing but anti-Christian tripe. The truly objectionable commercial was Hillary Clinton’s, which I’ll dub "Statist Santa Claus."
It was truly bizarre. It showed Lady Macbeth herself, sitting next to a Christmas tree with her painted-on smile, handling presents labeled as various statist social programs. On one, for instance, was written something like "Universal Heath Care." As she picked up the presents, looking like a policy-geek bearing gifts, one word had to enter a sane person’s mind: Creepy.
Dick Morris, Bill Cinton’s erstwhile propaganda minister and Machiavelli wanna-be (although as a political prognosticator he has the accuracy of your local weatherman), was discussing the commercial recently on television. Now, as you read this, understand that Morris is someone who still thinks Bill Clinton was a great president. Said Morris (I’m paraphrasing, but this is close to verbatim),
"That’s the first honest commercial she ever made. That’s actually what she does at Christmas: She sits around talking about policy . . .. But it’s a good thing those presents were wrapped, because they won’t look that pretty once they’re opened."
In other words, Morris has at least one redeeming quality: He recognizes Hillary Rodham for the empty skirt she is.
Her commercial not only was demagoguery, it was the cheapest, most insulting brand of it. This was so obvious that I don’t suppose it ran for very long. Are people supposed to lap up the message — one the commercial beats you over the head with — that if you vote for Clinton’s socialist self she’ll deliver all sorts of goodies? And I suppose that if the Republicans win, we’ll just end up with a lump of coal in our stockings.
The truth is that Clinton’s presents wouldn’t be created by elves, but the other little people, the ones known as taxpayers. Thus, I have no tolerance for a statist who masquerades as a great humanitarian and font of charity. Lady Macbeth can give nothing; all she can do is steal resources from some Americans and transfer them to others. They’re cheap votes for her — expensive ones for working Americans.
Speaking of working Americans, we have to wonder how much Clinton really cares about them. Do you remember that waitress a few years back who she left no tip? Well, I have a tip for you: Leftists’ preaching about the poor is nothing but posturing. Actions speak louder than words.
I once read about how wait staff in Washington, DC, said that the liberals were the worst tippers. But there’s more than just anecdotal evidence, as this pattern of uncharitableness is borne out by studies as well. For instance, there was the one demonstrating that residents of red states donate more to charity relative to their incomes than denizens of blue states do.
It’s not surprising, really. Charitableness is a by-product of Christianity, which is why our greatest charities have usually been founded by Christians. The Catholic Church, for instance, provides more aid to the poor than any other entity in the world, next to the US government. And since liberals are typically godless, it’s usually only the shirt off someone else’s back that they give. It’s a function of worldliness and its attendant greed and materialism.
No wonder Santa wears red.
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