… and another thing

In this season of giving

December

Here’s what happens when candidates campaign in late December.

Mike Huckabee, the Baptist minister, wished us all Merry Christmas. What really matters at this time of year is the celebration of the birth of Jesus Christ, he said.

Barack Obama, sitting in front of a Christmas tree with his family, told us that what united us as a people was more powerful and enduring than anything that set us apart.

Hillary Clinton offered holiday gifts: universal health care, alternative energy, bring troops home, middle class tax breaks and universal pre-K.

Rudy Giuliani gave us a different list: peace with strength, a safe America, lower taxes, strict constructionist judges. A fruitcake, too, and a wish that all the presidential candidates could get along. And he laughed.

John Edwards pledged during this season of miracles to remember the less fortunate.

Now John McCain reminds us of the North Vietnamese guard who loosened the ropes binding him and on Christmas day silently drew a cross in the dirt.

Political ads in December. Who else?
PHOTO: Republican Sen. John McCain of Arizona talks to reporters following a campaign stop in Salem, N.H. on Tuesday. (AP Photo/Jim Cole)

This entry was posted on Thursday, December 20th, 2007 at 4:25 pm by Noreen O'Donnell.
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