Peak Wingnuttia: Far-Right "News" Site Accuses Obama of Targetting the Baby Jesus

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Peak Wingnuttia: Far-Right "News" Site Accuses Obama of Targetting the Baby Jesus
By Terry Krepel, Media Matters for America
Posted on December 10, 2009, Printed on December 10, 2009
http://www.alternet.org/bloggers/http://mediamatters.org//144480/

A December 4 New York Times article on White House social secretary Desirée Rogers reported that the Obama administration had apparently considered a "non-religious Christmas" celebration in the White House as a way to reach out to other faiths and that, according to the Times, there was a debate about whether to display the traditional nativity scene. In the end, the article added, "tradition won out; the executive mansion is now decorated for the Christmas holiday, and the crèche is in its usual East Room spot."

Run that story through WorldNetDaily's looking glass -- heavily distorted by right-wing partisanship and sheer, unreasonable hatred of Barack Obama -- and you get a December 8 WND article by Chelsea Schilling, headlined "Obama's latest target: Ousting baby Jesus" and carrying this lede:

"The Obama administration sought to ban baby Jesus from the executive mansion as part of its plans for a "non-religious Christmas," according to a participant at a White House luncheon."

Briefly considering not erecting a nativity scene means you "sought to ban baby Jesus"? Really?

Does the WorldNetDaily store sell these looking glasses so the rest of us can take part in this same mind-bending distortion? Or is the experience open only to those who hate Obama with a burning passion like Joseph Farah and Co. do?

[Bitwit1234]

1. I'm confused

Didn't Jesus grow up. How come the republicans still refer to him as the baby Jesus.

[mrcheerful]

2. Because thats when they like their Jebus myth the best, after Jebus grew up he became one of those

heathen, unwashed poor folks that didn't work for a living and worse, he spoke in public about the evils of the rich and greedy.

[lapislzi]

3. Every time you think you've seen it all...

They manage to outdo themselves. How much crazier can they possibly get? Wait, don't answer that.