Maybe Brad Paisley is a prophet?

"When you're a celebrity, it's adios reality" - Brad Paisley

I love country music. It is part of my hillbilly roots I guess, but I never thought that the day would come when a country song spoke so much truth into the world.

All sarcasm aside, recently there has a been a firestorm of media attention surrounding the commercial released by Mike Huckabee, Republican presidential candidate, wishing those in the states of Iowa, New Hampshire, and South Carolina a Merry Christmas.



It seems that those in the media and those in Hollywood cannot understand that a man can believe in the true meaning of Christmas and wish those around him a Merry Christmas and still be in politics.

Fox News writes, "At this time of year, sometimes it's nice to pull aside from all of that and remember that what really matters is the celebration of the birth of Christ," says the ordained Baptist minister, who has been riding a wave of evangelical support with his open religious appeals."

Access Hollywood accuses Huckabee of sending subliminal messages to the evangelical voters by blurring a cross in the background while playing Silent Night and wishing voters a Merry "Christ"mas.

Meredith Vierra on the Today show, quoting critics comments and pointing out the apparent floating cross in the background, said that it was "an overt religious appeal to Christian voters." To which Huckabee responded, "It was a bookshelf."

The "elite" of America who are behind Hollywood and in the media are quite out of touch with the American people and out of touch with something as simple as Christmas. For centuries Christmas has been celebrated, yet in America today there are some who desire to have all of Christianity out of the public square. Be careful this holiday season and each day in life to not take the attitude that the modern world is far superior than those who have gone before.

Christians should not be surprised at the fuss that is being made in the media and the fear that the evangelical vote may push Huckabee to the front. He stands for something simple, Christ as the meaning of Christmas. This simple stance is the very thing the anti-Christian rhetoric does not want.
A sign of the times, surely.
Adios reality, completely.