By J Clifford
Florida’s 8th congressional district is currently represented by Bill Posey, a Republican with a 67 percent Conservative Action Score on the That’s My Congress legislative scorecard system. For the Tea Party, that’s not conservative enough. So, under the name of the Tea Party, a man named Karl Balone is challenging Representative Posey in the 2014 election.
Why should voters in the 8th district vote for Balone instead of Posey? Because, according to Balone’s campaign Facebook page, the “United States Postal Service—- Has Taken Lord Jesus Christ and Merry Christmas………………………………..OUT OF CHRISTMAS.”
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Balone didn’t come up with this issue on his own. He’s referring to a conspiracy theory that’s made the rounds of right wing activists this autumn, claiming that the US Postal Service is refusing to print stamps that celebrate Christmas or show Jesus. The conspiracy theory is based upon a poster that promotes the three most recent additions to the Postal Service’s holiday stamp collection. That poster shows a stamp for Hanukkah, a stamp for Kwanzaa, and a stamp with gingerbread houses on it – but no stamp for Christmas, and no stamp showing the baby Jesus.
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I guess he feels threated that the government is acknowledging other religions besides his own exist in this country.
Running on postage stamps? Does he take them in donations (Christian mythology only, of course!)?
We have another Almond Joy candidate here, not a Mounds candidate. (Sometimes you feel like a nut, sometimes you don’t!)
http://votesmart.org/candidate/146135/karl-balone#.Up-HAkMjulM says independent. There is clearly some disagreement on this so I guess leave both labels.
Politics1 also says Tea Party.
Hmmm….well, one of them has it wrong.
The Green Papers lists him as the Florida Tea Party candidate.
According to http://ballotpedia.org/Karl_Balone he is an independent, not a right wing minor party candidate; his association with the Tea Party is ideological, but that is not his ballot label.
Get them Pagan Solstice stamps. Oh, the Postal Service isn’t that inclusive yet, but I think you can design your own.
There’s a lot of Christmas Warriors in my family, too. Hmm… I should get some of them Kwanzaa stamps. 😀
I own a business, and I don’t happen to like offending my clients. If I’m unsure what holiday someone celebrates, I might say something like “Enjoy your holiday”. And, guess what? The world hasn’t fallen apart! What the heck is wrong with being considerate to people different than you are?
I feel a rant coming, so I’d better stop here.
I’m SO sick of hearing about this “war on Christmas”, just like I’m sick of the “war on women”. I’ll just start calling all of this “the war on idiots”.
I see the stupid is strong in this one.