So I wrote this:

This gives Huckabeeโ€™s ad just the slightest spin as a volley in the โ€œChristmas warsโ€ but not enough for him to be fairly tagged as trying to politicize Christmas. Rather, that charge will be aimed at anyone who complains about the ad.

And a reader responds (for several others) pithily:

Like, say, the majority of NRO writers?

Me: I donโ€™t know, has anyone around here complained about the ad? So far itโ€™s been huzzahs and three cheers for the adโ€™s brilliance. But if the complaint is that weโ€™re being too political in our reading of the ad, all I can say is, yo ho ho and and put down the rum. If you donโ€™t think thereโ€™s a political intent behind an ad aimed at Iowa caucus goers and that religion isnโ€™t part of the mix, your complaint should be aimed at your pharmacist for giving you the wrong medication. This is first and foremost a political opinion blog at a political opinion website that is part of a political opinion magazine that has made dealing with the intersection of conservatism and politics for half a century. Is it really so absurd to look at this ad from that perspective? Really?

Correction: I stand corrected, Kathryn did indeed complain.