Hastert at War with Democrat Over National Christmas Tree

Now that the Democrats have won control of Congress an old controversy has reared its ugly head once again over what to call the Capitol Christmas Tree. Republican Dennis Hastert and his colleagues restored the original name to the tree when the Party gained control of Congress, after years of being called 'The Holiday Tree' during the 1990s under the Democrats. Hastert mandated that the tree rightfully be referred to as 'the Capitol Christmas Tree.'

This year the Democrats, who are set to move into the majority in Congress in January, returned to their practice of calling the tree a 'Holiday Tree.' Technically, however, Republicans are still in the majority until this session is adjourned. And Hastert quickly engaged the Democrats in a war of words over the tree at the annual lighting ceremony at the U.S. Capitol.

Senator Patty Murray, D-Wash., was chosen to deliver a speech at the lighting ceremony since the Pacific Silver Fir is from her home state of Washington. Never once did Murray refer to the tree as a Christmas tree. Instead she opted for the former manner in which the Democrats referred to the tree, twice making reference to the 'Capitol Holiday Tree.'

Interestingly enough, the master of ceremonies who introduced Murray referred to the tree as 'the Capitol Christmas Tree,' and Murray's speech was immediately followed by the National Presbyterian School Chorus singing, 'O Christmas Tree.'

Democrats, in their tireless efforts to ignore history and tradition in order to be fully politically correct, fall all over themselves to avoid using the dreaded term
'Christmas.'

When outgoing Speaker of the House Dennis Hastert rose to speak, he referred to the tree exclusively as 'the Capitol Christmas Tree' and used the term 'Christmas' at least a dozen times, as if to indicate to Murray that despite her reluctance to have the despicable 'C' word roll from her mouth, there are still some Americans left who are not afraid to own and affirm the history and traditions that make this season of the year unique.

You can rest assured that when Democrats come back to power in January, the powers that be will renew their war on Christianity with a vengeance. As the Party that gave us the very first Muslim Congressman in history, the Democrats apparently have no shame in affirming anti-Jewish and anti-Christian sentiment in their relentless march toward neutralizing anything religious in the public square, that is, unless you are Muslim.