The Commander in Chief on the Wrong Side in the War on Christmas?

The Washington Post reports that those manning the barricades in a last ditch defense of Christmas have a new atrocity to report in the fight against the secular humanists. Is it the souless retail industry this time? No, to the dismay of the those standing between Christmas and the outer darkness, President Bush himself has sent out cards wishing a happy holiday season:

"This clearly demonstrates that the Bush administration has suffered a loss of will and that they have capitulated to the worst elements in our culture," said William A. Donohue, president of the Catholic League for Religious and Civil Rights.
Bush "claims to be a born-again, evangelical Christian. But he sure doesn't act like one," said Joseph Farah, editor of the conservative Web site WorldNetDaily.com. "I threw out my White House card as soon as I got it."
Religious conservatives are miffed because they have been pressuring stores to advertise Christmas sales rather than "holiday specials" and urging schools to let students out for Christmas vacation rather than for "winter break."

Unlike the heathen retailers, Bush is getting the benefit of the doubt from some Christmas zealots:

One of the generals on the pro-Christmas side is Tim Wildmon, president of the American Family Association in Tupelo, Miss. "Sometimes it's hard to tell whether this is sinister -- it's the purging of Christ from Christmas -- or whether it's just political correctness run amok," he said. "I think in the case of the White House, it's just political correctness."

William A. Donohue, president of the Catholic League for Religious and Civil Rights, is less forgiving:

At the Catholic League, Donohue had just announced a boycott of the Lands' End catalogue when he received his White House holiday card. True, he said, the Bushes included a verse from Psalm 28, but Psalms are in the Old Testament and do not mention Jesus' birth.

Mr. Donohue may have forgotten that Jesus was born into a Jewish family. The NYT reports that Christmas is being injected into the debate over Supreme Court nominee Samuel Alito:

Fidelis, a conservative Roman Catholic group, has begun an Internet advertisement and plans to buy radio commercials with a similar theme as early as next week. "Judge Alito ruled against the A.C.L.U.'s attempt to scrub away our religious heritage," a narrator says, recalling an opinion Judge Alito wrote upholding a Jersey City display including a Nativity scene and a menorah.

Hey guys, relax. It's Christmas we're talking about. Remember, "On earth, peace, good will toward men"? Remember Charlie Brown and his little tree? Why do some Christians insist on fighting over Christmas?