Jim DeMint

Christian Leaders Criticize Kyl, DeMint For Christmas Remarks

Jillian Rayfield | December 17, 2010, 1:49PM

Sen. Jim DeMint and Jon Kyl would have you believe that its "sacrilegious" to hold so many votes around Christmas time. Not according to a number of Christian leaders, who harshly criticized the Republicans for invoking Christmas as an excuse to avoid votes.

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Stephen Colbert

Colbert Declares The Week After Christmas A Sacred Holiday (VIDEO)

David Taintor | December 17, 2010, 11:40AM

Stephen Colbert

Stephen Colbert last night continued his coverage of the nation's war on Christmas, calling Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) -- who is urging Congress to continue working through the holidays -- the "albino raisin who stole Christmas."

Sen. John Kyl (R-AZ) has said it would be impossible to complete all the work Reid wants to accomplish during the holidays "without disrespecting one of the two holiest of holidays for Christians, and the families of all the Senate." And Colbert agrees.

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War On Christmas

Biden On START Treaty Vote: Don't Talk To Me About Christmas (VIDEO)

Rachel Slajda | December 16, 2010, 4:01PM

Vice President Joe Biden chimed in today after two Republican senators balked at the idea of having votes on the START treaty and other legislation either right before or after Christmas.

"Don't tell me about Christmas. I understand Christmas," Biden said in an interview today with Andrea Mitchell. "There's 10 days between now and Christmas. I hope I don't get in the way of your Christmas shopping, but this is the nation's business. National security's at stake. Act."

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War On Christmas

Reid Responds To Kyl: 'I Don't Need To Hear Sanctimonious Lectures' About Meaning Of X-Mas (VIDEO)

Rachel Slajda | December 15, 2010, 2:45PM

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV)

After Sen. Jon Kyl (R-AZ) accused Majority Leader Harry Reid of grinchery for suggesting that the Senate work the week after Christmas, Reid blamed Kyl's party for the delay that may push votes past the holiday.

"As a Christian, no one has to remind me of the importance of Christmas for all of the Christian faith, for all their families, all across America," he said. "I don't need to hear the sanctimonious lectures of Sen. Kyl and [Sen. Jim] DeMint to remind me of what Christmas means."

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War On Christmas

Inhofe: I Would Expect 'Holiday' Parade In Other States -- But Not Oklahoma (VIDEO)

Eric Kleefeld | December 6, 2010, 1:31PM

Sen. Jim Inhofe (R-OK)

Sen. Jim Inhofe (R-OK) appeared today on Fox & Friends, to elaborate on his decision to not attend the local "Holiday Parade Of Lights" in Tulsa, on the grounds that the organizers had officially removed "Christmas" from the table.

"But you know, this is a bigger picture," said Inhofe. "You look around the country, you see the atheist billboards, you see the New York school board saying you can't have a nativity scene but you can have a Muslim star, the North Carolina school board taking Christmas off the calendar.

"You know, I would expect it some other places, but not here in Oklahoma. So my decision was a personal decision. I'm not really boycotting it -- I'm just not gonna be there. To me, last time I checked, Gretchen, Christmas meant the birth of Jesus Christ, and that's what we're celebrating, that's what I'm celebrating, that's what my 20 kids and grandkids are celebrating."

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War On Christmas

Inhofe Won't March In 'Holiday Parade' Unless They Add 'Christmas' To Name

Jillian Rayfield | December 1, 2010, 12:14PM

Jim Inhofe

Oklahoma Sen. Jim Inhofe (R) says he won't participate in Tulsa's annual Holiday Parade Of Lights until the "forces of political correctness" put "Christmas" back in the title. "I'm not going to ride in a Christmas parade that doesn't recognize Christmas," he said.

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