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by Danny Gallagher, posted Dec 3rd 2009 1:02PM
It's official: President Barack Obama has officially ruined Christmas. Pundits and TV viewers from up and down the dial are calling out President Obama for airing his big speech on the troop surge in Afghanistan and preempting ABC's airing of the classic Christmas cartoon A Charlie Brown Christmas. If this causes a move for impeachment, I may never awake from my laughter coma.
Not only was the story the top headline on yesterday morning's Drudge Report, but the pundits really jumped in to turn the President into their own personal Scrooge.
The harshest and most unintentionally hilarious swing came from (who else?) Glenn Beck who attempted to pick up the show's fallen torch by reciting Linus' wonderful speech in his stead. And don't misunderstand me. I'm a huge fan of the Peanuts and especially of the Charlie Brown Christmas special. I'm still cursing the day that I didn't win the role of Snoopy in the 3rd grade.
But Glenn really seems to see Linus as some sort of divine messenger. Something tells me Glenn has a security blanket in his office that has racked up more mileage than The Stig from Top Gear.
And stop worrying, ABC has announced they will air the special next week. And that's what Christmas is all about, Charlie Brown.
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