Barbara Walters Slams Bush for Religious Christmas Cards

I received White House Christmas cards for a couple of years (until I stopped contributing - you can see them here and here) and never had a problem with them. They usually showed scenes from the White House and had a family-friendly message in them. This year's card included some scripture and that has Barbara Walters all upset:

Barbara Walters likes to receive Christmas greetings from high-profile celebrities and leaders, but apparently not if they refer to the Bible.

On Thursday's episode of ABC's The View, Walters expressed dismay that President and Mrs. Bush would send out greetings containing Scripture.

During the segment, Walters showed the other gals some of the "highfalutin Christmas cards," and explained the White House card:

"First of all, let me show you the cover of the White House, which is nice and bland…So that's pleasant enough. This is what interested me, that it is a religious Christmas card. Usually in the past when I have received a Christmas card, it's been 'happy holiday's' and so on- And this says:

"'You alone are the Lord. You made the heavens, even the highest heavens, and all their starry host, the earth and all that is on it, the seas and all that is in them. You gave life to everything, and the multitudes of heaven worship you.'

"That's from Nehemiah in the Old Testament. I don't remember- and I'm sure people will remind me-getting a religious card. Now does this also go to agnostics and atheists and Muslims and -"

Moderator Whoopie Goldberg and co-host Sherri Shepherd tried to steer clear of controversy by joking that the Scriptures were about Walters, but Walters persisted in her critique, asking, "Don't you think it's a little interesting that the president of all the people is sending out a religious Christmas card?"

Can you imagine that - a professed Christian sending out a card with a religious message? The horror!

BaaBaa WahWah is free to send me her card if she doesn't like it. Oh, and if you'd like to send her a greeting, you can find the address here.

By the way, a couple of years ago a group of Christian morons slammed Bush because his Christmas card wasn't religious enough. The poor guy just can't win.