Grumpy And Dopey

As a radio host, Garrison Keillor is smart and funny. As a political writer, he's the opposite.

Some people are taking him to task for his latest column on Christmas. Particularly this part:

Unitarians listen to the Inner Voice and so they have no creed that they all stand up and recite in unison, and that's their perfect right, but it is wrong, wrong, wrong to rewrite "Silent Night." If you don't believe Jesus was God, OK, go write your own damn "Silent Night" and leave ours alone. This is spiritual piracy and cultural elitism, and we Christians have stood for it long enough. And all those lousy holiday songs by Jewish guys that trash up the malls every year, Rudolph and the chestnuts and the rest of that dreck. Did one of our guys write "Grab your loafers, come along if you wanna, and we'll blow that shofar for Rosh Hashanah"? No, we didn't.

However, the whole piece is so poorly written I can't tell if he's being ironic or not.

PS Tomorrow I will be listing my favorite songs when I go caroling, and the list will include a bunch of those lousy holiday songs by Jewish guys.