Debbie Schlussel: Funniest (& Tasteless) Holiday Card of the Year
I've received many Chanukah and Christmas cards this year (thanks to the readers who sent me e-cards!).
My favorite one is from my friends, Patrick and Katherine Stethem, brother and sister-in-law of Hezbollah-assassinated Navy diver Robert Dean Stethem. In 1985, he was tortured to death by Hezbollah on hijacked TWA Flight 847 because he was an American, a member of our military, and refused--despite all of their torture tactics--to denounce America. The Stethem's card, with pics of their three beautiful kids--one of whom is named for their late brother, is a reminder to me that there are great, patriotic Americans who are willing to fight the enemy and pay the ultimate price. It is also a reminder to me that we can prevail and survive, if we have the will. Stethem's nieces and nephews are living evidence of that.
On a much lighter and tasteless note, I also received this hilarious card from my friend, former House Republican staffer and now-lobbyist Jason Roe, the smart guy and smart aleck who heads the Federal Strategy Group . . .
I'm surprised a lobbying group had the chutzpah to send something like this out. But, occasionally, humorless Washington departs from its predictable self. Very rarely, though.
Wide Stance.
Posted by Debbie on December 14, 2007 09:54 AM to Debbie Schlussel