People are now making a big stink about a new Huckabee ad that’s been playing in Iowa. They claim that a bookshelf in the background kind of looks like a cross and was therefore intentionally placed as a subliminal message. While I wouldn’t put it past him, I’m not sure I believe the hoopla. Of course, I don’t really see why that would be any worse than the actual content of the message, anyway. Is a psuedo-cross really worse than him flat-out praising Christ in his political message? Also in the ad, Huckabee muses that people must be sick and tired of political advertisements, so instead…here’s a Christmas greeting.

The obvious unspoken post-script reads, “By the way, vote for me…the Christian.”

Here’s the video. Watch how many times this guy blinks. I counted 39: