Tim Cuprisin is reporting that right wing loudmouth Mark Belling is hosting an hour of his favorite Christmas songs this afternoon. Because nothing reminds you of Ole Saint Nick more than shouting down callers, profane language, and racial epithets!

Apparently this is supposed to be Belling’s contribution in the nonexistent “war on Christmas” that has become a sacred tenant of right wing lore. He is quoted in the story explaining:

"It's mostly a rebellion against the attempts by all sorts of people to de-Christmas Christmas," he says. "When communities started calling Christmas trees 'holiday trees,' and all these advertisers started refusing to use the word Christmas in their ads, I thought it would be right thing to do to really put Christmas in their face."

I wonder in which twisted world Belling would be a poster child for the ideals of Christmas? The idea of “peace on earth” being represented by a person so wild about sending other people into war? Since when does the concept of “good will to all” exempt immigrants and their families? Belling and the ideals of Christmas, a very strange combination indeed.

In the story Belling was also quoted talking about one of his favorite songs, “Santa Claus is Coming to Town.” He explains why he likes it so much by commenting that it is "the ultimate conservative Christmas song because it's just a great morality play. If you do the right thing you'll be rewarded, if you don't you'll be punished. Kinda the exact opposite of Barack Obama."

In a Belling Christmas, apparently even some of the most popular carols are not exempt from baseless nasty political attacks. If there really is a “war on Christmas” it has been launched by those that would exploit it for their own narrow means. Today, on a radio near you, that person would be Mark Belling.

Christmas! It’s the most exploited time of the year!