Councilman announces 'Jesus is the reason for the season' at menorah lighting ceremony

[eridani]

http://www.dailykos.com/story/2014/12/18/1352804/-Councilman-announces-Jesus-is-the-reason-for-the-season-at-menorah-lighting-ceremony

Bud Williams, city councilor in Springfield, Mass., stood in the court square earlier this week and participated in a holiday tradition.

“Jesus is the reason for the season,” Williams said at a Tuesday ceremony,according to MassLive.com.

His remarks wouldn’t really be notable, except that Williams was speaking at a menorah lighting ceremony, to mark the beginning of Hanukkah.

[Sherman A1]

1. One just has to wonder....

[irisblue]

2. The dumb and stupid we shall have with us always, yea, even until the end of times....

[Shrike47]

3. Wrong in so many ways.

And the sun is the reason for the season, let's be honest.

[Thirties Child]

5. ++++++

[Feral Child]

4. This was not an act of stupidity or misunderstanding.

It was a calculated ploy to pay homage to his Evangelical supporters.

[mindem]

6. Somewhere along the way

Christians determined they don't need to be nice anymore. When it comes to being nasty, or caustic, or demanding, or opinionated, or self serving, Christians have it in the bag.

[Silent3]

7. Especially sad that it seems this guy is a Democrat.

Republicans are going to be pissed he's stealing their schtick.

[Jim__]

8. He thought he was being "very positive."

I wonder if he knows what Hanukkah is.

[edhopper]

9. How harsh is the reaction in general?

Are his constituents letting it slide?

I wonder what the reaction would be at a Christmas Tree lighting ceremony, if a Jewish politician proclaimed; "Jesus was not the Messiah"?

Or, God-forbid, an atheists politician said "This is all myth and fairy tales."?

[Prophet 451]

10. Moron

Even if he's a Christian, there's a time and a place and this was neither.

[cbayer]

11. Ignorant? Sloppy? Intentionally provocative?

Based on his "explanatory" comments, I would guess ignorant.