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But a Presidential acknowledgment such as this would seem to lend credibility to it.
In my opinion, this is much ado about nothing. A written statement from the Press Office that no one cares about but a few deluded Kwanzaa celebrators and a few very dedicated FR Kwanzaa-haters isn't going to have much effect one way or the other. I'd just as soon the POTUS ignored Kwanzaa, but I can't see making a mountain out of a molehill because he didn't. Some of the posters here are pretty venomous about it--why? Why bother? It's the same people thread after thread, day after day. Some people are just happier badmouthing.

But a Presidential acknowledgment such as this would seem to lend credibility to it. In my opinion, this is much ado about nothing.

You are probably correct. However it does seem that a Presidential acknowledgment such as this is met to lend credibility to this "holiday".

In my opinion, this is much ado about nothing. A written statement from the Press Office that no one cares about but a few deluded Kwanzaa celebrators and a few very dedicated FR Kwanzaa-haters

Wrong. It is displayed prominanently on the White House website and is archived as an official presidential message. It is given equal billing with the President's Christmas message and his Hannukah message. Are you saying that those messages are just worthless statements that no one reads or cares about?

Why can't you just admit that the president was wrong in recognizing or mentioning Kwanzaa. I mean, you do as much when you say that you would have preferred that he ignored it. We agree! I wish he had ignored it. But it isn't a small thing. He is lending credibility and legitimacy to a fake holiday invented by a violent, sadistic thug to spread his virulent brand of racist black nationalism and Marxism. As I said to you before, either the President is pandering to the wrong crowd - one that he's never going to reach anyway - or he's simply ignorant about the origins and nature of Kwanzaa. Or both.