“Yes, Huckabee is right! So, why is he only running the ad in Iowa, New Hampshire, and South Carolina?”
You are aware that these are the first primary states? Why should he be spending money in the other states NOW?
You see, that is the problem, in a nutshell.
If the ad is just a nice Christmas greeting, with no political purpose, then there is no reason to restrict the release to Iowa, New Hampshire and South Carolina. Presumably he wishes the folks up here in New Jersey a Merry Christmas, and hopes we keep Christ in Christmas as well. So it does not make sense to limit the run to the early primary states.
However, if the ad does have a political purpose, then Huckabee is being cynically manipulative and lying about it. The fact that the distribution is limited to early primary states indicates strongly that it does have a political purpose.
The additional fact that he is being cynically manipulative by using an "accidental" element to symbolise the Cross and then lying about it, over and over again, only compounds Huckabee's error.
He should not be. However, you are both missing and confirming the point I'm trying to make. The ads are calculated, political ads. They are not simply a "Merry Christmas" from Mike. He is not honoring Christ, he's using Christ for political gain.
jw