Baffled

"Honor the king."

1 Peter 2:17b

"Therefore I exhort first of all that supplications, prayers, intercessions, and giving of thanks be made for... kings and all who are in authority, that we may lead a quiet and peaceable life in all godliness and reverence."

1 Timothy 2:1-2

Have you ever seen a sculpture outside a government building and no matter how you craned your neck, you could not make heads nor tails out of the work of "art"? Such an event took place during CNN Headline News' entertainment segment.

Host A.J. Hammer and his two entertainment pundits tried to understand what took place on "The View" the morning after the election. In a word, they were baffled. Imagine an elephant stumbling upon a Studebaker on the Serengeti.

Some background. "The View" takes four to six semi-celebrity women, seats the in a semi-circle before the camera, and has them semi-think out loud about the issues of the day. To say it's semi-entertaining would be lying. It's like gawking at a daily train wreck. Here's the hook (there has to be a hook or why would anyone tune in?): Only one staunch (and articulate) conservative resides on this semi-panel. Her name is Elisabeth Hasselbeck and her position is decidedly Christian. It's like the Roman Coliseum every episode, and to spice things up, it seems they bloodied her up during the election.

Well, day after the debacle, Elisabeth announces her support for the new President of the United States. She did NOT endorse anything that ever came out of President-elect Obama's mouth, but in keeping with what the Bible commands, she through her full support behind the president (ever see a prominent Democrat do that? Four years ago? Eight?).

In the clips where I have heard Mr. Hammer speak of Mrs. Hasselbeck (yes, Mrs.), he's perenially dismayed. "How can I thinking individual hold to such daft positions?" seems to be his Hollywood position. Wednesday was no exception. Of course, his two debu-pundits both share his "where'd they dredge this Neandrethal cave wench?" position.

Here's the video as the "world" tries to understand the "foolishness of Christ."