This just in: Mary, Joseph were Republican

A midwestern columnist wrote a seasonal column about the homeless, ending it with a mention that "After all, once upon a time, a homeless couple came to Bethlehem, looking for shelter." This incensed readers, one of whom wrote that "Joseph and Mary were NOT homeless. They were forced to go to Bethlehem by Caesar Augustus, who undoubtedly was the world's first liberal Democrat." I guess that means Pontius Pilate, who came along some three decades later, was even worse -- a Massachusetts Democrat.