A joke?

It's hard to know where to begin with today's letter from Tom McNeil of Healdton. He writes:

Barack Obama has disproved the widespread belief that he’s not a religious man. He recently expanded his self-worship to include a Wednesday night praise service and a Sunday pot-luck luncheon.

That's it. That's the letter. Was this, like, a joke he heard at a local Healdton GOP gathering? He starts with a premise that shows you that he's in the echo chamber with the "widespread belief" bit-- only someone who listens solely to Fox News and reads the Oklahoman would imagine that there's a "widespread belief" that Obama isn't religious.

But then-- trying to play off os some notion that Obama imagines himself to be some sort of deity, I guess?-- he uses some standard white, evangelical Christian motifs as some sort of punch line?

And Mr McNiel thought THIS was funny enough to actually write it down and send it in?!? And this paper decided to run it? Would any real newspaper image that THIS sentiment-- presented in such a sophomoric/pathetic way-- is worth publishing? ANY?