Spiritual mentor, is also a major financier of Republican causes
lc
http://static1.firedoglake.com/1/files//2008/03/rev-moon.jpg
http://www.prospect.org/csnc/blogs/ezraklein_archive?month=03&year=2008&base_name=wright_and_falwell
http://www.salon.com/opinion/greenwald/2008/03/17/wright/index.html
A number of folks -- notably Ezra Klein and Glenn Greenwald -- have
already pointed out quite adroitly that while the media have had
little compunction about whipping up a phony controversy about Barack
Obama's "pastor problem", there's almost nothing that white
evangelical pastors can say that might bring down similar approbation.
John McCain's "spiritual advisers" Rod Parsley and John Hagee really
are only the tip of the iceberg when it comes to this.
As Glenn puts it:
The phrases "anti-American" and "America-haters" are among the
most barren and manipulative in our entire political lexicon, but
whatever they happen to mean on any given day, they easily encompass
people who believe that the U.S. deserved the 9/11 attacks,
devastating hurricanes and the like. Yet when are people like Falwell,
Robertson, Hagee, Inhofe and other white Christian radicals ever
described as anti-American or America-hating extremists? Never --
because white Christian evangelicals who tie themselves to the
political Right are intrinsically patriotic.
But the Republican right's biggest problem with having "America
haters" as leading exponents of movement conservatism is someone who
not only has claimed to be a spiritual mentor but is also a major
financier of Republican causes: the Rev. Sun Myung Moon.
As John Gorenfeld explains in delightful and excruciating detail in
his new book Bad Moon Rising: How Reverend Moon Created the Washington
Times, Seduced the Religious Right and Built an American Kingdom
[which we'll be discussing in greater detail tomorrow for the FDL Book
Salon], Moon has a long history of saying ugly things about the United
States and about Americans.
And yet simultaneously, the largesse he spreads about the conservative
movement has won him all kinds of friends, influence, and defenders,
if not followers. Certainly, there is no one in the mainstream media
who bothers to mention this, let alone play endless tape loops.
Here are some of the things Moon has said over the years, as Gorenfeld
has detailed:
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The whole world is in my hand, and I will conquer and subjugate the
world. I will go beyond the boundary of the U.S., opening up the toll
gate, reaching out to the end of the world. I will go forward,
piercing through everything ...
When we are in our battle against the whole nation of the U.S. --
if you are truly in love with this nation, and if you love this nation
more than anyone else, this nation will come into God's possession,
and Satan will have nothing to do with it. ... With that as the
bullet, we can smash the whole world.
Individualism is what God hates most, and Satan likes best.
God likes the idea of a monarchy, because it removes the cycles of
election after election which can obscure the focus and direction of
the nation.
The whole world is in my hand, and I will conquer and subjugate
the whole world.
The time will come when, without my seeking it, that my words must
serve as law.
We will be able to amend laws, articles of constitution, if we
wish to do so.
Telling a lie becomes a sin if you tell it to take advantage of a
person, but if you tell a lie to do a good thing ... that is not a
sin ... Even God tells lies very often.
I have met many famous, so-called famous, Senators and
Congressmen; but to my eyes they are nothing. They are weak and
helpless. We will win the battle. This is our dream, our project. But
shut your mouth tight.
After the demise of communism and the destruction of democracy,
all that will remain will be the True Family and True Children system,
centered upon True Parents [Moon's title for himself and his wife].
That is what is happening now.
America may boast of its virtues to the world, but look, democracy
is now reaching the end of its rope. People thought democracy is the
final anchor of the free world, but it is reaching its end. So what is
left? America has been telling the weaker nations that they have to
accept democracy, forcing them to receive so-called democracy. But
look at America. It is rotten, top to bottom. There is nothing to be
proud of, not their way of walking or talking or thinking.
When you hear me putting America down, your ears are not pleased.
But if we continue living in this hub of the satanic world, this New
York-DC area, we are in the darkness.
When Clinton and his policies come into being, the first
opposition must come from Christianity. But Christianity has lost its
center and its hope. For that reason, they have lost their power, and
that is why Clinton was allowed to win the election. It was the
failure of Christianity. This nation which is supposed to be Christian
has been turned into almost a model nation for Satan, losing
everything precious. People are losing their own identity, losing
brotherhood, losing their own parents, and losing God. This nation has
really become a playground for Satan.
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Those "patriotic" conservatives have not fled screaming from Moon for
saying these kinds of things. They have not denounced him. They have
not even discussed them -- nor, for that matter, have the media.
No, they not only continue to sturdily defend him and his many
operations -- most notably the Washington Times Moon's newspaper,
which has employed many leading conservative pundits -- they
positively embrace him, mostly because of his money. The most
significant of these has been his embrace by the Bush family.
George H.W. Bush has appeared at major Moon-sponsored events and taken
large sums of his money. Neil Bush has toured with him and also enjoys
his considerable largesse. And President Bush has gone so far as to
name a former Unification Church leader -- Josette Sheeran -- as his
undersecretary of state for economic, business, and agriculture
affairs.
But have the mainstream media dealt with any of this? Er, no. In fact,
when the subject of the Bush clan's ties to Moon have come up, people
like the New York Times' David Brooks -- who got his start as a pundit
at the Washington Times -- call it a "bizarre assertion" and an
instance of the "paranoid style in American politics."
Obviously, you don't get to watch Moon's "hateful" and "anti-American"
remarks being replayed endlessly on CNN and Fox, nor watch every media
outlet in the nation obsess over whether Republicans should repudiate
him.
Funny how that works, isn't it?
http://firedoglake.com/2008/03/21/the-republican-rights-moonie-problem/
[]
"And yet simultaneously, the largesse he spreads about the
conservative movement has won him all kinds of friends, influence, and
defenders, if not followers. Certainly, there is no one in the
mainstream media who bothers to mention this, let alone play endless
tape loops."
Bad Moon Rising: How Reverend Moon Created the Washington Times,
Seduced the Religious Right, and Built an American Kingdom
http://www.amazon.com/dp/0979482232?tag=firedoglake-20&camp=0&creative=0&linkCode=as1&creativeASIN=0979482232&adid=1ES8VWXSZ368AZM7E7NJ&
lc
bad moon rising
http://wonkette.com/373726/rev-sun-myung-moon-makes-dead-presidents-want-to-crawl-out-of-their-graves
Fri Mar 28 2008
VIDEO: 18:20 min
On Mar 22, 9:29 am, lc <lol7...@msn.com> wrote:
> Spiritual mentor, is also a major financier of Republican causes
>
> http://static1.firedoglake.com/1/files//2008/03/rev-moon.jpg
> http://www.prospect.org/csnc/blogs/ezraklein_archive?month=03&year=20...
> http://www.salon.com/opinion/greenwald/2008/03/17/wright/index.html
>
> A number of folks -- notably Ezra Klein and Glenn Greenwald -- have
> already pointed out quite adroitly that while the media have had
> little compunction about whipping up a phony controversy about Barack
> Obama's "pastor problem", there's almost nothing that white
> evangelical pastors can say that might bring down similar approbation.
> John McCain's "spiritual advisers" Rod Parsley and John Hagee really
> are only the tip of the iceberg when it comes to this.
>
> As Glenn puts it:
>
> The phrases "anti-American" and "America-haters" are among the
> most barren and manipulative in our entire political lexicon, but
> whatever they happen to mean on any given day, they easily encompass
> people who believe that the U.S. deserved the 9/11 attacks,
> devastating hurricanes and the like. Yet when are people like Falwell,
> Robertson, Hagee, Inhofe and other white Christian radicals ever
> described as anti-American or America-hating extremists? Never --
> because white Christian evangelicals who tie themselves to the
> political Right are intrinsically patriotic.
>
> But the Republican right's biggest problem with having "America
> haters" as leading exponents of movement conservatism is someone who
> not only has claimed to be a spiritual mentor but is also a major
> financier of Republican causes: the Rev. Sun MyungMoon.
>
> As John Gorenfeld explains in delightful and excruciating detail in
> his new book BadMoonRising: How ReverendMoonCreated the Washington
> Times, Seduced the Religious Right and Built an American Kingdom
> [which we'll be discussing in greater detail tomorrow for the FDL Book
> Salon],Moonhas a long history of saying ugly things about the United
> States and about Americans.
>
> And yet simultaneously, the largesse he spreads about the conservative
> movement has won him all kinds of friends, influence, and defenders,
> if not followers. Certainly, there is no one in the mainstream media
> who bothers to mention this, let alone play endless tape loops.
>
> Here are some of the thingsMoonhas said over the years, as Gorenfeld
> centered upon True Parents [Moon'stitle for himself and his wife].
> George H.W. Bush has appeared at majorMoon-sponsored events and taken
> large sums of his money. Neil Bush has toured with him and also enjoys
> his considerable largesse. And President Bush has gone so far as to
> name a former Unification Church leader -- Josette Sheeran -- as his
> undersecretary of state for economic, business, and agriculture
> affairs.
>
> But have the mainstream media dealt with any of this? Er, no. In fact,
> when the subject of the Bush clan's ties toMoonhave come up, people
> like the New York Times' David Brooks -- who got his start as a pundit
> at the Washington Times -- call it a "bizarre assertion" and an
> instance of the "paranoid style in American politics."
>
> Obviously, you don't get to watchMoon's"hateful" and "anti-American"
> remarks being replayed endlessly on CNN and Fox, nor watch every media
> outlet in the nation obsess over whether Republicans should repudiate
> him.
>
> Funny how that works, isn't it?
> http://firedoglake.com/2008/03/21/the-republican-rights-moonie-problem/
> []
>
> "And yet simultaneously, the largesse he spreads about the
> conservative movement has won him all kinds of friends, influence, and
> defenders, if not followers. Certainly, there is no one in the
> mainstream media who bothers to mention this, let alone play endless
> tape loops."
> BadMoonRising: How ReverendMoonCreated the Washington Times,
> Seduced the Religious Right, and Built an American Kingdomhttp://www.amazon.com/dp/0979482232?tag=firedoglake-20&camp=0&creativ...