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From:	Millie (75.107.205.203)
Subject:	Bush Family --- "Rev" Moon --- any calls for disavowing?? No? Why?
Date:	May 6, 2008 at 7:22 pm PST

Bush Family in the House of Moon

George H.W. Bush to speak at the Rev. Sun Myung Moon-owned Washington Times' 25th anniversary celebration in mid-May

By Bill Berkowitz
Thu Apr 19, 2007 at 03:01:31 PM EST

When former President George H.W. Bush takes the stage to deliver the keynote address in honor of the 25th anniversary of the ultra-conservative Washington Times newspaper in mid-May, it will not be the first time he has spoken in support of one of the Rev. Sun Myung Moon's enterprises.

And whatever fee Bush will realize from his appearance, it is only one aspect of what author Kevin Philips has termed Moon's "close" relationship with the Bush family.

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"Besides the gift of the support of the Washington Times, Bush and his son have accepted large amounts of money from Moon's church," said Gorenfeld, the author of a forthcoming book about the Rev. Moon and U.S. politics.

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Moon's enterprises extend far beyond the Unification Church, says Steve Hassan, an expert on cults and a licensed mental health counselor who was once a leader in the Moon organization.

"There are a number of business and political fronts; it's a multi-billion-dollar international conglomerate headed by a demagogue who claims that he's the greatest guy in history, who wants to abolish democracy, end or destroy the United Nations and set up a theocracy for his heirs to rule," Hassan told me in a telephone interview.

When the elder Bush takes to the podium next month, it would be surprising if the close relationship between the Bush family and Moon is scrutinized by the mainstream media, since it has been basically ignored or glossed over for decades, Hassan insists.

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http://www.talk2action.org/story/2007/4/19/15131/3739

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