Bush family does a Moon dance

[bemildred]

The Moonie Times must be a truly strange place to work, if you aren't a Moonie.

OAKLAND, California - 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 Reverend Sun Myung Moon's enterprises.

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

While the elder Bush - and other family members - have benefited both financially and politically from this relationship with Moon, the head of the Unification Church has a more varied agenda in mind, one that includes a pardon from current President George W Bush.

In the 1980s, Moon served a 13-month jail sentence for tax evasion. He doesn't want to be a considered a convicted felon and is hoping for a pardon before Bush leaves office.

http://www.atimes.com/atimes/Front_Page/ID14Aa01.html

[Cirque du So-What]

1. Hellooooo, WH Press Corpse! Anybody home??

Searching for something worthwhile to cover while waiting for shoes to drop in any one of innumerable scandals? How about tossing the fundies some raw meat in the form of Dear Leader's cozy familial relationship with the King of Apostates?

If only a good reason could be found for the lapdog media to sit up & take notice...

[Demeter]

2. You Mean---Journalism??? What Kind of Monster ARE You???!!!

Nice try, though.

[Cirque du So-What]

3. Sorry...lost my head there for a moment

Still, it would be great if someone could draw the corporate media's attention in some way...but it would take a celebrity of gargantuan stature to pull it off. I HAVE heard that Don Imus has some extra time on his hands lately :hide: