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Bad Moon Rising: How Reverend Moon Created the Washington Times, Seduced the Religious Right and Built an American Kingdom (Hardcover)
John Gorenfeld
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--Sidney Blumenthal, author, Clinton advisor
"Bad Moon Rising is stunningly good. Stylish, exquisitely researched, and morally courageous, it reveals corruption to a depth and breadth unimagined by mere novelists."
--Rick Perlstein, author of Before the Storm: Barry Goldwater and the Unmaking of the American Consensus
"No American reporter knows more than John Gorenfeld about Sun Myung Moon's hidden influence and megalomaniacal ambitions. His investigations have explored Moon's deep penetration of the religious right, the conservative media, and elite political circles from the Bush family to Capitol Hill. This fascinating book brings the story up to date - and explains why you should still worry."
--Joe Conason, journalist and author
"A creepy kleptocratic tale of perverse messianic delusion and amoral Washington elitists that would be utterly unbelievable if not for the fact that it's all horrifyingly, ridiculously true."
--Ken Layne of Wonkette
"Bad Moon Rising is a riveting investigation into how a cult leader has guilefully infiltrated and exploited the very heart of our democracy. John Gorenfeld lays bare the real story no one else has dared to tell."
--Sarah Posner, God's Profits: Faith, Fraud, and the Republican Crusade for Values Voters
"Most of the press has treated Sun Myung Moon as an entertaining eccentric, overlooking the consequences of his widening reach into the corridors of power in the United States. John Gorenfeld has produced a book that explains, cogently and persuasively, why we need to seriously consider the Rev. Moon's broadening influence and its implications."
--Dennis B. Roddy, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
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From huge arranged mass marriages to running the Washington Times to pedal Republican propaganda to a coronation in a Congressional office building to running America's sushi industry to mysterious relationships with North Korea, Rev. Sun Myung Moon is one of the most intriguing, bizarre and elusive behind-the-scenes figures in American politics.
Written by a former night editor for BuzzFlash.com, John Gorenfeld, this is a terrific insight into the ultimate cult leader who is also runs an international financial empire and is also a pal of the Bushes. Most importantly, he is a financial and media supporter of the hard right.
Moon is sort of like a James Bond villain who created his own religion.
From Polipoint Press:
On March 23, 2004, Reverend Sun Myung Moon was proclaimed "King of Peace" at a coronation ceremony held in the Dirksen Senate Office Building. In attendance were twelve U.S. lawmakers. In his speech, Moon proclaimed himself "humanity's Savior, Messiah, Returning Lord and True Parent."
John Gorenfeld broke the story. With original reporting and new information available nowhere else, Bad Moon Rising introduces readers to the bizarre world of Moon, founder of the Unification Church and ultra-conservative owner of the Washington Times and United Press International. Many Americans remember Moon forcing teens to sell carnations at bus stops and airports during the 1970s. Since then, Moon has stealthily accrued power in Washington and claimed posthumous endorsements from George Washington, Confucius, and Martin Luther.
Here for the first time is the story of Moon's quest for influence in Washington, with a growing media empire rooted in the heart of the GOP message machine. Gorenfeld uncovers Moon�s support for Republican operatives and politicians�including the Bush family�and reveals a hidden saga of political corruption and megalomania.
About the author: John Gorenfeld is a freelance writer whose work has appeared in Salon, Wired, the UK Guardian, Reason, and Australia�s HQ. He used to be a crime reporter for the Modesto Bee. In 2004, he was featured on ABC News Tonight With Peter Jennings and made the front of the Washington Post after exposing a secret crowning ceremony for a cult leader held in the Senate offices. He�s been on a bunch of radio shows, including NPR�s �All Things Considered� and �On the Media,� �The Al Franken Show,� the CBC�s �As It Happens,� Pacifica�s �Counterspin,� WorldNetDaily�s �RadioActive,� and others.
He�s the author of Bad Moon Rising, a book on the Rev. Sun Myung Moon, the Washington Times and American politics.
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