If You Still Believe Moonies Are Just a Fodder for Jokes

You better think again. The Rev. Moon has amassed an incredible amount of power, in part through ownership of major, extremely conservative, ultra-Bush friendly news organizations like United Press International, the Washington Times, and more. He also has quite a power base among our elected officials, which probably doesn't bode well for America.

Read this article, for instance, from the Washington Post. And no, I don't think these elected officials were duped. They just got caught at their reverence to the reverend and are now trying to backfill.