Update: Read the whole story -- including Weldon flying around the world for Moon -- in my Philadelphia City Paper article.

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You'll recall that, when I wrote my Gadflyer article, Rep. Curt Weldon's office claimed that he didn't speak at the coronation of Sun Myung Moon. First his secretary said, "I'm telling you, he didn't go." So I sent her some links. She then said Weldon planned to attend this awards show, but couldn't make it due to his schedule. Then I sent her a photo of Weldon at the event. It showed him surrounded by Moonists. His involvement, she now said, was "limited to his attendance," as if he'd just been on his way to a nearby committee meeting and poked his head through a curtain.

But here's a new picture of Weldon giving a speech at the event! What's that he's pinning on Kadhafy? Did Kadhafy score one of Moon's Ambassadors for Peace Awards while Weldon was leading a delegation to Libya to talk WMDs? If so, that would be pretty awesome, placing Khadafy in the same A.F.P. winners circle as neo-Nazi William Baker. (Update: According to Weldon's office, it's an American flag pin.)

So Khadafy now loves peace. If this rumor about trying to kill the ruler of Saudi Arabia is true, however, he has a funny way of showing it. Maybe the idea is that he'll see the light after he enters The Spirit World and accepts Moon as his personal Messiah, which is what Rev. Moon says happened to Stalin and Hitler.

...reader cs is reasonably confused:

...Update: And in the spirit of bipartisanship, I do have to ask why Rep. Danny K. Davis (D-Il.) is listed as the "chair" of Moon's enormous International and Interreligious Federation for World Peace, which is close to synonymous with the Unification Church. Didn't Davis hear about the time in 2000 that Jesse Jackson booted Moon's "Pure Love Alliance" from the Chicago school systems?

Here's an IIFWP movie declaring that "the era of the eternal peace kingdom is upon us." The video, which I'm watching--

81 senators and congressmen?!

That's a new post, hold on a second.

Previously: Weldon and a Democrat endorse Moon on the floor of Congress.

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