COMMENTARY

At least Obama has quit Wright

By RICK CASEY

Copyright 2008 Houston Chronicle

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May 17, 2008, 10:27PM***In recent years the fabulously wealthy Moon has not been playing up his Unification Church with its mass weddings as he did in earlier years, or his role as the Messiah.Lately he's been presenting himself as a world peacemaker, staging conferences and "summits" around the globe under the auspices of a group called Universal Peace Federation.The group held a "summit" in Washington April 28 to May 2, featuring a number of former high government officials from Latin America and Spain, as well as a representative from the U.S. State Department.The event also included a "field trip" in which conference participants loaded onto a chartered jumbo jet for a session at the Bush Library featuring both Bush and Moon.Although a few blogs picked up the story, no newspaper or television station this side of Paraguay did.So we have no record of what Bush said, but the Universal Peace Federation Web site (www.upf.org) provides Moon's remarks. Here's a teaser for you: