Posts with the tag Mark Boitano
It's not news. State Senator Mark Boitano is a member of the Unification Church - a Moonie. But a new book on the Reverend Sun Myung Moon includes a account of a 1979 incident involving the Albuquerque lawmaker that may be news to lot of people in New Mexico.
The book's title says it all: Bad Moon Rising - How Reverend Moon Created The Washington Times, Seduced the Religious Right, and Built an American Kingdom. The author, John Gorenfeld, has been reporting on Moon for years and exposed the story behind the 2004 Capitol Hill party at which Moon had himself and his wife coronated as "King and Queen of America." Boitano was there. Lobbyist Charlie Black, John McCain's chief political advisor, was on the coronation host committee.
Jim Scarantino covered the Boitano story back in a 2005 in a well-researched Weekly Alibi piece, The Messiah's Senator. He wrote:
But now here's something rather startling, this passage on pages 159-160 of Gorenfeld's new book: Read More »
The book's title says it all: Bad Moon Rising - How Reverend Moon Created The Washington Times, Seduced the Religious Right, and Built an American Kingdom. The author, John Gorenfeld, has been reporting on Moon for years and exposed the story behind the 2004 Capitol Hill party at which Moon had himself and his wife coronated as "King and Queen of America." Boitano was there. Lobbyist Charlie Black, John McCain's chief political advisor, was on the coronation host committee.
Jim Scarantino covered the Boitano story back in a 2005 in a well-researched Weekly Alibi piece, The Messiah's Senator. He wrote:
"The Honorable Mark Boitano, state senator, New Mexico" was listed as a member of the invitation committee. In an e-mail exchange last week, Boitano wrote, "Reverend Moon is the most remarkable person I've ever met--he deserves every bit of recognition he receives."
But now here's something rather startling, this passage on pages 159-160 of Gorenfeld's new book: Read More »
State party GOP insiders, including party chair, Alan Weh, threatened one Republican congressional candidate, and forced two others out of the CD1 race with threats of sliming, according to veteran reporter Dennis Domrzalski in his blog today. The smear campaign was undertaken to aid the candidacy of Bernalillo County Sheriff Darren White.
The Attorney General's office is looking into the allegations.
Read Domrzalski's great piece of reporting here.
Democracy for New Mexico weighs in here.
The Attorney General's office is looking into the allegations.
Read Domrzalski's great piece of reporting here.
Democracy for New Mexico weighs in here.
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