Reagan diary: (Orrin) Hatch 'throwing rocks at me'

[UpInArms]

Source: Salt Lake Tribune

WASHINGTON - President Reagan wrote twice in his personal diary that he was worried about Sen. Orrin Hatch, once because the Utah Republican was "on a thin edge" and another time when Hatch turned the tables on the White House and attacked Reagan's staff.

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Hatch made another appearance in Reagan's diary over the senator's efforts to get a pardon for the Rev. Sun Yung Moon, the founder of the Unification Church who was convicted of filing false income tax returns and conspiracy.

Hatch objected to the jailing of Moon on the grounds that it came close to violating his freedom of religion rights.

"Senator Hatch is after me to grant clemency to the Rev. Moon," Reagan wrote in a Dec. 24, 1984, entry. "I've explored this & find I just can't. I have, however, taken action to see if I can grant him a furlough over New Years. It seems that day is the holiest in that religion."

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[aquart]

1. Moon and the Mormons? Hmmm.

[underpants]

2. They entire faux religous world seems to be intertwined on the right

Moon Hatch Falwell Robertson etc.

I think they all wanted to team up to take over the country and then divy it up amongst themselves.

By the way if you by sea food you probably are buying it from Moon in one way or the other.

[blm]

8. The country? Try, the World. New World Order. WashTimes was originally named

New World Press.

The global fascists wanted a Unified religion to control the world population - Unify all the religions under one - Unification Church.

And it's not just high-ranking Mormons doing his bidding, Moon has had both Tim LaHaye AND Louis Farrakhan carrying his water.

[UpInArms]

3. Orrin luvs Moon

The Dark Side of Rev. Sun Myung Moon Part 10, Moon’s Dark Shadow

Moon denounced his 18-month prison sentence as religious persecution and rallied civil rights groups, including leaders of the American Civil Liberties Union, to his defense.

Jeremiah S. Gutman, president of the New York Civil Liberties Union, called the prosecution "an indefensible intrusion in private religious affairs." Sen. Orrin G. Hatch, R-Utah, declared that "injustice rather than justice has been served."
Inside Moon's organization, however, the routine violation of U.S. tax laws was viewed as a way of life.

"There was no question inside the church that the Reverend Moon used his religious tax exemption as a tool for financial gain in the business world," Nansook Hong wrote.

"No matter what the lawyers said in court, no one internally disputed that the Reverend Moon comingled church and business funds. No one had any problem with it.

"How often had I heard church advisers discuss funnelling church funds into his business enterprises and political causes because his religious, business, and political goals are the same: world dominance for the Unification Church. It was U.S. tax laws that were wrong, not Sun Myung Moon. Man's law was secondary to the Messiah's mission."

But Moon’s conviction broadened his appeal within religious circles and among civil libertarians -- "a public relations coup," noted Nansook Hong. "Overnight he went from being a despised cult leader to being the symbol of religious persecution. Well-meaning civil libertarians made Sun Myung Moon a martyr to their cause. They, too, were being duped."

Sun Myung Moon honors Jerry Falwell, hosts GOP leaders at Washington event

Speaker of the House Dennis Hastert and a phalanx of congressional rightwingers trooped to the Cannon House Office Building on Capitol Hill Feb. 2 for a special reception honoring controversial Korean evangelist Sun Myung Moon.

The event, sponsored by The Washington Times Foundation, included an "American Century Awards" ceremony. Honorees included the Rev. Jerry Falwell, Charles and Frances Ballard, a Washington couple who frequently crusade for official school prayer, and Robert Woodson, an African American conservative and school voucher advocate.

Members of Congress who attended the event include Sens. Strom Thurmond (R-S.C.) and Orrin Hatch (R-Utah) as well as House members Hastert, Reps. Henry Hyde (R-111.), Floyd D. Spence (RS.C.), John Thune (R-S.D.), Christopher Cox (R-Calif.), Gil Gutknecht (R-Minn.), Anne M. Northup (R-Ky.), Tom Tancredo (R-Colo.) and Dennis J. Kucinich (DOhio).

In addition, former Secretary of State Alexander Haig and ex-Secretary of Defense Caspar Weinberger joined the festivities. According to The Washington Times, an ultra-conservative daily that Moon owns, Weinberger lauded Falwell and the other award recipients for "overcoming man's inhumanity to man."

[SpiralHawk]

4. The Bush Family Evil Empire is also intimate with Second Coming of Christ Moon

I guess they are all saved (Skull & Boner Occult Cabal Cronies get "special" treatment in Moon's 'heaven.'

[shain from kane]

5. Mormon - r - m = Moon. Cult = Cult. The world is in balance.

[sam sarrha]

6. i think the gave Ron a Lobotomy before the iran Contra Investigation.. he admitted too much before

[yurbud]

13. they gave him a lead poisoning lobotomy early on with Hinckley.

[Joe Bacon]

7. I do not believe these diaries are real.

I believe that Brinkley fabricated these so-called "diaries". Too many anecdotes floated around indicating that President Pruneface was running on a defective autopilot during his tenure.

[Marie26]

9. Huh

This diary seems to indicate that Reagan had some sort of moral compass.

[Joe Bacon]

10. President Pruneface had a moral compass?

You're kidding.

Ask the Iranian hostages how they felt knowing that Pruneface made a deal with the Iranians to keep them held hostage until he was sworn in.

Ask the families of slain civil rights workers how they felt when Pruneface kicked his campaign off in Philadelphia Mississippi.

Ask the families of mentally ill people in California how moral Pruneface was when he tossed the mentally ill out of institutions en masse.

Ask people if they remember how hard it was to feed their kids when Phil Gramm cut millions off of food stamps and then President Pruneface decided to release stocks of government cheese to the poor. Sure didn't make up for what was taken away.

Ask millions of families if it is easier to make ends meet thanks to the enormous deficits Pruneface deliberately ran.

Ask kids who had their social security College benefits cut off and loans dried up how Pruneface made it easier for them to go to college.

Ask the thousands of Section 8 HUD recipients who were made homeless by the Gramm Latta Budget cuts.

Ask the thousands of victims of crack Contra cocaine.

Ask thousands of people of El Salvador who were displaced by Elliot Abrams machinations.

Ask the people of Nicaragua about the NeoCon Contras

Ask the families of the 242 marines killed in Beirut how they felt when President Pruneface cut and ran.

Ask the families of Social Security Disability recipients who had their loved ones commited suicide after Pruneface cut their benefits off.

Ask the elderly in Western PA whose jobs were destroyed when the steel industry died. Ask them how they felt when their pension funds were looted by Millken and his pals.

Like every other bullshitting Republican, Reagan bullshitted about Jesus, but when it came time to walk the walk, Reagan went with the selfishness of Ayn Rand, and the glorification of greed advocated by Milton Freidman

Ask people what morality President Pruneface followed when he let his pals loot the savings and loans and stuck you with the bill.

[JI7]

11. false income tax returns and conspiracy should be protected

under freedom of religion?????????????????????

[donsu]

12. Orrin likes Moonie money

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