The Glenn Beck Report

Bill Maher on Mormons: “Mitt Romney is a candidate for President and Glenn Beck is a candidate for Thorazine.”

Update 11/23/09

After much more research into the Mormon group, and after seeing the Mormons in action through their front group NOM (National Organization for Marriage), it makes perfect sense to me that Glenn Beck is a Mormon. It also makes perfect sense that the Mormon Church would not make any public statement distancing themselves from Glenn. It’s because he’s a crackpot and the Mormons are a cult.

During my research on Glenn and his “church”, I have found a lot of information from ex-Mormons who have escaped the church. “Escape” is a strong word, but that’s actually a pretty good description of what you have to do to leave the fold. They make it very difficult; while you are a member you are extremely restricted as to your circle of friends and anyone outside the group is OUTSIDE. That means that you if you have a choice, you choose NOT to do business with them, be friends with them, and certainly you wouldn’t marry one of THEM.

I will be writing much more on the topic of the Mormon cult and how it is intertwined with right wing nut job politics in America. The Glenn Beck “socialist” “communist” “fascist” routine is NOT something he made up. He’s not bright enough to make that up. Instead, he is simply repeating the crackpot ideas of Cleon Skousen, a notorious red-baiting Mormon who was a true McCarthyite in every sense of the word, including the corruption aspect. I will leave you with a few links for today:

http://www.ils.unc.edu/~unsworth/mormon/index.html

http://www.wakeupsaints.com/truth/W.%20Cleon%20Skousen%20-%20The%205,000%20Year%20Leap.php

http://www.wakeupsaints.com/truth/Ezra%20Taft%20Benson%20-%20Freedom%20and%20Free%20Enterprise.php

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Glenn Beck makes a lot of noise about how his conversion to the Mormon faith has changed his life. Look, I’m no expert on Mormons but I have to ask myself how the Mormons or any church could tolerate some of the behaviors that he exhibits.

I will be updating this page frequently with links to audio and video that to me is behavior that would not be tolerated by any church. It certainly would not be tolerated from anyone who piously claims to follow a worldwide church’s teachings and then takes this crap to the international stage of cable TV and radio.

Here’s an interesting link to a page called The Messenger which has a rather lengthy debate and discussion about whether or not Glenn Beck is actually Mormon. Read it HERE.

PLEASE NOTE: If you have any video or audio links that you believe ought to be on this page, please post them below or email them to me at wexler@glennbeckreport.com

P.S. I am actively seeking a statement from the LDS Leaders where they either support or distance themselves from Glenn Beck. They OWE this to their membership. They OWE IT.

Bizarre, non-Mormon Glenn Beck Moments

Drinking wine, threatening to kill Nancy Pelosi

Smoking cigarette

Fantasizing about killing Michael Moore with his bare hands

Calling the President a Racist

Lying about what Americorps does

Mocking a caller with no health insurance, then going absolutely psychotic on her

UPDATE 9/30/09

I called the Mormon Church offices yesterday to try to see if I could pin them down on whether or not they stand with Glenn Beck. Talking points: Beck is bat-shit crazy, called the President a racist, phony conspiracy theory about AmeriCorps as Obama’s Gestapo, fantasizes about murder, and THEN he makes a big deal about how his conversion to Mormonism changed his life. Questions… unless the Mormon Church wants a new wave of “cult” rumors started about it, shouldn’t they want to distance themselves from Glenn Beck? “It’s in your own best interests”, I said.

Well, I couldn’t get Brother Jacob to commit to a statement. But he gave me the number of Scott Trotter, who apparently handles PR fiascoes for the Mormons. They have a good number of them, with members “escaping” from the Church and then writing tell-all books about it. Their multi-million dollar campaign to overturn gay marriage (Prop in California has cost them a lot of friends, too. Anyway, if you have time to call Scott Trotter, maybe he will pick up the phone for you. His number: 801-240-2205. That is, if Brother Jacob wan’t just shining me on.