Historical Fraudster a Regular on Glenn Beck's Show

05/05/2010 by Steve Rendall

Glenn Beck says progressives are trying to "fundamentally transform the country" by rendering the Constitution "irrelevant" ("In 1920, they stopped studying the Constitution in law school and started studying case law!"), and by expunging from history the role "religion and morals" played in our founding.
On his April 28 show, Beck announced the launch of Founders Fridays segment, a special feature by which Beck intends to counter these progressive lies with...the truth:

Every Friday is going to be Founders' Fridays on the program, at least for the next month. And if nobody watches, well, then, we'll keep doing it anyway. We are going to try to repair some of the damage that is being done by truth. Truth. Truth is like fire. It will burn. It will burn everything that is impure. It will set on fire all lies. But it will not consume the truth. So we'll set a few fires by spewing the truth.

Don't think that Beck will have to do all this truth-spewing and fire-setting by himself; he'll have help from guests who "have history":

We're going to have some people in here who have history, who know the Founders better than anybody else on Earth. One of the guys who's going to be joining us for some of these is David Barton, author of Original Intent and founder of Wall Builders, an organization dedicated to presenting America's forgotten history and heroes.

In "The Right's Library of Fake Quotes," Extra! (4/10) documents many instances where conservatives have promoted fabricated historical quotes, religious and otherwise:

One of the most prolific purveyors of bogus founder quotes is Christian theocrat David Barton. Though not a household name, Barton's tireless efforts to construct a Christian origin story for the United States have been praised by the likes of Pat Robertson and Newt Gingrich (Church & State, 7-8/96). His 1989 book The Myth of Separation attributed bogus quotes to Washington (''It is impossible to rightly govern the world without God and the Bible''), Jefferson ("I have always said and always will say that the studious perusal of the Sacred Volume will make us better citizens") and Patrick Henry ("It cannot be emphasized too strongly or too often that this great nation was founded, not by religionists, but by Christians; not on religions, but on the gospel of Jesus Christ"). Barton has also misattributed the "Ten Commandments" quote to Madison.

In 1996 Barton admitted that these and nine other quotes he'd been circulating in his writings, videotapes and live appearances were either false or unverifiable (Church & State, 7-8/96). But Barton's reputation suffered little from the fraud, according to Rob Boston of Americans United for Separation of Church & State. "He's doing better than ever," Boston told Extra!, noting that since 1996 Barton has served as vice-chair of the Texas GOP, and now sits on the Texas state committee advising the state's board of education on history and social studies curriculum, "despite no history credentials."

But Barton is no stranger to the show, having appeared several times with Beck in the recent past (e.g. 4/30/10, 4/8/10, 3/15/10.) And Barton has apparently had a real impact on Beck, who repeated one of the spurious George Washington quotes he is famous for promoting on his March 5 show: "It is impossible to rightly govern the world without God and the Bible."

Beck and Barton should thank God that truth doesn't really burn lies.
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My own thoughts:

I can't see how Rupert Murdock can keep this guy on the air. Glenn is positioning himself to be the next messiah to save America from progressives. How? By changing it from an open free democracy to a religious-conservative-theocracy. And with him at the helm of this religious empire. This guy is mad, an absolute lunatic that is more than just an entertainer working for ratings, especially since his ratings have dropped over 20% this year. He is using the mass media Rupert has granted him to build a hardcore following, much like a cult leader does, to gain power over the people. He truly believes he has been called by God to take command of the country and bring it back to righteousness.

Glenn Beck is a Mormon convert and there is a prophecy that just before the Apocalypse, American will go through troubled times, even possibly another civil war, and a Mormon would rise to gain control and return America back to a righteous country for the return of Jesus to the earth in the rapture. It is also said that Nauvoo Illinois will be the new Jerusalem and the center of Jesus' kingdom. This is why the Mormon church asks their members to have a food storage program.

"Brethren and sisters, let me say in closing that we have it of record, that the prophet Joseph Smith said the time would come when, through secret organizations taking the law into their own hands, not being governed by law or by due process of law, but becoming a law unto themselves, when, by those disintegrating activities, the Constitution of the United States would be so torn and rent asunder, and life and property and peace and security would he held of so little value, that the Constitution would, as it were, hang by a thread. But he never said, so far as I have heard, that that thread would be cut. I believe, with Elder Richards, that this Constitution will be preserved, but it will be preserved very largely in consequence of what the Lord has revealed and what this people, through listening to the Lord and being obedient, will help to bring about, to stabilize and give permanency and effect to the Constitution itself. That also is our mission. That also is what we are here for. I glory in it. I praiseGod with all my heart and soul that I am a member of it."   CR, C W NIBLEY OCT:1923

Eliza R. Snow said, "I heard the prophet say, The time will come when the government of these United States will be so nearly overthrown through its corruption, that the Constitution will hang as it were by a single hair, and the Latter-day Saints-the Elders of Israel-will step forward to its rescue and save it." In a Pioneer Day celebration in Ogden in 1871 - Journal History, MSF 143 #28, July 24, 1871

I think Beck is insane enough to see himself as this new righteous leader rising up to take control and so forth... That is what worries me about him. He is just not an entertainer doing outrageous things to get viewers and thus ratings, he actually believes in his shit that he spews out every day.

There are also many Mormons who will accept that he is the new messiah and follow his every word.  However, there have been other prophets through the ages that have made prophetic statements that there will be an anti-Christ that will win the hearts and minds of many, but will be the destroyer of civilization and the creator of another world war. Could he be the anti-Christ foretold? Or is he just an insane guy seeking power and fame?

You be the judge.