Glen Beck breaks down over Hinckley death

[_the road to hana]

It isn't the breaking down so much; it's that he manages to work Mormonism into virtually every show and soft pitch for it.

Do you watch his show down there?

No, I don't, but I do read Beck's website.

If Bob McCue had a similar show, and harped on the exmo phenomenon.........???????????

MORE AIR TIME PLEASE!!

(Being cynical)

Somehow I doubt CNN hired him to preach Mormonism, any more than they'd hire Bob McCue to preach against it.

Beck's a loose cannon, and I'd guess his days are numbered.

[_dartagnan]

So you think Beck was only emotional, and crying, because of his testimony? Not because he really knew the man, really loved him, and really thought he was an exceptional human being?

He doesn't know Hinckley personally. Most Mormons don't. We only know what kind of man he is supposed to be; spiritually superior to the rest of us by virtue of the fact that he is "prophet." Sure, he is a sweet and humble guy, but I never knew a 97 year old who wasn't. I don't see too many strangers shedding tears for them.

I just think it was an opportune moment for Beck to exploit the Mormon issue more, so he took advantage of it.

Do you think Beck is the first talkback host to break down?

I don't care if it is. But I don't recall Catholic Bill O'Reilley crying over the death of Pope John Paul II, a man who was leader of the largest Christian Church for a much longer period that Hinckley led the relatively tiny LDS church. I mean Beck even stated, "I know most of you have no idea who this man is." So he felt some sense of duty to make him known.

[_dartagnan]

Somehow I doubt CNN hired him to preach Mormonism, any more than they'd hire Bob McCue to preach against it.

Beck's a loose cannon, and I'd guess his days are numbered.

Yea, I mean even if it was all genuine, it just shows how Mormonism turns so many men into women. I mean he couldn't control his tears for someone he didn't even know personally? I could be wrong, but it just struck me as staged window dressing for both Romney and the Church.

I also get a kick out of the way Beck endorses Romney without admitting it, and without admitting his Mormon bias whenever he brags about him. Beck said something tonight like, "I'd have to go with Romeny", and then he immediately says he is not endorsing him because he doesn't "trust any of them" at this point.

Whatever.

He knows his Bishop and Stake President are watching. He knows he is getting pressure from the ward to push for Romney without making it so obvious as to create a noticeable scene.

He is sure to receive all sorts of celestial noogies for the stunt he pulled tonight.

[_Ray A]

I just think it was an opportune moment for Beck to exploit the Mormon issue more, so he took advantage of it.

That's a very cynical view, Kev. Of course all Beck "really wanted" was an opportunity to "foist Mormonism on others". Nothing else. His emotion and his tears were not for President Hinckley, just crocodile tears and another "missionary opportunity". Sorry, Kev, but fortunately I haven't gone there yet. I'm still among the uninformed and the deluded, and I haven't mastered the art of mind reading.

[Guest]

Somehow I doubt CNN hired him to preach Mormonism, any more than they'd hire Bob McCue to preach against it.

Beck's a loose cannon, and I'd guess his days are numbered.

Yea, I mean even if it was all genuine, it just shows how Mormonism turns so many men into women. I mean he couldn't control his tears for someone he didn't even know personally? I could be wrong, but it just struck me as staged window dressing for both Romney and the Church.

I also get a kick out of the way Beck endorses Romney without admitting it, and without admitting his Mormon bias whenever he brags about him. Beck said something tonight like, "I'd have to go with Romeny", and then he immediately says he is not endorsing him because he doesn't "trust any of them" at this point.

Whatever.

Bay Buchanan's almost as bad, although she can be forgiven since she's working on the Romney campaign. Her brother Pat, a former candidate himself and not, like his sister, a convert to Mormonism, only thinly veils his enthusiasm for Romney.

Glenn thinks he's on a mission from God, not an employee of Turner Broadcasting.

[_dartagnan]

That's a very cynical view, Kev. Of course all Beck "really wanted" was an opportunity to "foist Mormonism on others". Nothing else.

No, I just think the opportunity presented itself, and thinking as Mormons tend to think, he figured that was God's way of presenting an opportunity for the Church. And it was. Because of his blurb, hundreds of people are online trying to figure out who the heck he was talking about.

His emotion and his tears were not for President Hinckley, just crocodile tears and another "missionary opportunity". Sorry, Kev, but fortunately I haven't gone there yet. I'm still among the uninformed and the deluded, and I haven't mastered the art of mind reading.

Hey, maybe you need to attend more testimony meetings. I see this phenomenon all the time. Mormonism teaches men to put more trust in emotion than anything else. Emotion = spirituality. That's taken for granted. I had to crank up some tears on more than one occassion, especially when my mission President literally forced me to bear my testimony in front of a crowd of people who were already in tears. It was probably easier for me to do since I was just a scared kid, and the tears were actually genuine in that sense. But there is plenty of pressure in the Church to cry. If you don't then there is a spiritual deficiency in you. So yes, I think Mormon men are able to pump out tears with little effort, or at the least, tap into their femine side at the drop of a hat.

And while you haven't gone there, I have.

[_the road to hana]

I just think it was an opportune moment for Beck to exploit the Mormon issue more, so he took advantage of it.

That's a very cynical view, Kev. Of course all Beck "really wanted" was an opportunity to "foist Mormonism on others". Nothing else. His emotion and his tears were not for President Hinckley, just crocodile tears and another "missionary opportunity". Sorry, Kev, but fortunately I haven't gone there yet. I'm still among the uninformed and the deluded, and I haven't mastered the art of mind reading.

It isn't mind reading at all, Ray. Glenn Beck goes all over the country doing firesides, and LDS youth and adults will drive for miles just to hear his conversion story. He has a cult following among many of them. He's the Gladys Knight for the nighttime airwaves.

I defy you to watch one program of his where he doesn't wear his religious bias on his sleeve. And I tell you, unless it was part of the reason he was hired by Turner/CNN, they will soon tire of it, and he will be yesterday's news.

[_dartagnan]

It isn't mind reading at all, Ray. Glenn Beck goes all over the country doing firesides, and LDS youth and adults will drive for miles just to hear his conversion story. He has a cult following among many of them. He's the Gladys Knight for the nighttime airwaves.

Another Paul H. Dunn in training it sounds like.

I thought Turner sold CNN.

[_the road to hana]

It isn't mind reading at all, Ray. Glenn Beck goes all over the country doing firesides, and LDS youth and adults will drive for miles just to hear his conversion story. He has a cult following among many of them. He's the Gladys Knight for the nighttime airwaves.

Another Paul H. Dunn in training it sounds like.

I thought Turner sold CNN.

It's all Time Warner now. And Paul H. Dunn wasn't a broken down divorced alcoholic drug addict looking for answers, searching for a religion in order to start and stabilize a new marriage.

[_dartagnan]

That's his conversion story?

Sounds exactly like the story Johnny Hunt tells on a monthly basis.

Hunt is the head minister at the largest Baptist Church in the south, in Woodstock Ga. My ex-girlfriend attended that church before I baptized her.