Of course, no Glenn Beck post would be complete without a link to that hilarious video of him crying during his show. Even better is the video of Stephen Colbert mocking the hell out of him.
UPDATE: I can always count on Jon Stewart to put it all in perspective:
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Fearmongering -- being eager transmitters for whole hosts of the worst of right-wing conspiracy theories, so long as it brings in readers, viewers, or voters -- is a prime function of the conservative movement, from Glenn Beck's show to Sarah Palin rallies, from blogs to talk radio to the entire Fox News network. The language is deliberately panicked, exclusionary, and eliminationist, premised on constant, day-in-day-out assertions that liberals, Democrats, or others are not merely people of differing political opinions, but that they are less than American, are traitors to the country, or an imminent threat to the rights and freedoms of "true" patriots.It seems hardly an outrageous presumption that some among their listeners will internalize the message of President Obama as traitor, and non-conservatives as enemies... and then act upon those beliefs with violence, either planned or spontaneous. Given the expanding list of examples of just that, in fact, it seems a proven connection.