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{{quote|''Only in his wildest dreams could an actual suicide bomber hope to do as much damage to this country.''|'''[[Countdown With Keith Olbermann|Keith Olbermann]]''', [[Self Deprecation|as quoted on the back of Glenn Beck's book]], ''Arguing with Idiots''}}

{{quote|''Only in his wildest dreams could an actual suicide bomber hope to do as much damage to this country.''|'''[[Countdown With Keith Olbermann|Keith Olbermann]]''', [[Self-Deprecation|as quoted on the back of Glenn Beck's book]], ''Arguing with Idiots''}}

Glenn Beck is a [[Love It or Hate It|highly polarizing]] political pundit and popular radio and former TV talk-show host. His status as a political talking head has made him a strong magnet to controversy, but his ardent right-libertarian viewpoints set [[Berserk Button|some people's teeth on edge]]. Probably best known for flowcharts, mobilizing the "9/12" sub-movement within the Tea Party, [[Patriotic Fervor|crying for his country]] on-air almost regularly (not really [[Once Per Episode]], but often enough for his detractors) and his over-the-top antics. Throughout the Internet, there are [[Internet Backdraft|heated discussions]] about whether or not he's misleading people for his own ends, [[Only in It For The Money]], completely sincere, [[Cloudcuckoolander|certifiably insane]], only using the crazy antics as a tool to spread his message, a thorough researcher who wants to know the truth, or the [[Only Sane Man]]. Or some combination thereof.

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* [[Arc Words]]: White House czars.

** Muslim Brotherhood

* [[Attention Deficit Ooh Shiny]]: Glenn has acknowledged that he has ADD, one reason why he has difficulty reading emails and sitting still on the set. He often calls the random side-notes that he adds in his books "[[Self Deprecation|ADD Moments]]."

* [[Attention Deficit Ooh Shiny]]: Glenn has acknowledged that he has ADD, one reason why he has difficulty reading emails and sitting still on the set. He often calls the random side-notes that he adds in his books "[[Self-Deprecation|ADD Moments]]."

** [[Fridge Logic|Which brings one to wonder why he isn't medicated for it if his case of ADD is that bad...]]

*** Well, some people choose not to medicate (since they don't think it's a disorder as such), but Beck doesn't exactly seem like the type to be anti-ableist/pro, disability rights.

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* [[Dumbass DJ]]: Was one back in his alcoholic days. He'll even admit as much.

* [[Eagle Land]]: He praises Flavor 1, but his [[Hatedom]] sees him [[Fan Hater|and his audience]] as an example of Flavor 2.

* [[~~Godwins~~ Law]]: Called on him all the time.

* [[Godwin's Law]]: Called on him all the time.

* [[Hero Worshipper]]: [[George Washington]] and [[Abraham Lincoln]]

* [[Hitler Ate Sugar]]: Often accused of making this argument, especially after one monologue where he condemned social justice, social welfare, and social just-about-anything.

* [[Know Nothing Know It All]]: Accused of this pretty much constantly. Jokes about it frequently on his show himself.

* [[Know-Nothing Know-It-All]]: Accused of this pretty much constantly. Jokes about it frequently on his show himself.

* [[Large Ham]]

* [[Love It or Hate It]]: In one of the episode's openings:

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* [[Putting On the Reich]]: The cover of his book ''Arguing with Idiots'', fitting with the Soviet Russia theme of the book.

* [[The Rival]]: Of sorts with [[Countdown With Keith Olbermann|Keith Olbermann]]. Olbermann talks about Beck like he's a psychotic menace to society. Beck talks about Olbermann like he's a pompous windbag high on his own ego.

* [[Self Deprecation]]: Does this a lot.

* [[Self-Deprecation]]: Does this a lot.

** He constantly makes jokes about his weight or [[Attention Deficit Ooh Shiny|his hyperactive tendencies]]. With any poke at his chubbiness by hate mail he gets, Glenn usually responds, "Well, that's ''one'' thing I agree with." He tends to portray himself as a [[Big Eater]] on the sofa, eating ice cream in his book advertisements.

** During an interview with Canadian singer Michael Bublé, Glenn jokingly quipped that he'll bring out the blackboard and connect him to communism when he will least expect it.