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• Tagg said:

  Bad for Mitt Romney? Could this be the reason? Glen Beck political guru has been Cleon Skousen, the former FBI guy who became interested in communism after leaving the FBI and working at Brigham Young University.

  Beck wrote an intro to the re-published book “A 5000 Year Leap”, which no doubt is filling the Skousen heir’s pockets full of cash.  Beck who is also Mormon… well, it doesn’t seem to strange he would promote a fellow Mormons book.

  Cleon Skousen’s FBI files has few glorious things to say about Skousen, mostly they received many inquires on Skousen due to his embellished view of his federal career.

  Look like Skousen lied. Skousen never received training or worked in investigations into communist subversion. Skousen was a lower level administrator, and never worked closely with Hoover as he claimed, and never had the titles in the FBI he claimed, because the titles never existed.

  Cleon like his peer and fellow high ranking Mormon Paul H. Dunn both have been discredited on the emblements of their accomplishments as well as careers. Cleon books do contain many of the ‘White Horse Prophesies’ which many LDS people firmly believe in. That they will save the constitution and the political authority of the American government will be passed to the Mormon Prophet and the elders of the LDS Church.  For a look at Cleon’s FBI file,

  The FBI recently released over a thousand pages of Skousen’s file.  The FBI felt Cleon’s activities damaged real investigations into subversion, as Cleon filled his pockets with money.

  ernie1241.googlepages.com/skousen

  October 7, 2009 7:21 PM

• Val123 said:

  The press never cease to amaze me in their efforts to somehow "expose" and explain away those conservatives whose potential to influence--as media figures or political candidates -- become a threat to what the media must view as their uniquely their own role in shaping public opinion.

  Consider the case of Sarah Palin and Joe the Plumber during the election of 2008. The mainstream media's coverage of these two was near comical in its zeal. Thanks to a liberal media, we knew more about Sarah Palin than we ever knew about candidate Barak Obama.

  Any serious journalistic research at all into Obama's background (such as his Pastor Jeremiah Wright's outrageous statements on America) were only brought to light, and ultimately commented upon by Obama only after those in the "fringe" conservative media reported on it. Same with Acorn, etc...any serious reporting on Obama simply will not happen with the liberal media.

  Then comes Mitt Romney, and his Mormonism. Since Romney is a credible, serious candidate, his Mormonism is dutifully examined  by the press in every which way. I can't tell you the almost mindless numbers of mainstream press articles loaded with references to Romney's Mormonism.

  The next conservative force to be reckoned with now is Glen Beck, who also happens to be a Mormon. Because of his surging popularity, and power to persuade, he must, in a like manner, be discredited and therefore stopped. The underlying point to Adam's article is that if we can only somehow discredit Mormonism, we can therefore discredit, and stop Beck.

  Adam isn't the only one. This article is one of how many now examining Beck and his Mormon ties?  I can link to many, and they seem to be growing by the hour! It's a feeding frenzy of the press to find any half-baked conspiracies they can come up with, and then tie them to Beck. If they can take a few shots at Mormonism along the way, why that's all the better. The liberal press would like nothing more than to kill two birds with one stone: Glen Beck and Mormonism --- at the same time!

  Any serious student of religion understands that Mormonism, or any religion, is much more than any one person, even one as highly visible and with obvious flaws as Glen Beck. This effort of the media (Adam included) to tarnish Glen Beck by somehow tying him to Mormonism is a sign of panic and weakness. If Glen Beck's Mormonism is such a threat to the nation, why isn't the Mormonism of Harry Reid an equal threat? Why isn't the murkiness of Reid's Mormonism a threat to the nation equal to that of Romney and Beck? Or, is Mormonism only bad when it applies to conservatives?  

  October 7, 2009 9:18 PM

• Rose said:

  The media is so pathetic in chasing religon and especially the LDS church.I get a sense they are envious of the clean, successful lives of the LDS people. Wishing they had the will power to clean up their lives and be like them. It's so comical how in their rush to judgement they think they are going to somehow destroy the church. The LDS church will be standing when all of you are gone.

  Have you ever heard when you die you whole life will flash before you. All the hateful things you say will be right there, and you will srink from the face of God. You can count on it.

  October 7, 2009 11:32 PM

• TaggRe said:

  Romney is not a credible candidate. Isn't it sad when people cannot face their flaws,and brush away corruption, deception, and lies by attacking people, saying they are attacking their religion.

  One can only imagine the life story which will 'flash' before the deceivers who use religion to con people, and justify abuse by wrapping themselves up in their 'religion'. In using the term "The Church",  Rose your are saying it is the "only true church",then it needs to have their high profile people be more honest and ethical, remember it is Satan who lies and deceives.  Truth will out, even in the face of threats Rose.

  Roses have thorns, which need to be removed.  

  October 8, 2009 6:18 AM

• TaggRe said:

  "As you do unto the least of mine, ye do unto me".

  The Romney's forgot that scripture, seems some of them will have a nightmare when their lives flash before them in a moment of truth.

  Don't forget the evil members who embrace wealth and the 'secret combination's'............think on that Rose. Myself, I choose truth.

  October 8, 2009 6:23 AM

• Rose said:

  Tagg, your comments do not deserve a response. May you have peace in your life.

  October 8, 2009 10:39 AM

• Jeremy said:

  Amazing how the media is so quick to tie Glenn Beck to those who shaped his views to damage his credibility, and in the same breath excuse Obama for the radical ties he has (which are a lot tighter than Beck's ties to Skousen).   I'm speaking of Reverend Wright, Bill Ayers, Van Jones, Mark Lloyd to name a few.  

  October 8, 2009 1:28 PM

• TaggRe said:

  Jeremy, this article is not about Obama, it is about Beck and Skousen, keep to the subject and do not deflect in order to justify the illogical, and out right misrepresentations of Skousen and Beck, the article is about what has influenced Beck, not Obama.  

  October 9, 2009 10:00 AM

• TaggRe said:

  Jeremy, this article is not about Obama, it is about Beck and Skousen, keep to the subject and do not deflect in order to justify the illogical, and out right misrepresentations of Skousen and Beck, the article is about what has influenced Beck, not Obama.  

  October 9, 2009 10:01 AM

• Jeremy said:

  Tagg - you're telling me to stay on subject?  That is rich my friend.  You are clearly more interested in bashing mormons than staying on the subject (quoting scripture for the Romney's...that is off subject).  I love when people can't see their own hypocrisy.  And guess what, until I see an article touting the crazies Obama has been influenced by (he has referenced them in his own books btw) then I will call this out as unfair and biased reporting.  That is not off subject.

  October 9, 2009 3:39 PM

• TaggRe said:

  Ouch, Jeremy bashing Mormons?  Kidding are you not? After someone posted the Articles of Faith as a defense? Which it is obvious, is not being lived by Skousen or Beck. If 'bashing' to you is telling the truth, and correcting idealized views which are not factual, then the issue is yours my friend, not mine. And 'bashing' to you is correcting the record, then tell the truth for once, then people do not have to correct the record. You guys do a great job of 'bashing' when it is felt the truth might come out.  Obama is not the subject, Glen Beck and Skousen are, Skousen who misrepresented the facts and himself.  And Mitt Romney is influenced by Battlefield Earth, so between that and Skousen's teachings, there is one confused Romney trying to be president.

  Stop the paranoid defense Jeremy, get the Paxil pop a few, put your feet up and relax Jeremy. That Mormon teaching of Big Foot by Patton, promoted by Spencer Kimball, shows the distortions of thought patterns. Big Foot,sure ....

  October 9, 2009 4:31 PM

• ernie1241 said:

  VAL:  Why don't YOU read my Skousen report and THEN tell us why YOU think senior FBI officials were so hostile concerning Skousen's post-FBI activities?

  Also, Val: are you aware that Skousen was a paid speaker under the auspices of the John Birch Society's (JBS) Speaker's Bureau?  Are you familiar with the premises which inform JBS thinking about our national leadership over the past 80 years?

  Do you associate yourself with JBS premises and conclusions?  In other words, you think J. Edgar Hoover and senior FBI officials were totally incompetent (and Skousen was gravely mistaken about the patriotism and reliability of Hoover and the FBI?)

  FBI FILES ON JOHN BIRCH SOCIETY:

  ernie1241.googlepages.com/jbs-1

  FILE FILES ON W. CLEON SKOUSEN:

  ernie1241.googlepages.com/skousen

  October 10, 2009 10:54 AM

• Jeremy said:

  Taggre - you are even more retarded than I first thought.  I am an agnostic, not Mormon.  I can simply see right through you (yeah - you are paper thin...more like cellophane wrap).  Tell me your religion and I can think of plenty of ways to trash it.  I'll bet I can track down 2 clowns who adhere to the same dogma as you.  Should I make a nice bold assumption as to say that your entire religious base believes as the 2 picks of my choice?  I can tell you this article isn't about Mitt Romney, though you seem to bring up his name a lot.  And that someone actually liked battlefield earth doesn't mean that they follow it's philosophy.  I am huge into Lord of the Rings (not a beliver in elves), Harry Potter (don't believe in wizards), the Dan Brown novels (hey maybe Jesus did have a wife...I dunno, I wasn't there, but I don't care if he did), Bernstein Bears (i'm not jewish).  It is clear as cellophane that you are in fact bashing mormons on this post.  A little advice, go do something else with your time.  There isn't any shortage of people bashing mormons (that isn't your niche).

  October 12, 2009 1:11 PM

• TaggRe said:

  Jeremy, the subheading in the article Latter-day Taint reads:   How Glenn Beck is driven by Mormonism — and why his fellow faithful (including Mitt Romney) should be worried

  The sub heading brings Romney into the discussion, maybe reading the article would be helpful Jeremy and I doubt you can see through me like cellophane.

  "the Dan Brown novels (hey maybe Jesus did have a wife...I dunno, I wasn't there, but I don't care if he did),"  --- Mormons believe that Christ was married, your on target Jeremy in that area.   Correcting the record on Beck and Skousen is not 'bashing', Merrill was not being truthful. Rose and Merrill were on another website, and were continuing their remarks here.  I am not so sure you are all the "agnostic" claimed, the defense of Beck by attacking Obama is not rational, since Obama is not the topic of the article. The article does mention Romney and why Mitter is brought into the discussion. LDS interests will try to distance from Beck if he becomes a public liability.  Romney spoke about Skousen in an interview on the Jan Mickleson show about two years ago. Skousen was a professor of Romney’s at BYU.  Much of Cleon’s views come from the “White Horse” Prophesy, which many LDS church members quote and believe in, it is found in the article as Hatch and Beck have a discussion.  Beck will be thrown under the bus, if he becomes a public liability, that part is true.

  October 14, 2009 8:43 AM

• nice theories, people said:

  So if all Mormons are conservative wackos, how could Harry Reid, the Democratic Senate Majority leader possibly be Mormon? Well, he is. So maybe, just maybe, Mormons are regular human beings like everyone else and the quirkiness of individual Mormons is attributable to... the quirkiness of individual human beings. What a novel concept!

  October 26, 2009 8:27 AM

• TaggRe said:

  The prophet divided the wards, one half to be Republican the other Democrat. Remember.

  October 28, 2009 11:25 PM

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