Tears of a Clown Quotes

“Skousen’s movement (it changed its name from the Freemen Institute to the National Center for Constitutional Studies after militia groups began to use the “freemen” label) persisted. Skousen, claiming to represent the beliefs of the Founding Fathers, called for the abolition of Social Security, farm subsidies, and education and welfare funding; pulling out of the United Nations; and eliminating federal income taxes and most federal regulatory agencies. Skousen’s ideas might have died with him, but all that changed when Beck turned The 5,000 Year Leap into his manifesto. Skousen,”
― Dana Milbank, Tears of a Clown: Glenn Beck and the Tea Bagging of America

“Faction is a dangerous thing—presenting readers, viewers, and listeners with a fictitious account and making them think that it is true.”
― Dana Milbank, Tears of a Clown: Glenn Beck and the Tea Bagging of America