his previous novel, the over tin conspiracy by glen beck and two people. sometimes you see books by two people but usually not three people. committee writing. who wrote the book? i wrote the book. these guys -- i sort of supervised. it was a team effort. to call him and authors, he might dispute this but it is sort of part of his brand marketing. he has a newsletter, a cable show, his own little media empire. whether fox chased him out or not i am not clear but he is very cobb--popular in his books sell. he writes about christmas, they sell, he writes about politics and they sell. >> prior to taking this interview we asked for sarah weinman and bob minzesheimer's picks. bob minzesheimer, one of your picks was a national book award finalist, have an hours's the yellow birds. >> booktv doesn't do a lot of fiction but yellow birds is the novel. kevin powers served in iraq. he joined the army. one of these incredible stories, he grew up in richmond, va. joined the army out of high school because that is what people in his family did, served in iraq and came b

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me and glen beck.i said in the beginning they had a theory in order to destroy the country and wipe out capitalism so you to elect somebody willing to cut the afro and put on a gorgeous silk tie. a beautiful family, tell everyone he's not divider. how fair he is and helps to the middle class and overwhelm the system with debt. explode the system with debt and entitlement and get torch the knees begging government to save them. every step of the way. watch it that's what barack obama has done. he pulled the professor in front of the nation and no one stopped him. i have been saying it every step of the way. >> wayne allyn root is a libertarian different than a conservative? >> yeah. it's a little more moderate and tolerant on social issues which are almost meaningfulless. what difference does it make if you have gay marriage if you are gay and unemployed. what difference does it make if you have an abortion and you are employed. the answer is what matters is jobs. jobs and the economy. and so, you know,

. >> caller: hi the republicans are hoping to make us all into glen beck mega church centers.political. this morning they said they are trying to get money for the [ inaudible ] ministries and they say for $120 we can keep up the enemy from stealing our land and -- and they are going to cap our finances if we don't send the ministry some money. >> stephanie: who is the enemy stealing our land? >> caller: that's just it. they didn't say. >> you know, they. >> stephanie: just send them cash right away. >> because only they know who they are. >> stephanie: right. just send a bag of cash. all right. the president yesterday on the fiscal cliff. >> obama: let's allow higher rates to go up for the top 2% that includes all of you guests but not in anyway that is going to affect your spending, your lifestyles or the economy in any significant way. let's make sure that 98% of americans don't see a single dime in tax increases next year. 97% of small businesses don't see a single dime of tax increases next year and by doing that alone we raise almost a trillion dollars. [♪ "world news to

patients not to mention the votes obama received by dead people -- >> somebody has been listening to glen beck win for romney. >> wow. [ scooby-doo's "huh?" ] >> you are right. dick morris is a genius. what was i thinking. >> stephanie: i hope you and all of your liberal friends and audience go bankrupt under this president. lord knows everyone who deserves to lose their jobs are the morons that voted for that president. and merry christmas. [ applause ] >> stephanie: wow wee. by >> by the way, the huge financial collapse happened on george w. bush's time line. >> stephanie: yes. this one titled bitch. he will very cleverly avoid the fbi stack. thf -- this one is just a wish that i kill myself. >> oh okay. >> stephanie: happy holidays! sometimes the holiday season is the saddest time for those who are lonely without family or homely -- >> oh, my god. that's awesome. >> stephanie: or sexuality undesirable. >> huh? >> stephanie: apparently i am sexuality undesirable. or maybe just unknowing [ censor bleep ] holes. >> adjectives adverbs who needs them. >> stephanie: if you suffer from these affli

>> stephanie: glen beck said i would love to see stuff that just isn't done. how much money they are making -- >> yeah who is saying that capitalism is a bad thing. >> stephanie: didn't he buy a farm somewhere? a farm in africa? no, it's in the middle of though country. oh my god, did you see anderson cooper went temporarily blind -- [ screaming ] >> he burned his balls. eyeballs. >> stephanie: yes, she was shooting a scene and the sunlight burned his retina so bad he wouldn't see for 48 hours. priscilla presley thinks that simpsons should be banned because it is not good for a moral cam pass. >> hasn't it been on for like 20 years? >> it ought to be outlawed by society. >> stephanie: she said we ought to bring back something like leave it to beaver. >> oh god. >> or bring back that sex scene she had with lessly nielson in the naked gun. >> stephanie: right. you are right. a was her famous line. >> oh my god that's right. >> nice beaver. >> thank you. i just had it stuffed. >> stephanie: and that's not bad for kids. >> that's family values. >> alanis morrisett