Glenn Beck Explains George Soros Conspiracy Theory On 'O'Reilly Factor' (VIDEO):

Glenn Beck continued his campaign to "out" George Soros on "The O'Reilly Factor" on Friday.

O'Reilly interviewed Beck about his "shadow government" and "puppet master" accusations against Soros, but the "G-man" (O'Reilly's name for Beck), was short on specifics.

Soros, a progressive billionaire, has been targeted by Beck and others on the right for funding candidates, causes, and charities deemed too progressive. Beck tells his audience that Soros is responsible for the economic crisis and is a "economic war criminal." Earlier this week, Beck accused the Jewish Soros of collaborating with Nazis during WWII.

Asked to summarize his attacks on the businessman, Beck told O'Reilly that Soros is actually an "economic war criminal."

"What you're seeing happen and what is coming between the inflation in the grocery stores and the gas pumps, the organizations out in the streets. It's a puppet show," Beck said. "It is orchestrated by George Soros."

Beck continued, saying "[Soros] collapsed four different regimes, four different countries before. Of course he's collapsed currencies. He's considered an economic war criminal in some parts of the world.

But even O'Reilly was skeptical of Beck's assertions. "OK, but I don't see him as the power that you see him," O'Reilly said. "I think he's trying. I think he's trying."

O'Reilly asked Beck to provide more information about the alleged "shadow government," saying, "If you tell me where they live, I'll go to their house."

In what appeared to be a nod to the ridiculous nature of Beck's conspiracy theory, O'Reilly aired a clip of Austin Powers' Dr. Evil towards the end of the segment.

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Comments

[poeticjustice4all]

05:08 PM on 11/20/2010

Stewart is mocking the basic beliefs of the Mormons. Beck is speaking from a very specific set of cultural beliefs. Stewart is deep inside -- but I don't know if he knows that.

Joseph Smith told his people that he got information about the universe from looking into his hat. Glenn Beck's stardom is proof that this stuff works. It's powered by its own bizarre logic.

[simpson20]

03:49 PM on 11/20/2010

You should really hate your life to watch these two people daily...God, that's frustrating 5 mins of my entire life....Seriously do these guys want George Soro's to be murdered or something?

[simpson20]

03:47 AM on 11/20/2010

Leave George Soros alone...

[JohnBryansFontaine]

06:35 AM on 11/19/2010

Jon Stewart's Takedown of Glenn Beck's Creepy George Soros Obsession

http://tv.gawker.com/5693939/jon-stewarts-takedown-of-glenn-becks-creepy-george-soros-obsession

[dixdarlin]

12:29 AM on 11/19/2010

Rachel Maddow Bitch-slapped Beck today. He said the Iraq- Afganistan Vet. is communist orginazation!
WTG RACHEL do it again!

[Walcraeb]

11:26 AM on 11/17/2010

Okay... seriously... someone just shoot me in the skull.

Well, almost seriously.

[LEOTHEPOOCH]

09:29 AM on 11/17/2010

Fascism at it's best, First it was ACORN (god forbid the minorities should vote) , President Obama's staff appointments, unions, People with college degrees, Mr. Soros, etc etc , Next it will be anyone that wears glasses ( looks too much like an intellectual ) When the Soros thing is played out they will have something else to demonize, it's thier plan of attack !

[MInchau]

05:06 AM on 11/17/2010

The Soros stuff is just silly. I'm more shocked by the "waitress" comments.

[alex steiner]

10:37 AM on 11/17/2010

sounds like he has some homosexual fantasies he would like played out. The lean forward "bend over" comments support my theory.

[eptjevi]

07:51 PM on 11/16/2010

beck sucks.

[AussieEconomist]

11:43 PM on 11/16/2010

No kidding. He can't even be bothered to invent his own conspiracy theories. I call it lazy.

[Walcraeb]

11:27 AM on 11/17/2010

What's really awesome is how he has to quote the works of radical Hollywood liberals (including a socialist Canadian) to humorously make his point.

[hankashley]

04:59 PM on 11/16/2010

Best story O'Reilly has ever done about interplanetary space travel. Very interesting.

[AussieEconomist]

07:23 PM on 11/16/2010

I found that incredibly amusing for some strange reason!

[jtthomas240]

01:08 PM on 11/16/2010

I think this was just an article on here a while back, but those "regimes" Beck claims Soros toppled? Well, he did donate to organizations that were committed to topple regimes, and whether or not he was fully responsible for the toppling would be very hard to tell...

But they were all communist regimes that were toppled, as Soros donated to democratic groups, and in all cases instituted a democracy where a communist state once was.

Wait a minute....... Is Glenn Beck a communist?!

[Coyotemike]

12:07 PM on 11/16/2010

This is what happens during a conversation when Bill O'Reilly is the SANE one.

[MJHammonds]

09:32 AM on 11/16/2010

So that's where all the Soros tr00//speak comes from...

[Was Not Born To Follow]

09:39 AM on 11/16/2010

I have a theory of where they come from, MJ, but I'm sure the PTB would quash it immediately here as an unacceptable statement. :-) Morning.

[MJHammonds]

09:45 AM on 11/16/2010

LOL!  Morning ; )

[MWChris]

02:52 AM on 11/16/2010

Glenn Beck is certifiable. George Soros does not have the power to create inflation in the US economy on his own the way that Beck says. He would have to me a multi- multi- trillionaire to be able to do that, not just a billionaire. Beck should check himself in to the nearest asylum.

[Json]

09:45 AM on 11/16/2010

It may not be true, but it is true enough for FOX

[mrfancypantsgorilla]

02:20 AM on 11/16/2010

It isn't enough for Beck (and Fox) to continuously broadcast outright lies, hatred, paranoid ignorance, antisemitism, and Holocaust revisionism, now they are joking about it too. They are reprehensible and so are their supporters.

This is in no way funny. That they can broadcast their shameless behavior with impunity is chilling. What's next?