Glenn Beck is making news today backing a third-party run by Ron Paul over supporting Newt Gingrich. Is Beck a stupid person? No. Therefore there must be a sneaky play at work here - a bluff if you will. Here's how this may be playing out in Glenn Beck's mind.The White Horse Prophecy is a statement purported to have been made in 1843 by Joseph Smith, Jr., founder of the Latter Day Saint movement, regarding the future of the Latter Day Saints (Mormons) and the United States of America. The Latter Day Saints, according to the prophecy, would "go to the Rocky Mountains and ... be a great and mighty people", identified figuratively with the White Horse described in the Revelation of John. The prophecy further predicts that the United States Constitution will one day "hang like a thread" and will be saved "by the efforts of the White Horse".[1]
Some have speculated, on the basis of the White Horse Prophecy, that Mormons expect the United States to eventually become a theocracy dominated byThe Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church).[2][3] The authenticity of the prophecy as a whole, which was not made public until long after Smith's death, is debated, and the leadership of the LDS Church has stated that "the so-called 'White Horse Prophecy' ... is not embraced as Church doctrine."[4] However, the belief that members of the LDS Church will one day need to take action to save the imperiled US Constitution has been attributed to Smith in several sources and has been discussed in an approving fashion by Brigham Young and other LDS leaders.
Several prominent Mormons have made statements related to the White Horse Prophecy. For instance, US presidential candidate Mitt Romney has said he considers the White Horse Prophecy to be a matter of "speculation and discussion by [LDS] church members" and "not official [LDS] church doctrine."[5]However, US senator Orrin Hatch and conservative commentator Glenn Beck, have stated that they believe the Constitution is "hanging by a thread".[6][7]
Notice that both Romney and Beck are mentioned in that tutorial on the Mormon White Horse Prophecy. By publicly denouncing Gingrich to his millions of listeners and supporting Ron Paul as a third party candidate he has effectively called into question Gingrich's suitableness to be the GOP nominee since a third party conservative would certainly split the vote and hand Obama four more years - something no conservative would even dare dream of being remotely acceptable.
So with his clout he is trying to bring Romney up to the front of the class by tearing Gingrich down in the minds of his audience - and now even those who never actually listen to him. Glenn Beck is trying to fulfill Mormon prophecy by the looks of it. Best to ignore him completely.
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