Quote of the day: Glenn Beck, self-perception and reality

From the Seattle Times' write-up of Beck's recent visit to his home state of Washington:

Beck said he didn't remember politics being divisive growing up, and that if people now could just stop "tearing each other apart" there was a bright future for the country....

Beck came to Seattle amid a torrent of anger over his proclamation on July 28 that President Obama was a racist and that he believed the president has a "deep-seated hatred for white people or the white culture."