Based on this video, it seems Fox News viewers are so patriotic they don’t know anything about the origins of our country. During this little history lesson, Glenn Beck explains who Tom Paine was: “kind of the me. …” In fairness, Beck made a disgusted face as he said it — the same one we were making.

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