Politics | Glenn Beck Dana Milbank Takes Aim at Glenn Beck in New Book Tears of a Clown coming later this year By Kevin Spak Posted Feb 16, 2010 1:33 PM CST Copied In this May 5, 2009 file photo, newscaster Glenn Beck attends the Time 100 Gala, a celebration of TIME Magazine's 100 most influential people in the world in New York. (AP Photo/Evan Agostini, file) Dana Milbank had to do something truly appalling for the sake of his next book: “I’ve signed up for the elite membership on GlennBeck.com,” he says. The Washington Post humorist has begun writing a book on Fox’s volatile host, titled Tears of a Clown, he tells Politico, and if his past writings are any indication, it won’t be a kind portrait. Milbank thinks Beck’s secret is that he’s willing to be more outrageous than other conservative talkers. “He has a lower bar, and commercially, it’s pure genius.” He adds that he doesn’t think Beck actually believes his own rants. “He’s been extraordinarily successful at finding what the people want to hear and giving it to them.” The book should hit stores later this year. Read These Next He survived 43 days in a 'most dangerous' Australian desert. An NFL kicker just raised the bar for his fellow kickers. Montana is breaking out its 'bear dogs.' How a Florida university's millions went to a cam girl. Report an error