The truth is non-partisan

Glenn Beck had an interesting report last night about the fact that many people in America feel disenfranchised. They don't trust government. They don't feel government represents or protects them.

Senator Obama's minister, Jeremiah Wright, has declared: "The government lied about inventing the HIV virus as a means of genocide against people of color. Governments lie."

Beck's question was: How many people agree with Wright?

The answer is quite startling. Says Beck, according to a 2005 Rand Corporation/Oregon State University survey of African-Americans, an amazing 53 percent of those surveyed believed that, "There is a cure for Africa, but it`s being with held from the poor." More than one in four believe that AIDS was produced in a government laboratory.

The problem, according to Beck, is that people feel disenfranchised. He said: "Now, once you believe this stuff, of course you're not willing to trust the government. Of course you're not willing to help police solve crimes. But where are the leaders, standing up and saying, "It's not true"?