[VIDEO] Glenn Beck Compares Being a Liberal to Being an Alcoholic

Katie Couric's Webcast interview with Glenn Beck goes a long way to getting at the man behind the bluster, and it's well worth watching in its entirety. Throughout the interview, Beck accuses Couric of trying to get a sound bite out of him that will play against him and looks around nervously. Although he's wise to try to watch his words -- any interview can rebound badly for the subject -- his paranoia is palpable.

Nonetheless, he does talk about two very personal subjects: his own alcoholism and his mother's suicide when he was 13 years old.

It was his alcoholism that informed his former views as a "social liberal," Beck explains. Once he sobered up, he saw the light.

Of course, none of that explains the millions of recovering alcoholics who are liberals. Were I not one myself, I'd say, "Give that man a beer."

Here's the transcript; video below. The comments on liberalism and alcoholism begin around 2:30.