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May 28, 2010 11:13 am ET by Simon Maloy Glenn Beck, who repeatedly and angrily tells his alleged persecutors to “leave the families alone,” spent a good chunk of his radio program this morning mocking and attacking the intelligence of President Obama's 11-year-old daughter, Malia. Obama remarked yesterday during his press conference that Malia asked him of the Gulf oil spill: “Did you plug the hole yet, Daddy?” Beck, taking off on this, mockingly affected Malia's voice, asking “Daddy” why he “hates black people so much.” Then Beck attacked Malia's intelligence, saying: “That's the level of their education, that they're coming to — they're coming to Daddy and saying, 'Daddy, did you plug the hole yet?' ” This routine continued for several minutes, as Beck and his co-hosts touched on a variety of topics and laughed the entire time, all of it at the expense of an 11-year-old girl. Update – Glen Beck apologizes In discussing how President Obama uses children to shield himself from criticism, I broke my own rule about leaving kids out of political debates. The children of public figures should be left on the sidelines. It was a stupid mistake and I apologize–and as a dad I should have known better. http://mediamatters.org/blog/201005280025 added by: Stoneyroad