Glenn Beck has really gone off the deep end this time. The conservative talk show host –who routinely says children of politicians should not be used as political fodder– did just that on his radio show Friday by taking verbal shots at President Barack Obama’s daughter, Malia.

Here’s the back-story: during a press conference about the BP oil spill last week, the President made reference to his daughter asking, “Did you plug the hole yet, Daddy?” It was an attempt to show that Obama (and his family) are taking the oil spill seriously and are very concerned about the people on the Gulf Coast, after many pundits had accused him of not being compassionate enough or a touchy-feely kind of President like, say, Bill Clinton. So, Beck used that comment to mock Malia’s level of intelligence.

Taste The Brew for Beck’s “apology.”

Here’s a partial transcript of his comments.
BECK: (imitating Malia) Daddy? Daddy? Daddy, did you plug the hole yet? Daddy?
PAT GRAY (co-host): (imitating Obama) No I didn’t, honey.
BECK: (imitating Malia) Daddy, I know you’re better than [unintelligible]
GRAY: (imitating Obama) Mm-hmm, big country.
BECK: (imitating Malia) And I was wondering if you’ve plugged that hole yet.
GRAY: (imitating Obama) Honey, not yet.
BECK: (imitating Malia) Why not, daddy? But daddy–
GRAY: (imitating Obama) Not time yet, honey. Hasn’t done enough damage.
BECK: (imitating Malia) Daddy?
GRAY: (imitating Obama) Not enough damage yet, honey.
BECK: (imitating Malia) Daddy?
GRAY: (imitating Obama) Yeah?
BECK: (imitating Malia) Why do you hate black people so much?
GRAY: (imitating Obama) I’m part white, honey.
BECK: (imitating Malia) What?
GRAY: (imitating Obama) What?
BECK: (imitating Malia) What’d you say?
GRAY: (imitating Obama) Excuse me?
BECK: (laughing) This is such a ridiculous — this is such a ridiculous thing that his daughter– (imitating Malia) Daddy?
GRAY: It’s so stupid.
BECK: How old is his daughter? Like, thirteen?
GRAY: Well, one of them’s, I think, thirteen, one’s eleven, or something.
BECK: “Did you plug the hole yet, daddy?” Is that’s their — 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?’ ” Plug the hole!
GRAY: (imitating Obama) Yes, I was doing some deep-sea diving yesterday, and–
BECK: (imitating Malia) Daddy?
GRAY: (imitating Obama) Yeah, mm-hmm, mm-hmm, I was doing–
BECK: (imitating Malia) Why–
GRAY: (imitating Obama) Yeah, honey, I’m–
BECK: (imitating Malia) Why, why, why, why, do you still let the polar bears die? Daddy, why do you still let Sarah Palin destroy the environment? Why are — Daddy, why don’t you just put her in some sort of a camp?

Late Friday, Beck issued this very half-assed apology on his website:

Now, obviously, this isn’t the first and won’t be the last time Glenn Beck makes an offensive remark. Since it’s not looking like he’ll be ripped off the air any time soon, here’s how you can do your part. Watchdog site Media Matters has listed the advertisers who are still running ads on Beck’s Fox News show. Click here for the full list and do your part by not supporting these companies and writing letters/calling/tweeting expressing your displeasure at their support of Beck’s show. Hit them where it hurts!

And Beck… talking ’bout people’s kids is at the top of WJ’s disapproval list!

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