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Conservative CNN Headline News host Glenn Beck, 10/22/07:

“I think there is a handful of people who hate America. Unfortunately for them, a lot of them are losing their homes in a forest fire today.”

CNN, today:

Romney’s second eldest son Matt is one of the evacuees of the California wildfires that have ravaged the southern part of the state for the past four days.

“My son and his family were mandatorily evacuated from their home,” Romney said. “They’ve been in a hotel now for three days and I think this is their third day.”

“Their home so far as we know is still fine but they’re in Rancho Bernardo,” Romney added. “Of course that was one of the areas very significantly hit and the local authorities asked them all to leave their homes, all on their neighborhood.”

America-haters. When will people like Beck and the Republicans who talk about “San Francisco values” or “Massachusetts values” learn that you can’t assume people’s political leanings just because of where they live? Tragedy affects all kinds of people, and there’s no reason to take glee in something like this because you think your political enemies will get their homes burned down (or worse).

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