Quote Originally Posted by Lady's Human
ES, what I meant was that taking something apolitical, like a terrorist attack, and turning it into a soapbox for your own personal views is unacceptable.

It would be expected for the President to deliver a speech on the anniversary of Sept 11th. It's his job, and any president would have been crucified in the media (and rightfully so) for not marking the day with a speech of some sort.

I would also expect the pundits to stuff a sock in their mouths for a day or two, which they didn't. I heard Franken right after the prime time speech playing sound clips and repeating "that's just crap" over and over again, Olbermann's piece, Limbaugh, et al. There are times when you just need to shut the h**l up.
Yes, it was very appropriate that he mark the occasion with a speech. What was inappropriate was that he turned it into yet another opprotunity to tell us what a great guy he is by saving the Iraqi's from Saddam.