Baltimore Mayor Martin O'Malley Likens Bush's Proposed Cuts to Sept. 11 Attacks (washingtonpost.com)

O'Malley Likens Bush's Proposed Cuts to Sept. 11 Attacks (washingtonpost.com):

"'These cuts, ladies and gentlemen, are sad. Irresponsible. They are also dishonest,' O'Malley (D) told a packed news conference at the National Press Club, where mayors and area officials had gathered to decry Bush's plan to slash spending on community development programs by $2 billion.

'Back on September 11, terrorists attacked our metropolitan cores, two of America's great cities. They did that because they knew that was where they could do the most damage and weaken us the most,' O'Malley said. 'Years later, we are given a budget proposal by our commander in chief, the president of the United States. And with a budget ax, he is attacking America's cities. He is attacking our metropolitan core.'"