Classless Act by Classless Congressman

On this day of commemoration of the victims of 9/11, there was no place for politics, but leave it up to a classless Democrat to try and make a political statement at a memorial event:

U.S. Rep. Jim Moran, D-8th, lauded the “perfect professionalism” of Arlington's public-safety personnel, who responded to the Pentagon after the crash and won worldwide accolades for containing the damage with no additional loss of life.

He also praised the community-wide outreach effort that occurred after the attacks.

“Arlington has woven together the fabric of a community that can't be torn apart,” he said.

But Moran then maneuvered into more sensitive ground, suggesting that the country was not safer and intimating that the Bush administration's foreign policy was headed in the wrong directions.

“More people hate us,” Moran said, a comment that drew an outburst from the crowd.

“My brother died on 9/11 - don't make this political,” a woman in audience cried out.

Moran continued, calling on the nation to address the root causes of terrorism by the 10th anniversary of the attacks on the Pentagon and World Trade Center.

The root cause of terrorism, Mr. Moran, is fools like you who won't fight it and instead try to "understand" it. If you kill it, you end it. If you nurture it by refusing to fight, it grows.