Check out this quote, as reported in the Washington Post:

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.”

Michelle Malkin dug up a previous quote by O’Malley that appears to express similar sentiments, in the Baltimore Sun last year.

I remember after the attacks of September 11, as mayor of the city, I was very, very worried about al-Qaeda and still am. But I’m even more worried about the actions and inactions of the Bush administration. (Doug Donovan, “O’Malley Takes The Heat For Remarks About Bush,” The Baltimore Sun, 7/1/04)

The guy certainly has a right to free speech, but he’s also a gubernatorial candidate in ‘06 and the voters can weigh in here.

TBO reports (HT: ALAET):

At one John Kerry presidential campaign event last year O’Malley said he was more worried about the Bush administration’s policies than he was about al-Qaida.

UPDATE: After comparing O’Malley to Ward Churchill, The National Ledger makes a similar point to mine above about free speech, but says it more eloquently.

It appears that this “mayor” wants Ward Churchill like attention. It would figure that at some point both will be seeking employment as they are dispatched from their taxpayer funded jobs. However, they will continue to retain their free speech rights to trash America and the president.