Even little Miss Snark, Maureen Dowd, was appalled by Obama's rush to the first tee. After all, this was not some SEALs he had abandoned or an Ambassador. This was am actual Member of the Media, Obama's main support group. He could have at least acted like it bothered him and maybe had someone other than the pool boy write his speech.
Kind of like when Bush spent 20 minutes reading "The Pet Goat" while the WTC was being attacked? That kind of bothered?