I know many of you think this is acceptable behavior.


Lt. gov. crashed Marine's funeral, kin say

Saturday, July 23, 2005
By Tom Barnes, Post-Gazette Harrisburg Bureau

The family of a Marine who was killed in Iraq is furious with Lt. Gov. Catherine Baker Knoll for showing up uninvited at his funeral this week, handing out her business card and then saying "our government" is against the war.


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Rhonda Goodrich of Indiana, Pa., said yesterday that a funeral was held Tuesday at a church in Carnegie for her brother-in-law, Staff Sgt. Joseph Goodrich, 32.

She said he "died bravely and courageously in Iraq on July 10, serving his country."

In a phone interview, Goodrich said the funeral service was packed with people "who wanted to tell his family how Joe had impacted their lives."

Then, suddenly, "one uninvited guest made an appearance, Catherine Baker Knoll."

She sat down next to a Goodrich family member and, during the distribution of communion, said, "Who are you?" Then she handed the family member one of her business cards, which Goodrich said she still has.

"Knoll felt this was an appropriate time to campaign and impose her will on us," Goodrich said. "I am amazed and disgusted Knoll finds a Marine funeral a prime place to campaign."

Goodrich said she is positive that Knoll was not invited to the funeral, which was jammed with Marines in dress uniform and police officers, because the fallen Marine had been a policeman in McKeesport and Indiana County.

"Our family deserves an apology," Rhonda Goodrich said. "Here you have a soldier who was killed -- dying for his country -- in a church full of grieving family members and she shows up uninvited. It made a mockery of Joey's death."

What really upset the family, Goodrich said, is that Knoll said, 'I want you to know our government is against this war,' " Goodrich said.

She said she is going to seek an answer from Gov. Ed Rendell's administration if it opposes the fighting in Iraq and Afghanistan.

Knoll was traveling yesterday, away from the Capitol, and couldn't be reached. But an aide said she "extends condolences to all families who have lost loved ones" serving in the military.

Without having talked to her, the aide, who asked not to be named, said, "The family members of fallen soldiers are in our hearts and prayers. Our prayers go out to their loved ones in their hour of grief."

Asked to comment on Goodrich's complaints about Knoll's conduct at the funeral, the aide said that "would be inappropriate."

Holy crap, what an ass.

That freak makes ambulance chasers look angelic.

Unbefreakinlievable! Stooping to new all time lows all in the name of a vote.

Bleh

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Yeam the part thats even more unbefreakinlievable is that if a soldier dies the family is immediately enrolled into the anti military cause.



I had to put a face on the perp.

Sounds exactly like something Hillary Clinton would do.....


I think it was a disgusting display of arrogance on the part of her.....and I hope the hell that she loses her seat the next election when the people see what ignorance she displayed.

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"He who fights with monsters might take care lest he thereby become a monster. And if you gaze for long into an abyss, the abyss gazes also into you." - Friedrich Nietzsche

Bone, why do you do that? Can you forego the Clinton thing just a little while?

This is an actual, real politician doing actual, real chitty stuff while families are at their most vulnerable.

Your zClinton stuff obscures reality.

B

That poor family. I'm sure this is just what they needed after losing their son.

The Democrats apparently get together every few weeks and say, "OK, whose turn is it to do something monumentally stupid?" I guess they like being the minority party.

...what, or who is the "anti-military" cause? This seems to be the stoopid and insensitive actions of one individual, rather than a movement.

Please leave the zClinton-bashing to me-I am a trained professional.

That's career politician to you. Time to get rid of these scum bags.

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WTF?

How do you manage to think about Hilary Clinton in the midst of this post?

You are way too consumed with the Clintons and at some point you may need to seek help.

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I don't think he's old enough to remember any other presidents. 8+5= 13 years old.....bingo.

Why...the lefties will stop at nothing to stuff their political propaganda down peoples throats, Everthing the CLintons do has some political angle to it....

THey wrote the book on it.....so in fact this reference was VERY on point due to that reason.

Lt. Gov. Catherine Baker Knoll is just following her exhaulted leader and role model.

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"He who fights with monsters might take care lest he thereby become a monster. And if you gaze for long into an abyss, the abyss gazes also into you." - Friedrich Nietzsche

He does it because it would be too much of an intellectual challenge to come up with any statement based on facts or remotely relevant to the issue being discussed.

YOU as a lefty are just chosing to ignore its realavence...becasue you worship the CLintons...and the left and see nothing wrong with this example of shameless lefty political BS being stuffed in this heros funeral...and in the face of his family and friends.

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"He who fights with monsters might take care lest he thereby become a monster. And if you gaze for long into an abyss, the abyss gazes also into you." - Friedrich Nietzsche

Hell, at least she goes to their funerals. Bush never has.