July 26, 200521 yr This type of posturing is low, even for a politician...... 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. 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. Asked to comment on Goodrich's complaints about Knoll's conduct at the funeral, the aide said that "would be inappropriate."
July 26, 200521 yr Author Just found this update.... Pa. Gov. to Apologize to Marine's Family The Associated Press July 25. 2005 12:12PM Written apologies will be sent to the family of a dead Marine who was upset that the lieutenant governor appeared uninvited at his funeral last week, Gov. Ed Rendell said. Lt. Gov. Catherine Baker Knoll went to the July 19 funeral of Staff Sgt. Joseph Goodrich, passed out her business card and made a remark about the state government being against the war, family members said. "Whether you're for the war or against the war, to say something like that to a relative of someone who just died in combat was just repulsive," said Goodrich's sister-in-law Rhonda Goodrich. Rendell, during an appearance in Pittsburgh on Sunday, said written apologies will be sent to the Goodrich family, the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review reported. Rendell said he hadn't spoken to Knoll about what happened. "It's not the business of state government to support the war, but our state supports the men and women who are fighting this war," Rendell said. Goodrich, 32, of Westwood, died July 10 in Iraq. His family told the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette last week that they felt they were owed an apology by Knoll and didn't understand why she attended the funeral in Carnegie. "Knoll felt this was an appropriate time to campaign and impose her will on us," Rhonda Goodrich said. "I am amazed and disgusted Knoll finds a Marine funeral a prime place to campaign." Knoll's spokesman, Sean Pendrak, told The Associated Press on Monday that the lieutenant governor's office would be releasing a statement on the matter later in the day.
July 26, 200521 yr They should have kicked her out of the service. That would be pretty cool to tell off a Lt. Gov.
July 27, 200521 yr They apologized pretty quickly from what I can tell. She effectivley killed her political future with this stupid move.
July 27, 200521 yr Disgusting. Id love to see the Dems of this forum jump all over her if this had come from someone of the right.
July 27, 200521 yr Disgusting. Id love to see the Dems of this forum jump all over her if this had come from someone of the right. 875827[/snapback] Feel the love.... she's a looney old bat from the sound of it.
July 27, 200521 yr Disgusting. Id love to see the Dems of this forum jump all over her if this had come from someone of the right. 875827[/snapback] Horrible political move and she's obviously nuts. HAPPY? :mischief now let me dig up threads speaking of conservative nuttery in which you have remained silent. I hold you accountable.
July 27, 200521 yr Yeah, she looks pretty old so she probably doesn't have much of a political career to worry about losing anymore.
July 27, 200521 yr Disgusting. Id love to see the Dems of this forum jump all over her if this had come from someone of the right. 875827[/snapback] Horrible political move and she's obviously nuts. HAPPY? :mischief now let me dig up threads speaking of conservative nuttery in which you have remained silent. I hold you accountable. 876082[/snapback] Please do...you dig, Ill post. :thumbup
July 27, 200521 yr Baker Knoll has always been a little looney. From today's Post-Gazette: But Rendell said, "Name me one thing the lieutenant governor has done wrong, substantively. Sure, she occasionally makes some malaprops, such as referring to me as Edward G. Robinson." :plain
July 27, 200521 yr Disgusting. Id love to see the Dems of this forum jump all over her if this had come from someone of the right. 875827[/snapback] Horrible political move and she's obviously nuts. HAPPY? :mischief now let me dig up threads speaking of conservative nuttery in which you have remained silent. I hold you accountable. 876082[/snapback] Please do...you dig, Ill post. :thumbup 876127[/snapback] Changed my mind. I put the onus on you. Hurry up. I hold you accountable for all unapologetic threads involving conservative nuttery. gogogogo. :whistle :thumbup
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