Posted on 07/23/2005 7:44:05 PM PDT by 2banana
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.
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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."
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"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.
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(Harrisburg Bureau Chief Tom Barnes can be reached at tbarnes@post-gazette.com or 717-787-4254.)
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I hope that this is brought to some HIGH UPS attention !!!!!!!! Unreal. We need to write this family as FREEPERS and let them know how much we appreciate and pay honor to their fallen family member!!!!
why did they not boot her sorry ass out?
These people really need a good ass-whupping. Have at it Mo........
Democrat Lt. Gov. Catherine Baker Knoll. Do you have to hear more? Another democRAT scum pol who has no problem using the funeral of one of our nation's finest who has made the supreme sacrifice to promote her own rotten self interest and anti American views.
Her voicemail inbox was full an hour after this was posted on FR earlier this morning.
Why wasn't this woman quickly escorted from the premises? (In other words why wasn't her a$$ kicked out the door?)
Vulture.
I'll bet she's a lawyer, too.
She is just another dumb ass DEMOCRAP.
I did do a search under "Marine" and didn't see it...Grrrr....sorry
Oh, no apologies needed. The more who know about this, the better.
Traitorous dumb ass DEMOCRAP.
bump
Usually, they don't send invitations to funerals, but her behavior once she got there was pretty outrageous, if the story is true.
This has to be the most vile thing I have ever heard. I hope this family sues her for ever penny she ever dreams of making, for mental duress.
This pig needs to hear what we all think of her disgusting display.
http://www.ltgovernor.state.pa.us/ltgovernor/cwp/view.asp?a=1142&q=440240<governorNav=|
This is what the left means when they say "free speech"... do not take for granted that their definition is the same as the original.
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