Democrat Campaigns At A Funeral

Lt. Governor of the State of Pennsylvania, Catherine Baker Knoll (pictured), decided recently to attend the funeral of Staff Sgt. Joseph Goodrich, who died in Iraq on July 10. While it might not seem strange for a state leader to attend the funeral of one of the state's fallen heroes, in this case it is not only strange, but sick and disgusting to boot.

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.

Baker Knoll seems to have forgotten what exactly comprises a government in this country. If I'm not mistaken it is the people, not the politicians. Those people happened to be filling a church to say goodbye to a fallen comrade at the time she decided to pull out her soap box and business cards.

Is the left that desperate or they simply losing their minds? With each passing day it gets harder and harder to tell.

Blackfive has links to contact Governor Rendell if one were inclined to express their displeasure with his deranged lt. governor.

UPDATE: Rendell has apologized.

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