Rendell to Respond About Funeral Crashing Lt Gov

Posted By Blackfive

Jack Kelly, columnist, veteran and all-round good guy, has the scoop today in his first column of the week and on his blog Irish Pennants.

Pennsylvania Gov. "Fast Eddie" Rendell says he plans to apologize for the faux pas his lieutenant governor committed at the funeral of Marine Staff Sgt. Joseph Goodrich...

More at Kelly's blog.

Update:  More at Michelle Malkin's blog.  Michelle speaks for me and for many of you here:

...This is not enough. Where the hell is Knoll to apologize publicly to the family and explain her noxious behavior?..

Update 2: Michelle Malkin receives Knoll's letter of apology to Joseph Goodrich's widow.  Here's part of it:

...As an adored member of your family and one of Pennsylvania’s sons serving with soldiers from across the commonwealth, SSGT Joseph Goodrich, is one of this nation’s heroes...

"One of Pennsylvania's sons"?  Guess that makes the Lieutenant Governor the Wicked Step-Mother...

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Comments

[SoupNazzi]

can a LT. Governor be recalled?

[Laughing Wolf]

Two thoughts. First, re: "It's not the business of state government to support the war..." Since when is it not the business of state government to fully support a legally declared war? Second, where the heck is Knoll? If this is the best they can do, both of them need to go. This is bull.

[Dave]

I've contacted the author of the original article asking if he has any updates, he said he is checking right now to see what he can find out. I hope she gets caned...oops, I mean canned. We don't need people like her in positions of authority and responsibility.

I'll let you know if I hear back from the author of the article.

[jordan]

Between this and other demonstrators that have turned up at military funerals recently, there seems to be a troubling breakdown in respect for funeral "etiquette".

I hope the Gov.'s apology makes clear how unacceptable it is to exploit the suffering of soldiers' families for political gain. Really shameful.

[Teresa]

Is the Governor apologizing because he looked away for a minute and his toddler... I mean Lt. Gov. did something heinous? He's acting like she's a child and he needs to apologize FOR her!!! WTF? If she can't open her mouth and apologize for herself - then it doesn't matter at all - what the Governor says.

What a load of horse manure! Both of these people should be ashamed of themselves. The Lt. Gov should be censured. And both should be voted out of office in the next election cycle. What morons!

Sadly I can't say that she should be fired since I'm pretty sure she didn't break the law... however, it has been known that people will resign from their positions if enough public pressure is applied. I don't know how much pressure can be brought to bear - probably not enough... Knoll seems to have a hide of steel. Considering her insensitive behavior toward a grieving family - why would she even begin to care if she has offended anyone else.

[Rita]

For the life of me, I have no idea what is wrong with these people we call "elected officals". Their main service is to the people, not for themselves. They must show respect to the men and women who were called upon by this government to make these types of sacrifices to our country. Their job is to listen, help, and support our men and women in Iraq. How can an elected offical be so stupid and unfeeling to make this type of statement? She should not be in office at all, what is wrong with these people? They continue to disrespect the military, the families of those who lost their lives, and to this country. We ought to start campaigning to get these people out of office, we need to make a stand for this type of behavior. Enough is enough, it is time to take action against anyone (Republican, Democrat, Independent) who continue to demoralize our troops and their families. It is time to start working for us, and it is time for them to get off their high stool and serve the public with respect and decency, instead of for power,money and votes.

[1LTTJ]

A copy of my email to Fast Eddie Rendell follows: Send her as an emissary of the pro insurgency Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
to extend condolences to the grieving families of insurgent suicide
bombers. She will find a much more receptive group there. You could also
outfit her with a bomb belt and have her show solidarity with the
Islamofacists she so adores.
1LT out.

[Rita]

Or spray her with the good old Manure Spreader....In with S*** out with S***....

[SFC Radosevich]

For someone to show up at anyones funeral regardless of how they ended up there and make a bonehead political play is not something sane people do. Worst of all is making a false statement as the spoken voice of the "government" claiming non-support for the war overseas. What government does she belong to? The disrespect she has shown to the Goodrich family and all members of the armed forces is simply moronic. How many other members of the "government" feel as she does? I am sure alot of good Americans have their good and bad feelings about the current situation, it is their right, but to blatantly express lack of support to the service members in the theaters of operation is degrading their individual efforts and implies that those who have gone before us have died in vain. They have not, will not, and the fight goes on for people just like former Lt. Gov. Knoll. Where has she been for the last 4 years. Maybe she will wake up to the fact that we are at war the next time she has to have her bags searched by NYPD at the subway terminal. Whether (what's her face) supports us or not, it's happening. It's happening here in Iraq, Afghanistan, London, Egypt, and in a hometown near you. Our service members need support now more than ever, and I pray that what happend to the Goodrich family will never have to happen to another service member. Ever! Thank you.

[Rob]

I just sent an email to the Gov and explained that as a veteran I am pissed and will financially support any sane person who runs against him/them. The Gov, BTW, is an Army veteran and should be f*n' ashamed. Seriously, we need to form a PAC dedicated to squashing these un-American pukes when they decide that they are the government!

[Ben Bauman (U.S.A., Ret.)]

The LT Gov. is unavailable due to cowardice. My wife is from North Versailles and we were married there. We will pray for the Goodrich family and honor the loss of another Great American.

VFW Post 9949

[JohnM]

Actually Rendell needs to personally make Knoll kiss that woman's feet for her sacrafice then kick the 'you know what' out of office. Seems so odd, the Liberals preach tolerance and understanding; but when it comes time to deliver the same to someone else -- oooops they forgot.

Guess this is one time that tolerance can be taught by recall ballot.

[Jonathan]

Sent letter follows ...

Your Lt. Gov. is an outrage!

As a retired Special Forces combat veteran I take great offense at the impudence of your Lt. Gov. Catherine Baker Knoll.

Not only did she show up to a funeral uninvited, but also to do so and use the occasion to spread campaign rhetoric and anti-war propaganda is completely deplorable.

If this is the representation of your administration then the citizens of Pennsylvania have little to no hope for their future.

Although you are coming forward against her actions, you are doing so in a cowardice apologetic manner. You should force her to come forward and be accountable for her own words and actions.

Catherine Baker Knoll should resign or be fired immediately!

An upset vet,

[Paul]

A written apology doesn't hack it.

She had the gall to show up uninvited in person at a funeral to score political points, then the very least she needs to do is have the backbone and apologize to the family in person.

I hope the pressure is kept up until she does, and when she does, I hope the family members each give her a piece of their minds.

[Ghost Dansing]

Most people would think that a Lieutenant Governor attending a funeral for a fallen hero in her State, and obviously making an attempt to attend many, would be an excellent execution of her duties as an elected official. I smell some partisan rancor in all of this.

I've heard it said that Dubya wouldn't attend the funerals even if they were right down the street from him. Now, I personally understand why he doesn't, but many think he should.

Then there is the allegation about what she "said" at the funeral. Personally I find it very unlikely that she made comments about "our government's support for the war" at all. It is far more likely that it is yet another story planted by a Republican partisan (perhaps family) designed to create an urban legend, that only Republicans believe, to use in an election campaign sometime in the future. Interesting it is a classic "he-said-she-said".

That is a more likely explanation for all of this.

[Juliette]

It feels good to have been a part of making this woman squirm.

Godspeed, Sgt. Goodrich. You did right by us; I hope we did the same.

[Jus' Plain Bill]

It hardly seems likely that this is a Conservative "dirty trick" when the politician in question is sending an official letter of apology. They hardly ever do that, even when they are wrong. And her actions were certainly wrong.

[Patrick O'Hannigan]

Another angle: CBK is inarticulate as well as dishonest. More at:

http://paragraphfarmer.blogspot.com/2005/07/inarticulate-and-dishonest.html

[j.pickens]

quote:
" If my regard for his family’s grief was seen another way, it is thoroughly regrettable."

ZING...
The LG just insulted this hero's family yet again, by saying that their REACTION to her actions was regettable. If only they'd just nodded in agreement when she made the "logical" (to the left) statement that the State government is against the war, then none of this would have happened....pity...

This sack of s**t needs to resign immediately.