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Knoll & Rendell : Disgraceful remarks
The Pittsburgh Tribune-Review ^
| 07/26/05
| Editorial
Posted on 07/25/2005 9:34:26 PM PDT by smoothsailing
Knoll & Rendell: Disgraceful remarks
Tuesday, July 26, 2005
Sometimes politicians need to stop while they're behind.
Lt. Gov. Catherine Baker Knoll did a little politicking and offered some political commentary Tuesday last, uninvited, at the Carnegie funeral of Staff Sgt. Joseph Goodrich. The Marine, 32, of Westwood, was killed in a mortar attack in Iraq on July 10.
Mrs. Baker Knoll began talking to Sgt. Goodrich's aunt during the Communion service. She handed the aunt a business card; Knoll called the funeral a "function." Then Knoll told the aunt that the state government was "against the war."
Outrageous.
Visiting Pittsburgh on Sunday, Gov. Ed Rendell tried to make amends. Knoll merely was trying to be supportive, he said.
But even though Mr. Rendell said "our state supports the men and women who are fighting this war," he echoed Knoll's ghastly war remark: "It's not the business of state government to support the war."
Which would be news to those federal agencies, D.C. politicos and nongovernmental organizations to which the state has been whining about potential military base closings...SNIP
Apologies were the order of the day Monday. But the damage was done....SNIP
The best public service Knoll could perform would be to not seek re-election. As for Rendell, he could use a class in thinking before speaking.
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TOPICS: Editorial; Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: Pennsylvania; War on Terror
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Knoll and Rendell are beneath contempt.
There is something to be said for the time when you could tar and feather traitors,crooks,and scoundrels and run them out of town on a rail.
To: martin_fierro
Knoll & Rendell ping
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posted on
07/25/2005 9:36:08 PM PDT
by
smoothsailing
(Qui Nhon Turtle Co.)
To: smoothsailing
There is something to be said for the time when you could tar and feather traitors,crooks,and scoundrels and run them out of town on a rail.
Bears repeating again and again BUMP!
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posted on
07/25/2005 9:37:02 PM PDT
by
RandallFlagg
(Roll your own cigarettes! You'll save $$$ and smoke less!(Magnetic bumper stickers-click my name)
Comment #4 Removed by Moderator
To: smoothsailing
"It's not the business of state government to support the war." Making that remark during the Civil War would have had Lincoln ordering his arrest. During World War 2, he'd have been forced to hide from angry public mobs. The fact that these two haven't ended their political careers with these statements is everlasting shame. Knoll and Rendell = Quisling.
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posted on
07/25/2005 9:46:53 PM PDT
by
hlmencken3
("...politics is a religion substitute for liberals and they can't stand the competition")
To: Mo1
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posted on
07/25/2005 9:51:47 PM PDT
by
hipaatwo
(When you're in trouble you want all your friends around you...preferably armed!)
To: smoothsailing
"It's not the business of state government to support the war." Besides that being untrue, the ms lt. gov. said they were AGAINST the war. Inother words, opponents. Opponents wish you to lose, and those who wish you to lose, are the enemy. We do need to leave our military in penn. - as an occuping force!
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posted on
07/25/2005 9:57:49 PM PDT
by
feedback doctor
(Going to war might mean terrorism, NOT going to war means slavery and death)
To: smoothsailing
"It's not the business of state government to support the war." I wonder if Fast Eddy the Jughead ever heard of the Pennsylvania NATIONAL GUARD!!!
Probably not.
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posted on
07/25/2005 10:06:44 PM PDT
by
FlingWingFlyer
(We did not lose in Vietnam. We left.)
To: smoothsailing
Stupid is as stupid does.
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posted on
07/25/2005 10:07:24 PM PDT
by
USNBandit
(sarcasm engaged at all times)
To: USNBandit
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posted on
07/26/2005 12:07:21 AM PDT
by
JRios1968
(The C-5 Galaxy (http://www.af.mil/factsheets/factsheet.asp?fsID=84)...sometimes, size DOES matter!)
To: smoothsailing
democrats become so confused when they try an "apology," it becomes sadly hillarious. It's sad because so many people vote for these turds.
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posted on
07/26/2005 4:22:26 AM PDT
by
BamaAndy
(democrats are base, stupid socialists without a clue.)
To: smoothsailing
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posted on
07/26/2005 4:22:43 AM PDT
by
Sloth
(History's greatest monsters: Hitler, Stalin, Mao & Durbin)
To: smoothsailing
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posted on
07/26/2005 4:24:53 AM PDT
by
mewzilla
(Property must be secured or liberty cannot exist. John Adams)
To: smoothsailing
Ed had the right to remain silent.
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posted on
07/26/2005 4:25:37 AM PDT
by
PGalt
To: smoothsailing
I think that Tony Snow is going to have the Marine's sister-in-law on his radio show today (9:00 AM EST) to relay exactly what Knoll told her.
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posted on
07/26/2005 4:29:16 AM PDT
by
toomanygrasshoppers
(Freud was wrong. It's all about "Roe v. Wade")
To: PGalt
"But even though Mr. Rendell said "our state supports the men and women who are fighting this war,"" He says this...and yet last year, until he was shamed into it by Hannity, he was NOT going to extend the deadline for soldiers overseas to return their votes. And this was even AFTER, the state mailed them to the soldiers LATE because the Dems sued to get Nader off the PA ballots.
The worst part of all is that Rendell was out personally visiting prisons to make sure that all prisoners whose trials were still in progress and would not yet be convicted by Nov 2nd would be given an opportunity to pull the Dem lever.
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posted on
07/26/2005 5:20:51 AM PDT
by
libs_kma
(USA: The land of the Free....Because of the Brave!)
To: Sloth
< *applauds*>
Nicely done!
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posted on
07/26/2005 6:12:33 AM PDT
by
FreedomPoster
(This space intentionally blank) (NRA)
To: Sloth
That is priceless,where can I get the URL for that?
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posted on
07/26/2005 7:14:48 AM PDT
by
smoothsailing
(Qui Nhon Turtle Co.)
To: libs_kma
I remember that.Rendell is a pig.
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posted on
07/26/2005 7:17:51 AM PDT
by
smoothsailing
(Qui Nhon Turtle Co.)
To: smoothsailing
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posted on
07/26/2005 7:24:51 AM PDT
by
Sloth
(History's greatest monsters: Hitler, Stalin, Mao & Durbin)
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