DFU SONG: Proud Mary (Lt. Gov. Knoll is such an a_ _ _ _ _

Note: where you see "a_ _ _ _ _ _", choose a 7-letter word beginning with "a" that you feel is appropriate for Pennsylvania Lt. Governor Catherine Baker Knoll (hmmmm....what word?...amateur?...artiste?...athlete?...hmmmm)

They said goodbye to a hero
Sgt. Goodrich served his nation selflessly
Catherine Baker Knoll had not been invited
Quite a spectacle they soon would see
Anti-war stuff she's saying
While mourners had been praying

Knoll is...Knoll is...Knoll is such an a_ _ _ _ _ _
Knoll is such an a_ _ _ _ _ _

Why was this woman so heartless
It was not the time and place for what she'd done
Pennsylvania voters, are you all ready
*itch-slapping this slime would be such fun
Anti-war stuff she's saying
While mourners had been praying

Knoll is...Knoll is...Knoll is such an a_ _ _ _ _ _
Knoll is such an a_ _ _ _ _ _

It's time for her resignation
Nothing short of that will be acceptable
STFU and get out of our faces
Of such nonsense we are really full
Anti-war stuff she's saying
While mourners had been praying

Knoll is...Knoll is...Knoll is such an a_ _ _ _ _ _
Knoll is such an a_ _ _ _ _ _

Rendell to send apology to Marine's family

By Sandra Tolliver
TRIBUNE-REVIEW
Monday, July 25, 2005

Written apologies will be sent to a fallen Marine's relatives angered by Lt. Gov. Catherine Baker Knoll's uninvited appearance at the soldier's funeral and her criticism of the war in Iraq, Gov. Ed Rendell said Sunday.
Rendell said he will send a personal letter to the family of the late Marine Staff Sgt. Joseph Goodrich, of Westwood, and will ask Knoll to do the same. Goodrich, 32, a police officer and infantry unit leader, died July 10 in a mortar attack in Hit, Iraq.

Rendell said he hadn't spoken with Knoll about the incident, but was disturbed by the family's charge that she made a political statement against the war.

"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 during an appearance in Mt. Washington.

Knoll's actions and words offended Goodrich's family and friends, along with others.

"I'll never vote for her," said Lynn Profeta, of Collier, who took her two sons to watch the military and police tribute paid to Goodrich outside St. John Evangelical Lutheran Church in Carnegie. "That family is grieving."

Rendell said he thinks Knoll, 74, of McKees Rocks, meant no harm by attending the memorial service last Tuesday. He believes Knoll gave her business card to a family member so that Goodrich's family would have a contact within state government if they later needed help securing benefits.

"She goes to so many funerals because she cares so deeply," Rendell said. "I don't go to funerals unless I'm invited. I go to wakes because they're public."

Goodrich's sister-in-law, Rhonda Goodrich, of Indiana County, said Knoll sat next to Goodrich's aunt, Linda Kubiak of Bethel Park, in the church and gave her a business card, explaining that she "attends 90 percent of these 'functions' across the state."

Rhonda Goodrich said Knoll also told Kubiak "that the (state) government was against the war."

Knoll spokesman Sean Pendrak did not comment on the family's allegations, but said the lieutenant governor supports troops at war and extends condolences to all families who have lost loved ones in the fighting.

"I'm going to talk to her," Rendell said. "I think she should send a letter to the family, clarifying (her intentions). As head of the state, I'm going to also send a letter."

Sandra Tolliver can be reached at stolliver@tribweb.com or (412) 320-7840.

David Allen Coe:

Well I was drivin' down I-95 the other night.
Somebody nearly cut me right off the road.
I decided it wasn't gonna do any good to get mad.
So I wrote a song about him instead.
It goes like this...

Were you born an asshole?
Or did you work at it your whole life?
Either way it worked out fine
'cause you're an asshole tonight.

Yes you're an A S S H O L E...
And don't you try to blame it on me.
You deserve all the credit.
You're an asshole tonight.

You were an asshole yesterday.
You're an asshole tonight.
And I've got a feelin'
you'll be an asshole the rest of your life.

And I was talkin' to your mother
just the other night.
I told her I thought you were an asshole.
She said, "Yes. I think you're right."

And all your friends are assholes
'cause you've known them your whole life.
And somebody told me
you've got an asshole for a wife.

Were you born an asshole?
Or did you work at it your whole life?
Either way it worked out fine
'cause you're an aaaassss...hole tonight.

You da man, DFU! Here is my contribution:

To the Tune of "No Particular Place to Go"

All wrapped up in liberal zeal
hoping to find some pain to feel.
I crashed the funeral of a Marine.
Just anti-war and runnin' wild.
My office work, it is so slow,
I’d no particular place to go

All wrapped up in liberal zeal
I’s anxious to tell ‘em the way I feel
So I spoke real softly and sincere
As I leaned and whispered in their ear:
”Who are you?” I’d like you to know
I’ve no particular place to go

No particular place to go
So, I bother folks from Kokomo
I needed to know they’d all been told:
I’m Lt. Governor Knoll!”
I don’t care the way they felt
An anti war blow I had dealt.

Ridin' along out on the loose
My face resemblin’ a moose
I hope that no one holds a grudge
And, please, don’t tell this to Matt Drudge.
I really put on quite a show.
I’d no particular place to go

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