Posted on 07/25/2005 2:57:50 PM PDT by governsleastgovernsbest
In the annals of feckless non-apology apologies, the one just served up by PA Lt. Gov. Catherine Baker Knoll scrapes the bottom of the barrel.
Check out the article below, and note this turn of phrase: "If my regard for his family's grief was seen another way, it is thoroughly regrettable."
In other words, what is regrettable is not her awful behavior, but the way the Marine's family saw it. Sickening.
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Slain Marine's Family Gets Apology For Funeral Comments
POSTED: 11:44 am EDT July 25, 2005
PITTSBURGH -- After being criticized for attending a Marine's funeral, Lt. Gov. Catherine Baker Knoll sent a public, written apology to the man's widow on Monday.
The funeral was held last week for Staff Sgt. Joseph Goodrich, 32, of Pittsburgh's Westwood section. Goodrich died July 10 in Iraq.
Family members said Knoll came to the funeral uninvited, passed out business cards and made a remark about the government being against the war.
Gov. Ed Rendell said Sunday that the state does not have a position on the war, and it supports the men and women who are fighting. He also said written apologies would be sent to the family.
Goodrich's sister, Rhonda, told Channel 4 Action News that Knoll called and left an apology on her voice mail, along with her phone number and an invitation to call back.
On Monday afternoon, Knoll's office released a letter of apology to Goodrich's wife.
"Sgt. Goodrich's service was beyond the call of duty. If my regard for his family's grief was seen another way, it is thoroughly regrettable. The fact that you have been offended deserves and receives my most profound apology," the letter said.
Bad language, bad language...Aaaaargh.
A good sock in the jaw would set things right.
Is there a ping list for this?
Someone take the shovel from her hands before she hits magma.
If only she had some feck.
Her head on a pike might set things right....what a b*tch...!!!
This has to be the lowest, dirtiest political trick I've ever seen. Ptui to the Lt.Guv.
That's a horrid apology.
How do immoral wastes of skin such as the Lt. Gov. get elected?
I haven't pinged this to the Today Show list - just an ad hoc example of liberal lunacy ;-)
Exactly. We need some feckful politicians - not to mention some gruntled Post Office employees ;-)
Not against the war, yet support those that are fighting the war. Uh huh.
Sharp as an orange.
Yeah, yeah. I'm sorry YOU were offended.
Idiot.
This woman must be one of the dumbest public officials on the fruited plain. And clearly she has nothing to do. She makes it a regular practice to go to funerals uninvited.
Sounds like DICK durbins non-apology to me.
Dick Turban sounded more sincere in his "apology" than this old hag, and that's saying a lot.
Wow. The Democrats have even lost the ability to do a non apology apology.
Ping.
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