Pennsylvania’s Lieutenant Governor Catherine Baker Knoll made an ass of herself by campaigning against the war in Iraq at a Marine’s funeral:

[Lieutenant Governor] Catherine Baker Knoll, who lives in nearby McKees Rocks, crashed the funeral, plopping herself down in the pew next to Linda Kubiak, Goodrich’s aunt. During the communion service, Knoll told Kubiak she attends 90 percent of these “functions” across the state.

“This was not a function,” fumed Rhonda Goodrich, Joseph’s sister in law. “A function is a dinner or an awards ceremony. This was my brother-in-law’s funeral.”

Then Knoll handed Kubiak her business card and confided: “I want you to know our (state) government is against this war.”

“When my sister in law related that to us, everyone just gasped,” said Goodrich’s mother, Patricia. “We didn’t feel it was appropriate at all.”

“I am amazed and disgusted Knoll finds a Marine funeral a prime place to campaign,” Rhonda Goodrich said.

Governor Ed Rendell has stated that he will apologize for his second-in-command’s folly.

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