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Lt. Gov. Knoll
Your actions at the funeral of Marine Corps Staff Sergeant Joseph Goodrich are beyond deplorable. There are simply no words for me to use to describe how low those actions were. You stole this mans memorial from his family. From this day forward, until the day that they die, they will think of your actions at their loved ones funeral. Congratulations, you made this “function” about you, and not a fallen Marine who has dedicated his adult life to the real service of others.
It has been fifteen days since this occurred, and yet you have not made a public statement none-the-less an apology to the family or the citizens of your state. You are a coward and a heel. How you could possibly make the statements you did at the funeral and not feel compelled to immediately apologize is too far outside of my ability to understand for me to accept. It even appears to me that your office drones are saying that your schedule is too full to bother with apologizing.
To hold and express your own opinion is your right as an American. To do so in the face of those who have lost a son, brother, nephew, cousin, or personal friend at a funeral service is nothing more than a slap in the face. Your unwanted presence at the funeral was tolerated because of your office and the hosts’ good graces, and you took that to mean that you could use it as a campaign stop. As a human being, I am shocked at your conduct, as a Marine and Combat Veteran, I am angered, and as a thinking individual, I am left dumbstruck all at the same time.
There is a punishment for officers in the military whose conduct calls their judgment into question. The offending officer must explain, in person and in writing why they took the actions that they took. The answer will be shared with every officer within the chain of command of equal or higher grade. In short, their answer will be known to every officer he or she will ever have to deal with professionally for the rest of his or her career, so it had better be good. Those who quibble or sidestep the issue are immediately relieved of duty and find their careers at a sudden dead end. The final paragraph in this ordeal is expected to be an offer to resign their commission. If the answer is not good enough, they receive a reply akin to “I accept your resignation, best of luck to you in your future endeavors.” I believe that this is a fitting course of action for you, Madam Lt. Governor, due to the nature of the offense… and it is indeed an offense against decency. You should ‘reply by endorsement’ to the people of the great State of Pennsylvania for your actions.
Of course, you probably don’t have the guts. I personally think that you have no idea what you did wrong, and probably never will understand.
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"How can a pacifist, tolerant anti-violence, anti-hunting, anti Second Amendment, anti-self-defense group turn to violence against a party that is pro- all of that?" - The Reaper, 11Oct04 14:42hrs
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