Why Liberals lose elections - anti-war moonbat edition
This is pretty disgusting (via Michelle Malkin, who also has a good blog roundup on the story):
The family of a Marine who was killed in Iraq is furious with [Pennsylvania Democrat] Lt. Gov. Catherine Baker Knoll for showing up uninvited at his funeral this week, handing out her business card and then saying "our government" is against the war.
... "Knoll felt this was an appropriate time to campaign and impose her will on us," Goodrich said. "I am amazed and disgusted Knoll finds a Marine funeral a prime place to campaign."
Goodrich said she is positive that Knoll was not invited to the funeral, which was jammed with Marines in dress uniform and police officers, because the fallen Marine had been a policeman in McKeesport and Indiana County.
"Our family deserves an apology," Rhonda Goodrich said. "Here you have a soldier who was killed -- dying for his country -- in a church full of grieving family members and she shows up uninvited. It made a mockery of Joey's death."
What really upset the family, Goodrich said, is that Knoll said, 'I want you to know our government is against this war,' " Goodrich said.
But it doesn't hold a candle to this, which is just sick and wrong:
FAIRFIELD, Ohio - The day after the funeral for an Ohio soldier, police say vandals pulled American flags out of the family's yard, stuffed them under a relative's car and set the whole thing on fire.
Private First Class Tim Hines died July 14th of complications from injuries he suffered in Iraq. His funeral was Friday in a Cincinnati suburb. Early Saturday, Hines' father-in-law heard a car horn and his daughter yelling that the car was on fire. Firefighters doused the blaze but the car was destroyed.
Nobody was hurt in the incident and police have not made any arrests.
And some people have a completely infantile sense of humor:
DENVER (AP) - Some military veterans and law enforcement officials are angry about a Web site promoting Owen Wilson and Vince Vaughn's comedy "Wedding Crashers."
To win the affections of attractive bridesmaids in the movie, two fun-loving partiers pretend to be Purple Heart recipients.
New Line Cinema's movie Web site includes a fake, paper Purple Heart to cut out, with the spoof: "Carrying a Purple Heart in your jacket guarantees you attention, admiration and plenty of free booze."
"I challenge the producer of that movie to go to Walter Reed Hospital and walk through the ward and see if he still wants to print out a fake Purple Heart," said Thomas Cottone, Jr., a special agent with the FBI who enforces a federal law that prohibits wearing, manufacturing, buying, selling or trading a Medal of Honor.
"Talk to some of these people who don't have legs anymore and see how funny they think that movie is."
... and the anti-war crowd wants our respect?
Look, if you oppose US military intervention in Iraq, fine. But dishonoring the soldiers who give their lives to eradicate terrorism and make our nation a safer place is absolutely inexcusable, and no one in their right mind would ever give anyone so full of hatred and malice the chance to govern.
Democrats, try to remember that next election day, okay?
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A similar post can be found at WizBang.
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