You couldn't make this up

I said repeatedly during the last campaign that John Kerry was the most tone-deaf politician that I've ever seen. From the cussing-out of the secret service agent on the ski-slope, to the wind-surfing, to the "reporting for duty," to the "global test," if there was a tone-deaf comment to make he made it, if there was a tone-deaf action to take, he took it.

Well, he's no longer the worst that I've ever seen - we've got a new low.

The family of a Marine who was killed in Iraq is furious with [PA] 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.

Rhonda Goodrich of Indiana, Pa., said yesterday that a funeral was held Tuesday at a church in Carnegie for her brother-in-law, Staff Sgt. Joseph Goodrich, 32.

She said he "died bravely and courageously in Iraq on July 10, serving his country."

In a phone interview, Goodrich said the funeral service was packed with people "who wanted to tell his family how Joe had impacted their lives."

Then, suddenly, "one uninvited guest made an appearance, Catherine Baker Knoll."

She sat down next to a Goodrich family member and, during the distribution of communion, said, "Who are you?" Then she handed the family member one of her business cards, which Goodrich said she still has.

You could not make up behavior this repulsive - no one would believe it...