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Gerry Connolly Trolls For Votes At Police Officer Funeral
By Greg L | 3 November 2008 | Gerry Connolly, Fairfax County, US Congress | 12 Comments
Gerry Connolly once again shows some class. There seems to be no limit to what this guy is willing to do in his quest for political power.
Officer Stecco of the Fairfax County Police tragically drowned in a helicopter water rescue training scenario last week; he was laid to rest last evening. A Bronze Medal of Valor recipient, he leaves behind a wife and three children.
The funeral of a local hero features fellow cops and local officials to pay tribute to those who are no longer with us. Disturbingly, Gerry Connolly didn’t show up as Chairman of the Fairfax County Board of Supervisors, but showed up as a Congressional candidate, openly campaigning and soliciting votes for next Tuesday’s election. He had to be escorted away from the event. This is just absolutely sick and appalling behavior from a corrupt man who apparently just doesn’t know better.
Great job “VA Blogger” for getting this story, which the media has predictably ignored.
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Didn’t Connolly leak the names of the officers that were killed during the Scully Station shootout before their families and the other officers were notified?
Haven’t seen any “Police for Gerry C” signs so I guess he still has to whore himself out to them. He has already suckered the firefighters (which is affecting my decision to contribute any further to them).
Thoughts and prayers for the family, friends and fellow officers.
According to this account, ten other jurisdictions, as well as the FBI, were involved in the search:
http://www.officer.com/web/online/Officer-Down-News/Body-of-Virginia-Police-Diver-Recovered/2$43886
How tacky can you get. He has absolutely no class. But what else would you expect from him?
on November 1 I left the following on Gerry Connolly’s Fairfax County, Where Democracy Just Died:
“Patsy Jones said on 1 Nov 2008 at 9:51 pm: Flag comment
Gerry Connolly showed his true self at 2nd Lt. Frank Stecco’s funeral on Thursday. He called and informed police planners that he would arrive late at Hylton Chapel and wanted them to hold the funeral for him! After arriving an hour late, and missing the entire religious portion of the funeral, he proceed to make an ass of himself by trying to jockey a poistion in the front row at the service. This was done during Supervisor Hyland’s remarks and in front of the entire assembly. The only reason he went to such obvious lengths to insult the family and the memory of Frank was to be positioned for the cameras during the funeral recessional. I am told he was asked to leave when he decided to campaign outside of the chapel.
WE deserve better than this buffoon!”
I was there and I saw this happen. It is a scene I will never forget, nor will the officers in attendance. Any police readers……remember Connolly used Vicky’s funeral to announce (without the family’s knowledge or consent) that Gabby was the other victim at Sully Station.
He uses a family and community tragedy to his own gain. It is like reading a stage direction: “look sympathic, hold head down-but angled so it can be photographed”.
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I expect that it is stage direction Patsy. Afterall, there ARE professional image makers available for hire by politicians and other public figures who are far too self-centered to be trusted to display a genuine emotion of their own.
Patsy, please post your horrifying words at Too Conservative and the other blog sites that have picked up this story. This needs to be known by as many people as possible.
Patsy, did you see evidence that Gerry has learned something from Bill Clinton — like shedding a bogus tear when you discover the cameras are on you?
what a douche!
Gee, I thought that the dead always voted for Democrats anyway! This just goes to show you how unpopular Connolly must be!
As I have commented elsewhere, “Do not bring your dog.”
– From Mark Twain’s essay, “At a Funeral”
Timothy Watson said on 3 Nov 2008 at 12:59 am: Flag comment
Didn’t Connolly leak the names of the officers that were killed during the Scully Station shootout before their families and the other officers were notified?
Yes he did, he learned the identity of the confirmed dead Detective Vicky Armel and made a press confrence to announce the death of a female detective at Sully station. He never consulted withthe chief to see if her husband had been notified and since she was the only female detective at the station he found out about his wife’s murder on the radio driving to the station.
even more reason to hate this shallow, contemptuous man. I am absolutely mortified that he is the Representative-elect of my district.