Posted on 08/11/2008 10:59:39 PM PDT by Aussie Dasher
SAN FRANCISCO — Cindy Sheehan, an icon of the anti-war movement, has qualified to challenge House Speaker Nancy Pelosi for her seat in Congress.
Sheehan, 51, says Pelosi failed to persuade her party to end funding for the Iraq war after Democrats reclaimed the House majority in the 2006 midterm elections. She also accused the speaker of failing to hold the administration accountable for the administration’s warrantless wiretapping program.
Sheehan, who lost her son in the war, is best known for beginning a vigil outside President Bush’s Texas ranch in August 2005.
“I feel like Nancy Pelosi, as the Democratic leader, has failed our country miserably, funding for more war,” Sheehan said Monday. “The speaker’s failed to hold George Bush and Dick Cheney accountable.”
San Francisco election officials on Monday said Sheehan turned in 214 more valid signatures than the 10,198 she needed to qualify for the November ballot as an independent candidate for the 8th Congressional District seat.
The speaker welcomes the challenge, said Pelosi spokesman Drew Hammill.
“The speaker has the highest respect for Cindy Sheehan. Ms. Sheehan lost her son in the Iraq war and has the right — as every American has — to run for office,” Hammill said in a statement.
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LOL
Oh...I am sure she will give her a run for her money..
Pass the popcorn...
Operation Chaos 2!
Dumb or Dumber?
Vote for the brain dead one.
Oh wait.
The brain dead hard left one.
Oh wait.
The brain dead hard left BDS suffering one.
Oh wait.
The brain dead hard left BDS suffering anti-war one.
Oh wait.
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Just imagine if Sheehan wins...
She would make Cynthia McKinney and Harry Reid look like sane people, compared to Cindy. If Leno doesn’t pick up on the potential mountain of jokes here...
A brain-dead lugworm is “qualified” to challenge Pelosi...but then, that’d make two of them in the race.
prisoner6
I found the title humorous. Sheehan isn’t “qualified” to challange someone for the post of Dog-Catcher. LOL
lol.
Has Sheehan given a speech against Russia’s war against Georgia yet and if not why not?
Popcorn... Get your popcorn... Hot buttered popcorn!
Hey Sheehan! Where’s your outrage at Russia invading Georgia? You’re supposed to Ms. Anti-War. You’re silence is predictable you anti-american psychotic hypocrite.
Saw her on the news out here in the Bay Area. Looks like her handlers dressed her. At least she wasn’t wearing jeans and a t-shirt. Her dress looked like it was from the thrift store, but it was at least a dress.
This is precisely why California has become the laughingstock of American politics. It is truly pathetic no serious Conservative Republican (think Tom McClintock) can run in any race for a significant office (such as governor). Instead, we have to settle for Ultra Liberal RINOs (like Arnold) to actually prove there are still some Republicans left in this state. It is truly dismaying to say the least.
...And then of course you have this A$$ Clown of a woman who exploited the death of her own son to gain fame and notoriety. It really makes me wonder if California is only moments away from imploding.
We need a Political and Cultural Lifeline, and we need it now!
The same kind of things can also truly be equally said about the present politics for all of the northeastern states all the way south to Pennsylvania and Maryland, for the other two west coast states, for Illinois, for much of Colorado, as well as about the ongoing politics of most big U.S. cities. Leftist politics truly continues to dominate too much of the U.S. already, and it truly continues to get even worse every year throughout too much of the U.S.! The entire U.S. will truly be turned into a socialistic country for the long-term, if U.S. conservatives truly can’t successfully turn things around politically very soon!
“I feel like Nancy Pelosi, as the Democratic leader, has failed our country miserably,"
Why does anyone take this insane moonbat seriously?
(And Sheehan is just as bad.)
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