Posted on 10/25/2005 10:50:45 AM PDT by Calpernia
Anti-war activist Cindy Sheehan says her fellow opponents of American involvement in Iraq shouldn't support Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton's political aspirations unless she changes her stance on the issue.
Sheehan tells The Associated Press in Albany that Clinton won't get her support unless the New York Democrat comes out against the war in Iraq conflict and calls for a withdrawal of U-S troops.
Clinton backed the U-S invasion of Iraq in 2002 and has since supported troop-level expansions even while criticizing President Bush's handling of the aftermath.
Sheehan's son Casey died in Iraq last year. Her anti-war efforts drew national attention this summer when she camped outside Bush's Texas ranch while he vacationed there.
There's no immediate comment from Clinton on Sheehan's criticism.
If I was Hillary, I would be very relieved.
Boy, make a statement like that against a Clinton and just know that no life insurance company will cover you ever again.
What are you saying? Pro-wrestling isn't real?
Huh? Please tell me that Jimmy Snooka was a real wrestler!!!
http://www.wnbc.com/politics/5172807/detail.html
Cindy Sheehan: Don't Support Clinton Unless She Flips On War
ALBANY, N.Y. -- Cindy Sheehan, who became the face of anti-war sentiment after her son died in Iraq, urged war opponents to thwart Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton's political aspirations unless she comes out against the conflict.
Sheehan said Tuesday it doesn't appear Clinton is prepared to do that or call for a withdrawal of U.S. troops.
"I believe that any candidate who supports the war should not receive our support," Sheehan said in a telephone interview with The Associated Press. "It doesn't matter if they're Senator Clinton or whoever."
Sheehan has become a de facto leader of the anti-war movement since she camped out near President Bush's Texas ranch while he vacationed there in August, requesting a meeting with the president. Her son Casey was killed last year in an ambush in Sadr City, Iraq.
The former first lady voted in 2002 for the war resolution and has since supported troop-level expansions even while criticizing President Bush's handling of Iraq. She is up for re-election next year and leads national polls among potential 2008 Democratic presidential candidates.
Sheehan met with Clinton in Washington last month to discuss the war.
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"I believe Mrs. Clinton is a brilliant woman who has a lot on the ball, but to characterize her as one of the leading liberals in Congress is absolutely false," Sheehan said. "With her position as a senator she's become more `let's see which way the wind blows, and what's going to get me re-elected or elected, or how am I going to benefit from this,' instead of truly voting from her integrity."
Sheehan told the AP she was a lifelong Democrat who voted for Sen. John Kerry in the 2004 presidential election "only because he wasn't George Bush."
"But I've regretted working for someone who wasn't stridently speaking out against the war," and for bringing the troops home, Sheehan said. "Now I regret that support of John Kerry and I won't do it again."
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Oh no! I really wanted a daily thread with pictures of the day of sheehan chained!
But steam rollers are good.
Hillary is running a Rose Garden campaign. When she needs a nasty comment she sends Howard Wolfson out to the gate.
Tough answer. They both like the dominent position.
Well you see if she chains herself she can't have the police pick her up and then she won't get her cheap thrill!
Eeew! You just cheapened the police profession!
Me too. See my post below.
Hey, that is VERY cool!
"Cindy attacking MSM's darling won't help Cindy and her cause."
This is Cindy's last throes. Hillary will put her out of her misery, Cindy will get the book deal in return. Then in the primaries Hillary will be anti-war and the Times will praise her courage.
Then in the general, Hillary will come to the middle and the Times will praise her courage.
Can't they get any new scripts? Next up? Freebie and the Bean win an Oscar.
Cindy actually DID decide not to support John Kerry, before she decided to support him.
And very real ...
Oldest trick in the DNC playbook. This approach gives both the SLIMERS publicity, and ANY press is GOOD press for a LIBERAL Commie.
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