Posted on 07/23/2007 2:50:04 PM PDT by Sub-Driver
Peace activist Sheehan arrested at Congress Mon Jul 23, 2007 5:32PM EDT
By Thomas Ferraro
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Cindy Sheehan and about two dozen fellow anti-war activists were arrested on Monday for refusing to leave the office of a Democratic lawmaker after calling for the impeachment of President George W. Bush and Vice President Dick Cheney.
Before police escorted her away, Sheehan, who emerged as a leading peace activist after her son Casey was killed in Iraq in 2004, announced what she had earlier suggested -- that she will be a candidate for the U.S. Congress next year.
Sheehan said she will challenge House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi, a California Democrat. Pelosi has refused calls to start impeachment of Bush and Cheney for what critics charge was misleading the United States into war.
The new Democratic-led Congress has been hit with approval ratings of less than 25 percent largely because of its failure to deliver on a campaign vow to withdraw troops from Iraq.
Sheehan was among more than two dozen protesters led away in plastic handcuffs after they refused to heed repeated calls by U.S. Capitol Police to depart the office of Rep. John Conyers of Michigan, Democratic chairman of the House Judiciary Committee.
"What do we want? Impeachment. When do we want it? Now," Sheehan and other protesters chanted while seated on the floor of Conyers' office following her private meeting with him.
Hundreds of others in the hallways cheered on the protesters. Many sang, "We shall overcome."
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Same old sheehanigans—*YAWN*.
run cindy run :)
Can we please just ignore this woman? She’s an attention hog.
I propose a FR moratorium on any Cindy Sheehan stories. They’re just a waste of space.
Couldn’t stay out of the spotlight, could she?
*Yawn*....shaddup and go home Shee-hag....no one cares.
How bell-bottom pants, tie-dye shirts sixties can you get?
In other news, Monica turned 34 today. Did Bill remember to send chocolates?
I guess she just couldn’t take early retirement.
How about a life sentence this time.
Democratic-led Congress has been hit with approval ratings of less than 25 percent
And George Bush's approval ratings are less than 90%.
She’s accumulating quite a rap sheet...
lol to paraphrase a freeper, doesn’t seem like only yesterday baby Monica was crawling around on her hands and knees in the white house, putting all kinds of things in her mouth? They grow up so fast.
Originality just oozes from their every pore.
“Sheehan was among more than two dozen protesters led away in plastic handcuffs after they refused to heed repeated calls by U.S. Capitol Police to depart the office of Rep. John Conyers of Michigan, Democratic chairman of the House Judiciary Committee.”
I thought her and Conyers were best buds.
Well, she said she was going to “beat Pelosi”, so for once I was really rooting for her
She sure has been arrested a lot. Have any of these arrests violated her parole?
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