Posted on 08/09/2007 5:26:30 PM PDT by hardback
Citing her son as inspiration, a tearful Cindy Sheehan announced her candidacy Thursday for the U.S. House of Representatives.
The anti-war activist is running as an independent against House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, who has represented San Francisco in Congress since 1987.
"The country is ripe for a change," said Sheehan, who spoke at a podium with her son's photograph attached to it. "It's going to start right here and right now."
Sheehan's 24-year-old son, Casey, was killed in Iraq in 2004. Since then, she has gained international notoriety by setting up camp outside President Bush's Texas ranch and demanding to meet with the president.
Last month, she announced her intention to run against Pelosi if the speaker didn't move to impeach Bush by July 23. On Thursday, she said Pelosi had "protected the status quo" of the corporate elite and had lost touch with people in her district, most of whom, she said, want American troops out of Iraq.
Nadeam Elshami, spokesman for Pelosi, said the speaker has always opposed the war in Iraq and has focused on bringing troops home "safely and soon."
He would not comment on Sheehan's candidacy.
Sheehan admitted she has no funds for a campaign, but planned to immediately get started raising money. Without giving further specifics, Sheehan said she wouldn't accept money from corporations and would run on a platform of universal health care.
Sheehan said she also wants to make college affordable and improve ethics in the legislative and executive branches.
She also said the money being spent on the war in Iraq would be better spent domestically.
Daniel Ellsberg, the former high-level Pentagon analyst who in 1969 leaked the Pentagon Papers to Congress and the media, showed his support for Sheehan. Ellsberg was arrested twice with other protesters outside Bush's Texas ranch.
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There is a part of me that would love to send Cindy a contribution.
Not that I’d wanna see in Congress, but...
I wonder what Cindy is going to do with her campaign funds, this could get seriously funny in a hurry.
Gee, like we never saw that coming! :-)
It is like Lenin vs. Stalin
I’ll donate .01 cent...It’ll cost a quarter to process.
You can bet she’ll get the Islamic vote. The wars in Afghanistan and Iraq would have been over a long time ago had it not been for this kook and her freak show.
Even the kooks in San FranSicko wouldn’t want Cindy to replace Nancy - Nancy is the highest ranking Democrat in the House - only an idiot would trade her for a back-bencher with freshman seniority.
And your point is that the freaks of SanFran are in their right mind????? Who knew!
This is however San Fransisco.
I hope that she gives Miss America a run for her money. Cindy would actually be an improvement, even if she has little chance to win.
1 Question for Sheehan, are your willing to stomp our enemies into the ground, without reguard for civilian life, to ensure the saftey of our Military Service Members?
I feel the same way.
Hey! You had me fooled with that little bug. LOL!
her son is crying in heaven because he wanted to win. he wants his friends to win. and his own mother wants to deny them that victory.
Pelosi vs. Sheehan...frankly, I’d rather have a garden slug as Speaker of the House than any of those two bimbos. I couldn’t give a rat’s ass about who wins THAT election.
She should read all of Section 4, especially the underlined part: "The President, Vice President and all civil officers of the United States, shall be removed from office on impeachment for, and conviction of, treason, bribery, or other high crimes and misdemeanors."
Like all of her liberal Democrat ilk, she doesn't know shinola about the Constitution!
Nor do they care!
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