Cindy Sheehan is at it again.

[Joeaksa]

Looks like Cindy could not stand being out of the spotlight for long.

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Anti-War Activist Cindy Sheehan Announces Candidacy Against Rep. Nancy Pelosi

Thursday, August 09, 2007

July 23: Anti-war activist Cindy Sheehan leads a march from Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington, Va., to Capitol Hill.

SAN FRANCISCO — A tearful Cindy Sheehan cited her son, killed in Iraq, as her inspiration as she announced her candidacy Thursday for the U.S. House against Rep. Nancy Pelosi.

Sheehan last month said she intended to run against Pelosi, the House speaker, if the San Francisco congresswoman didn't move to impeach President Bush by July 23.

Sheehan said Thursday that Pelosi had "protected the status quo" of the corporate elite and had lost touch with people in her district, most of whom want American troops out of Iraq.

Calls to Pelosi's office seeking comment were not immediately returned.

After her 24-year-old son, Casey, was killed in Iraq in 2004, Sheehan gained international attention by setting up camp outside the president's Texas ranch and demanding to meet with him.

On Thursday, a tearful Sheehan said her son inspired her to run against 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 said she would run as an independent on a platform of universal health care, making college affordable and improving ethics in the legislative and executive branches. She did not offer specifics.

The money being spent on the Iraq war should be used to help the country's shrinking middle class, she said.

Sheehan said she had no funds for a campaign but planned to immediately start raising money. She said she wouldn't accept money from corporations.

Daniel Ellsberg, the former high-level Pentagon analyst who in 1969 leaked the Pentagon Papers to Congress and the media and a Sheehan supporter, said Sheehan has a difficult task.

"At the moment, facing a well-funded, powerful incumbent without party support, the odds against Cindy appear insuperable," said Ellsberg, who was arrested twice with other protesters outside Bush's Texas ranch.

"But we plan to change that."


http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,292801,00.html

[john70t]

You go girl. Pelosi should be married to Lieberman anyways.

[widebody911]

Sheehan, like Rosie, is one of those 'liberals' that are only of interest to Republicans.

[Christien]

Despite the fact that she's a nutball, you've got to give her credit for doing what she can to make a difference. I mean, that's what democracy's about, right? If you don't like it, become part of it to change it. Who knows, maybe she'll even pull it off. Our mayor was elected last year on a "no corporate donations" platform. Of course, he wasn't a nutball, and was a strong candidate to begin with. But celebrity can do strange things for people (i.e. Schwarzenegger).

[sammyg2]

What kind of world do we live in where a person like her without any kind of grip on reality can get so much publicity and have so much influence?
Maybe that nitwit will go hang out with chavez in venezuela some more. I hear there's a spot open right next to sean penn.

[Mo_Gearhead]

C. Sheehan
Ben Spock
Les Maddox
Pat Buchannan
Ross Perot

Just a few 'Third Party' candidates that 'walk the walk'. Love them, hate them, ridicule them, laugh at them ...but at least they stepped forward and put their a** on the line.

The two entrenched 'Parties' need their cage rattled a LOT MORE than it has been. With all of the 'inter-breeding' in our political system today, I don't know if we'll ever be able to overthrow them!

Hope springs eternal!

Carry on!

[KFC911]

Originally Posted by sammyg2

What kind of world do we live in where a person like her without any kind of grip on reality can get so much publicity and have so much influence?... .

Is the similarity to Bush starting to bug you ?

[Rick Lee]

My only problem with Sheehan being in Congress is that she is mentally unstable and those folks have security clearances up there just for having a Congressional seat. I wouldn't put it past her at all to be recruited by foreign agents.

[Rearden]

It will be fun to watch the Democrat party hit squads destroy what little remains of Sheehan's reputation.

[Porsche-O-Phile]

So she's against the war and in favor of impeaching Bush. Fine. I see no problem with either of those two positions, but if she's going to seriously run and be considered as a candidate, I'd need to know a lot more of her positions on other issues.

[futuresoptions]

I think Pelosi is sorta hot for an older woman...... Am I the only one........?

[KFC911]

Originally Posted by futuresoptions

I think Pelosi is sorta hot for an older woman...... Am I the only one........?

a) who is blind?
b) dumb enough to admit it.
c) all of the above.

[Rick Lee]

I'm as right wing as the day is long and I think Pelosi is a total GILF.

[KFC911]

Originally Posted by Rick Lee

I'm as right wing as the day is long and I think Pelosi is a total GILF.

In other words, a DILF ?

[Rick Lee]

Oh, there are plenty of hot Dems out there. Pelosi would be a good spite f&ck too.

[azasadny]

This is why Cindy Sheehan is called an "attention whore"...

[KFC911]

Originally Posted by Rick Lee

Oh, there are plenty of hot Dems out there. Pelosi would be a good spite f&ck too.

Oh no doubt, I just didn't think you'd "cross the aisle" so easily, and admit to it

[Rick Lee]

Believe you me, there is some talent on the Hill. Pelosi comes in at #4 here.

http://thehill.com/cover-stories/the-50-most-beautiful-people-on-capitol-hill---top-10-2007-07-24.html

Before she got into the House leadership, she had long hair and was even hotter. I've only seen her up close once. Yes, I'd hit it.

[onewhippedpuppy]

Just can't go away, can she? Considering that her son CHOSE to go to Iraq, and if I recall correctly, CHOSE to re-enlist, I think he would probably have some words for his mother's rape of his memory. Spoke at a podium with her son's picture attached to it, way to use the memory of your dead son as a political tool. Pathetic, just pathetic.

[Tobra]

Originally Posted by john70t

You go girl. Pelosi should be married to Lieberman anyways.

Huh?

Pelosi hot? Not. The Dems will turn on Ms Sheehan and tear her to pieces rather than vote for her.