Sheehan threatens to run against Pelosi

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Sheehan threatens to run against Pelosi - Yahoo! News

By ANGELA K. BROWN, Associated Press Writer 3 minutes ago CRAWFORD, Texas - Cindy Sheehan, the slain soldier's mother whose attacks on President Bush made her a darling of the anti-war movement, has a new target: House Speaker Nancy Pelosi. Sheehan, who announced in late May that she was departing the peace movement, said she decided to run against Pelosi unless the congresswoman moves to oust Bush in the next two weeks. "I think all politicians should be held accountable," Sheehan told The Associated Press on Sunday. "Democrats and Americans feel betrayed by the Democratic leadership. We hired them to bring an end to the war." Sheehan said she will run as an independent against the San Francisco Democrat in 2008 if Pelosi does not file articles of impeachment against Bush by July 23. That's when Sheehan and her supporters are to arrive in Washington, D.C., after a 13-day caravan and walking tour starting from the group's war protest site near Bush's Crawford ranch. Although Sheehan has never held public office, she said she already has the name recognition and would not have to run against Pelosi in a primary. "I would give her a run for her money," Sheehan said. Pelosi spokesman Brendan Daly said the congresswoman has said repeatedly her focus is on ending the war in Iraq. "She believes that the best way to support our troops in Iraq is to bring them home safely and soon," Daly said in an e-mail to the AP. "July will be a month of action in Congress to end the war, including a vote to redeploy our troops by next spring." Sheehan, who turns 50 on Tuesday, said Bush should be impeached because she believes he misled the public about the reasons for going to war, violated the Geneva Convention by torturing detainees and crossed the line by commuting the prison sentence of former vice presidential aide I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby. She said other grounds for impeachment are the domestic spying program and the "inadequate and tragic" response to Hurricane Katrina. The White House declined to comment Sunday. Sheehan said she hopes Pelosi files the articles of impeachment. But if not, Sheehan said she is ready to run for office. Sheehan plans her official candidacy announcement Tuesday. She was in Crawford over the weekend to ceremoniously give the keys of the 5-acre protest site near Bush's ranch to its new owner, California radio talk show host Bree Walker.

This should be interesting...

[GHook93]

Quote by: Hmm Sheehan threatens to run against Pelosi - Yahoo! News This should be interesting...

No really. Sheehan's a joke, a side-show. She had a worthy cause, but she ended up becoming a self-hating American that has disgraced her brave son's name.

[T Bone]

Yeah, it should be interesting. The sad thing is, I'm sure she would win a lot of votes solely due to her name recognition.

It'd be a sad, sad day in America if this woman, who has never held public office or has any knowledge of politics other than the fact that her son died in an unpopular war, became a member of Congress. The current members of Congress are already a joke... I actually thought that our government couldn't possibly be more laughable. Hopefully this nightmare doesn't become a reality.

[GHook93]

Quote by: T Bone Yeah, it should be interesting. The sad thing is, I'm sure she would win a lot of votes solely due to her name recognition. It'd be a sad, sad day in America if this woman, who has never held public office or has any knowledge of politics other than the fact that her son died in an unpopular war, became a member of Congress. The current members of Congress are already a joke... I actually thought that our government couldn't possibly be more laughable. Hopefully this nightmare doesn't become a reality.

Come on, she won even make the ballot. She's a joke. I bet the porn star that ran against Arnold would receive more jokes than this nutjob. Didn't she state not to long ago that she was dropping the cause, because it cause her marriage ended in divorce and she is now bankrupt. I guess the attention-whore could stay out of the spot-light too long.