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Sheehan Affirms Intent to Run
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ABC News' Michael Skocay Reports: Anti-war activist Cindy Sheehan said Monday she will run against House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., if the Congresswoman does not return impeachment to the legislative table.
"By midnight (Monday) I will announce that I am going to run against her" said Sheehan who spoke to a crowd of a few hundred supporters outside Arlington National Cemetery. Sheehan was referring to a comment made by Speaker Pelosi in May when she told Democratic Congressional leaders that "impeachment is off the table."
The rally was organized around calls to begin impeachment proceedings against President George Bush and Vice President Dick Cheney over their conduct relating to the Iraq war. The protesters plan to spend the day marching from Arlington Cemetery to the office of House Judiciary Chairman John Conyers, D-Mich.
"Nancy Pelosi had no authority to take impeachment off the table," explained Sheehan to loud applause. Sheehan also criticized Iraq war policy, saying, "The status quo is not acceptable to us...the status quo is killing people every day." She continued, "This is not a political decision, it is a humanitarian decision."
Watch the video from the rally HERE.
In late May, Sheehan announced that she was leaving the anti-war movement and in early July said she was mulling a Congressional run as an independent challenger to Pelosi.
Sheehan began her public protest of the Iraq war in 2004 when she set up outside President Bush's Crawford Ranch. Sheehan's location became known as "Camp Casey," named for her son Army Spc. Casey Sheehan who died in Iraq. She has since become a powerful voice on the political left, campaigning across the nation to bring the war to a close.
July 23, 2007 | Permalink | User Comments (3)
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If this was any other town besides San Francisco involving Nancy Pelosi and Cindy Sheehan this would be one crazy political joke. But the possibilities are scary once I think about it. . . .
Posted by: tony | Jul 23, 2007 5:15:01 PM
It has become eminantly obvious this woman has very little regard for her son or his ideals and her rants have clearly indicated that her son absolutely wasted his life for nothing.
Well, she raised him..
Posted by: cuznmikie | Jul 27, 2007 12:49:28 AM
Shame on you "cuznmikie!" How dare you to insult Ms. Sheehan. Her son served in the military and got killed serving his country. The war was/is wrong. Osama Bin Laden is still out there. Many people are dying for lies/mis information. We should not force our belive in democray to other nations. I wonder who killed more Saddam or this wrong war.
Posted by: Esref Bilgihan | Aug 10, 2007 10:15:39 AM
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