Posted on 07/10/2007 12:24:52 PM PDT by seanmerc
Cindy Sheehan bid farewell to her former "peace camp" near President Bush's ranch and began a nearly two-week trek Tuesday toward Washington, D.C., with her sights set on House Speaker Nancy Pelosi. Sheehan, a Californian, officially announced that she intends to run as an independent against Pelosi in 2008 if the San Francisco congresswoman doesn't move to impeach Bush by July 23, the day she expects to reach Washington.
"I know what Californians care about," Sheehan said. "They don't care about the ruling power elite."
Sheehan first told The Associated Press on Sunday about her plans to challenge the top-ranking Democrat. She made it official Tuesday at Camp Casey, named after her 24-year-old son, whose death in Iraq first led Sheehan to set up camp in Crawford in 2005 to demand a meeting with Bush, who was on vacation at the time.
Pelosi spokesman Brendan Daly said Sunday that "July will be a month of action in Congress to end the war, including a vote to redeploy our troops by next spring."
But Sheehan said that's not enough.
"You can't bring the troops home if you give George Bush $100 billion to wage this war," she said Tuesday. "You're not supporting them. You're keeping them in harm's way."
Sheehan says Bush should be impeached because she believes he misled the public about the reasons for going to war, violated the Geneva Convention with the torture of detainees and crossed the line by commuting the prison sentence of former vice presidential aide I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby.
After her announcement, Sheehan and about 20 anti-war protesters began their 13-day trip with a symbolic march to the edge of Crawford, where a billboard of Bush and first lady Laura Bush welcomes visitors.
Sheehan, who turned 50 on Tuesday, stunned fellow anti-war activists in May by announcing that she would sell her 5-acre Crawford protest site. She said then that she felt her efforts had been in vain and that she had endured hatred and smear tactics from the left as well as from the right.
Sheehan might just beat Pelosi and take her seat but who would the Dems put up to replace Pelosi as Speaker. It might be someone with half a brain.
Pelosi has been a gift for Conservatives with one dumb move after another.
There's more people than ever before. Did you think they were all going to be smart?
I'll settle for Elijah Craig, thank you. This is worth celebrating over.
The nomination of Oregon’s Gov. Ted Kulongoski is out there as her campaign manager!! He is well qualified to carry the job, and will bring along buckets of money supplied by the good tax payers of his state!!
[Specialist Casey] Sheehan’s father finds meaning amid grief (MUST READ!) http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1861351/posts
The LIBS created and fed this Frankinstien;;;; Now the slime can sleep with “IT”. HAHAHAHAHABARRRRFFF
Hee hee... that would be some ugly rasslin’!
LLS
you mean puloohseeee has a whole brain? Oh, I didn’t know that.
OH HELL, WHY NOT SHEEHAN/KUCINICH/08?
I’m actually disappointed. I was hoping that she would come to South Carolina and run for the Senate against Lindsay Graham.
She’d beat him like a drum.
...And I would vote for her.
This wouldn't even make a good movie. Nobody would believe it.
Go Cindy, Go.
It doesn't matter. No matter what moonbat you confront, they just don't care let alone listen.
Since the MSM likes to take sides, I say they are in a real dither. Cable goes for Pelosi, the internet for Sheehan, and they split the newspapers.
LOL! Hahahahehehehe someone with half a brain hahaha, oh, this is going to take a while. Bawahahaha!
No, seriously, the dems are going - to - find - someone - with - half - a - brain - who - wants - that - job? Hehehehe - so they could be again - HAHAHA - challenged by a kook like Cindy?
HAHAHA! oh God, hahahahahhehehehe
she must have Attention deficit disorder... no one pays attention to her that is.
teeman
cindi’s march on washington will not go well for her with it being so hot and all... her crowds will abandon her, both of them.
This is going to be great!
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