Independent candidate Cindy Sheehan (center) and Campaign Manager Tiffany Burns (left)head to the San Francisco Department of Elections Friday to formally declare
Sheehan’s intent to challenge Speaker Nancy Pelsoi for the 8th Congressional seat.
By Luke Thomas
April 28, 2008
Peace Mom Cindy Sheehan filed papers Friday at the San Francisco Department of Elections formally declaring her intent to challenge Speaker Nancy Pelosi for the 8th Congressional District seat.
Sheehan, 50, is required to gather 10,198 signatures by August 28 for her name to appear on the November ballot as an independent candidate.
“I think even if you don’t agree with me and you’re not going to vote for me,” Sheehan told Fog City Journal, “it helps democracy to support as many candidates as possible to get on the ballot.”
Sheehan, whose son Casey was killed April 4, 2004 in Iraq, said she made the decision to run for Congress in July after Pelosi refused to take impeachment proceedings against President George Bush and Vice President Dick Cheney - for war crimes against humanity - off the table.
“My platform includes repealing the Patriot Act, the Military Commission Act, restoring habeas corpus and restoring the rule of law in our country. But my initial impetus for running against Pelosi occurred when she took impeachment off the table,” Sheehan said.
Pelosi, who initially voted against going to war in Iraq, has provided Bush with a blank check in all but one war appropriation since the US invaded Iraq in March 2003.
“No blank check,” for Bush has been Pelosi’s catchphrase while co-signing over $500 billion to continue fighting a war based on lies.
Pelosi maintains her support for war appropriations has nothing to do with supporting the war.
MORE HERE: http://www.fogcityjournal.com/wordpress/2008/04/28/sheehan-files-to-oust-pelosi/
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