SAN FRANCISCO, Sept 30, 2008 /PRNewswire-USNewswire via COMTEX/ -- Today, Cindy Sheehan, candidate for Congress, denounced Nancy Pelosi (D-SF) for her support of the now-failed "bailout for Corporate America." Sheehan also kept up her call for a progressive and comprehensive "bottom up" plan that gets to the heart of the economic crisis and addresses the needs of everyday Americans struggling to make ends meet.
"My opponent Nancy Pelosi works for the corporate interests. She put this bill forward and voted against the will of her district," Sheehan said. "Thankfully my opponent wasn't able to get the votes she needed in her own House to get it to pass. I am heartened that 'We the People' won the first round in the corporate bailout of irresponsible and greedy bankers."
If passed, the staggering $700 billion proposed bailout would have cost each and every American more than $2,300.
A soon-to-be released Zogby poll found that nearly 41% of registered voters in California's 8th Congressional District think that they now are worse off financially than they were two years ago. The poll, conducted from September 24 through September 25, also found that Pelosi's popularity is waning among her constituents, showing that she has seen an 18% drop in voter support since California's June primary. The poll has a margin of error of +/- 5.0 percentage points. According to a May Field Poll, only 30% of California voters approved of Pelosi's performance, while 39% disapproved.
Sheehan for Congress is offering several platforms where people can get their voices heard about the economic crisis and send a strong message to Pelosi that Congress needs to bail out hard-working men and women by paying their accumulated personal debt.
Sheehan has organized protests where people can bring their past-due mortgage, rent and utilities, student loan, medical and credit card bills. The campaign has also set up an electronic form on their web site, http://www.cindyforcongress.org, where people can enter their estimated total debt. The campaign will then present Pelosi with the accumulated bill.
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Cindy Sheehan is an average American, with more leadership skills than Nancy Pelosi. Pelosi cares about her own corporate investments, whach have made her the 9th wealthiest member of congress, than she cares about YOU.
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My humble opinion is Cindy Sheehan (along with Ralph Nader) is just further proof that the far left can be equally as goofy as the far right. Crazy CIndy has as much chance in defeating Nancy Pelosi as Ralph Nader has in being elected...dogcatcher...but keep on dreaming you delusional moonbats! LOL
People like Harvey, whose opinion he admits is a humble one, cannot stand it when the main stream press publishes secret information like the fact that Nancy is losing popularity.
That's okay, Harvey. Go back and read the NYTimes. I'm sure THEY won't mention Ralph or Cindy.
What has Nancy Pelosi done for your average American? She refuses to hold hearings to investigate Bush and his entire administration for lying us into war, and keeps appeasing him by bring war funding to the table.
As speaker of the house, she doesn't have to do that. Now she's acquiescing to the highway robbery proposed by Hank "Goldman Sachs" Paulson.
Support a real representative of the people. Support Cindy Sheehan.
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