Peace activist Cindy Sheehan considers run against Sen. Feinstein
CARACAS, Venezuela
U.S. peace activist Cindy Sheehan, whose son was killed in Iraq, said she was considering running for office against Sen. Diane Feinstein while she waited for the California lawmaker to back a filibuster of Supreme Court nominee Samuel Alito.
Sheehan issued her statement Friday, the same day Feinstein announced she would support the filibuster, despite saying earlier this month that she did not see anything to justify one. Democrats fear Alito would shift the court rightward on issues including abortion, affirmative action and the death penalty.
Sheehan's statement was sent by e-mail while she was in Venezuela attending the World Social Forum. She said she had "decided to run" against Feinstein if the lawmaker did not join the filibuster.
"I'm appalled that Diane Feinstein wouldn't recognize how dangerous Alito's nomination is to upholding the values of our constitution and restricting the usurpation of presidential powers, for which I've already paid the ultimate price," Sheehan said in the statement.
Sheehan, a 48-year-old from Berkeley, California, emerged as an anti-war activist after her son was killed in Iraq in 2004. She gained international attention when she set up a protest camp near U.S. President George W. Bush's ranch in Texas last year.
Sheehan couldn't immediately be reached for comment after Feinstein's announcement that she would back the filibuster.
But her close confidante and assistant Dede Miller, a co-founder of the group Gold Star Families for Peace, said she believed Sheehan still was considering running.
"We'll see. There are still a lot of other issues," Miller said, noting Sheehan strongly disagreed with Feinstein's stance on Iraq as well.
Miller said it was good news that Feinstein would back the filibuster.
"It's the right thing to do," Miller said. "It still remains to be seen how well she follows it through."
Miller said many supporters have been asking Sheehan to run for office. "Honestly, it wouldn't surprise me if she did," she said.
U.S. peace activist Cindy Sheehan, whose son was killed in Iraq, said she was considering running for office against Sen. Diane Feinstein while she waited for the California lawmaker to back a filibuster of Supreme Court nominee Samuel Alito.
Sheehan issued her statement Friday, the same day Feinstein announced she would support the filibuster, despite saying earlier this month that she did not see anything to justify one. Democrats fear Alito would shift the court rightward on issues including abortion, affirmative action and the death penalty.
Sheehan's statement was sent by e-mail while she was in Venezuela attending the World Social Forum. She said she had "decided to run" against Feinstein if the lawmaker did not join the filibuster.
"I'm appalled that Diane Feinstein wouldn't recognize how dangerous Alito's nomination is to upholding the values of our constitution and restricting the usurpation of presidential powers, for which I've already paid the ultimate price," Sheehan said in the statement.
Sheehan, a 48-year-old from Berkeley, California, emerged as an anti-war activist after her son was killed in Iraq in 2004. She gained international attention when she set up a protest camp near U.S. President George W. Bush's ranch in Texas last year.
Sheehan couldn't immediately be reached for comment after Feinstein's announcement that she would back the filibuster.
But her close confidante and assistant Dede Miller, a co-founder of the group Gold Star Families for Peace, said she believed Sheehan still was considering running.
"We'll see. There are still a lot of other issues," Miller said, noting Sheehan strongly disagreed with Feinstein's stance on Iraq as well.
Miller said it was good news that Feinstein would back the filibuster.
"It's the right thing to do," Miller said. "It still remains to be seen how well she follows it through."
Miller said many supporters have been asking Sheehan to run for office. "Honestly, it wouldn't surprise me if she did," she said.
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Saturday, January 28, 2006
1 Comments:
Hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm "Mother Sheehan" or the "Dirty Diane Feinstein" (who by the way, made Judicial Watch's top ten list of most corrupt politicians in America
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