Let's not forget a salute to Cindy Sheehan for her bravery and who became an activist of voice against the war in Iraq after her son, Casey, was killed in Iraq.
From Political Affairs:
APN) ATLANTA – Renowned antiwar activist Cindy Sheehan is considering a run for US Congress in 2008, Atlanta Progressive News has learned in the process of interviewing Sheehan about her upcoming rally in Washington, DC, this Mothers’ Day weekend. Sheehan became an activist in 2004 after her son, Casey, was killed during the US Invasion of Iraq.
“I’m on the National Board for the Progressive Democrats of America and they’re really trying to talk me into running for a Congressional Seat in 2008. It’s almost getting to the time to make my mind up by now. I do have the name recognition. I still can’t make my mind up on whether it would hurt the movement,” Sheehan told APN in a phone interview.
On the one hand, Sheehan feels she is already effective as a grassroots leader and does not know whether she would be more effective in Congress.
On the other hand, Sheehan sees that many in Congress don’t seem to be listening to reason.
“They have their own agenda. They need to realize their agenda has to be our agenda,” Sheehan said.
Sheehan, who considered a US Senate run in 2006 against US Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-CA), said she isn’t sure yet which seat she would run for, because she has ties to several locations.
2 comments:
Well we already know how she is going to vote on this war!
It will be interesting who she will run against: Feinstein or Boxer.
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