Pandering to the wrong crowd
CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) - U.S. peace activist Cindy Sheehan, whose son was killed in Iraq, said Saturday she is strongly considering running for office against U.S. Senator Dianne Feinstein because the California Democrat will not support calls to immediately bring troops home.
Sheehan, who was visiting Venezuela for the World Social Forum, along with other anti-war and anti-globalization activists, said she has been thinking of challenging Feinstein for some time.
Sheehan, 48, earlier criticized the veteran senator for not immediately backing a filibuster of U.S. Supreme Court nominee Samuel Alito.
Feinstein announced Friday she would support that filibuster, the same day Sheehan issued a statement saying she would run against the senator if she didn't take a harder line. Democrats fear Alito would shift the court rightward on issues including abortion and the death penalty.
Sheehan and other peace activists met for two hours Saturday with Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez, who is a fierce critic of Bush and the Iraq war. Sheehan said she was impressed by Chavez's sincerity.
"Our president won't even take five minutes to meet with me," she said, adding Chavez was "really excited" to hear she was considering running for the Senate.
"He said, why don't I run for president?...I just laughed."
GOOD OL CINDY IS ENTHRALLED WITH HER LEFTIST CELEBRITY STATUS. BEING PLAYED BY ANTI AMERICAN LEADERS IN FORIEGN NATIONS THEN FEINSTEIN CAVES AT THE THREAT OF A SENIAL GRIEVING WOMAN WHO THREATENS TO RUN AGAINST HER IN THE NEXT ELECTION. TALK ABOUT PANDERING TO THE SQUEEKY WHEEL.
Sheehan, who was visiting Venezuela for the World Social Forum, along with other anti-war and anti-globalization activists, said she has been thinking of challenging Feinstein for some time.
Sheehan, 48, earlier criticized the veteran senator for not immediately backing a filibuster of U.S. Supreme Court nominee Samuel Alito.
Feinstein announced Friday she would support that filibuster, the same day Sheehan issued a statement saying she would run against the senator if she didn't take a harder line. Democrats fear Alito would shift the court rightward on issues including abortion and the death penalty.
Sheehan and other peace activists met for two hours Saturday with Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez, who is a fierce critic of Bush and the Iraq war. Sheehan said she was impressed by Chavez's sincerity.
"Our president won't even take five minutes to meet with me," she said, adding Chavez was "really excited" to hear she was considering running for the Senate.
"He said, why don't I run for president?...I just laughed."
GOOD OL CINDY IS ENTHRALLED WITH HER LEFTIST CELEBRITY STATUS. BEING PLAYED BY ANTI AMERICAN LEADERS IN FORIEGN NATIONS THEN FEINSTEIN CAVES AT THE THREAT OF A SENIAL GRIEVING WOMAN WHO THREATENS TO RUN AGAINST HER IN THE NEXT ELECTION. TALK ABOUT PANDERING TO THE SQUEEKY WHEEL.
