Cindy Sheehan arrested at Congress
Posted on July 23rd, 2007 by bile Categories and Tags: Uncategorized, California, Casey, Cindy Sheehan, Congress, Dick Cheney, George W. Bush, House of Representatives, impeachment, Iraq, Nancy Pelosi, Persons, police, politics, protest, United States, warCalling for the impeachment of U.S. President George W. Bush and Vice President Dick Cheney, Cindy Sheehan and 45 fellow Iraq war protesters were arrested on Monday after they refused to leave a U.S. lawmaker’s office and adjoining hallway, authorities said.
Before police escorted her away, Sheehan, who emerged as a leading peace activist after her son Casey was killed in Iraq in 2004, announced what she had earlier suggested — that she would be a candidate for Congress next year.
Sheehan said she would challenge House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi, a California Democrat. Pelosi has refused calls to start impeachment of Bush and Cheney for what critics charge was misleading the United States into war.
As I reported here I’m all for her running. She has been screwed by both major parties and the 2008 House race against Pelosi could get very interesting.
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