I think I know why Cindy Sheehan is endorsing a Republican over Nancy Pelosi

Ms. Sheehan lost a son in Iraq, and John Dennis, Republican trying to defeat Pelosi, calls for "immediate withdrawal from Iraq and Afghanistan."
http://motherjones.com/politics/2010/09/nancy-pelosi-challenger-john-dennis
Do you hate her less now?

I may comment later. I have never hated her.

Sheehan is free to vote for whomever she wants.

Go, Nancy.

a whole long damn time ago. Like about 15 minutes after she made the news the first time.

because you THINK he will call for an end to the war. Every one in their right mind knows that republicans say one thing and do another. And if this POS republican would happen to win he would side with the republicans and sanction war war war war..After all republicans want to go to Iran next. That way they can keep tax payer money rolling in to their defense corporations.

As if right wingnuts give a shit about the people of Iraq and Afghanistan, or about those sent to kill them.

I don't agree with her, but she has a right to her opinion.

I admire her as always.

Here's what Slate reported in their hit'n'run article after they pointed out in the first line that the endorsement was only after a fashion.

As someone who got a kick in the teeth from the political school of elitism two years ago, I can't endorse anyone for Federal elections which I believe are only a huge sham and scandal at any rate, but I am convinced that either John or Gloria would represent district 8 in California far better than you have on your best day.

http://www.slate.com/blogs/blogs/weigel/archive/2010/10/20/cindy-sheehan-goes-republican.aspx

It's time to bash Cindy again.

and Sheehan is stupid.

Jeebus

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There went $20,000. Twenty thousand borrowed, because US is BROKE

And sheehan is the stupid one.

FUck me I so want to move out of this place but don't have the $

So who I am to tell her otherwise? I don't even live in her district.

and being against foreign wars fits right into that.

Even If by some fluke he gets elected there's no way he can stop the war anyway, so what's the point in supporting a guy who wants to go back to the gold standard?

Cindy just doesn't get that she has become irrelevant.

But people can vote for who they want.

issues Sheehan feels are so very important, I don't think her opponent will make that much difference. However, I don't know ANYTHING about him, but if he's just going to be a 1st term Congressman he may not have much clout. Of course, if the election is going to be as bad as "they" say it's going to be for Dems, then better an anti-war Repuke, than some of the evil hate mongering ones that are there now.

Then throw in ALL the "blue dogs" and it's a REAL mess. Democratic "blue dogs" have certainly been a thorn in the side of Progressives, and some look more like Repukes than some real Repukes! Well, THAT may not actually be true, but I do know that a "few" Repukes are anti-war, can't think of names right now, but the numbers are tiny.

Still, my vote would be for Pelosi because she DOES have clout. Am I upset that the Democrats have simply ignored THE WARS? You bet I am, and more so because THEY are Democrats. I feel we've been snookered and I don't like it one bit. I also don't like the "let's look forward, not backward" stance that has become the mantra of Democrats these days.

It's terribly unfortunate that the little guy can get prosecuted and fined more than he's worth if he doesn't pay taxes, but an entire ADMINISTRATION can lie, kill and screw this country and it's OKAY. This is ONE HUGE problem I'm having with what is going on with our Congress/Country today. And I think it might also be part of the reason so many Democrats are in trouble.

JMHO!

excellent Speaker over someone who might be making empty promises just to win. At this point in time, I would not consider voting for any Repug for any reason, even though I have over the years occasionally voted for a Repug candidate. With their policy of pathological lying and bait and switch, I would not trust any of them now.

:shrug:

I have just always felt that, though she started with the best of intentions, she's a bit of a publicity hound. And her 15 minutes are up, and it seems like she has a hard time dealing with that.

Cindy is an activist and it's the job of an activist to engage the media.

99% of his positions aren't wrong as fuck.

Ultimately it's her vote and she can do whatever she wants, but if anyone votes for this guy over Nancy Pelosi because Cindy Sheehan thinks he's going to be some sort of progressive, they (and she) are deluding themselves.

I wouldn't have here on my radio show because others who had her on found that they lost 3/4 of their listeners when she was a guest so she became a show killer. She has lost her supporters for the most part and has ruined her influence with her radical actions and words. Too bad, she could be such a force if she would put her mission above her anger.

you also don't know the people who supported and still support her.

Cindy hasn't "jumped the shark" because unlike yourself and at one time, me, she was never in the entertainment industry.

And she is perfectly entitled to her anger. Her anger has stood her in good stead when dealing with the vast sea of corruption that we call political life in this country and that took her son's life.

What's not to support there?

When you deliberately lie, it says more about you than about Cindy, whom you have tried and failed to slam.

Oh, we're also responsible for the "unconstitutional income tax".

http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2007/7/9/92356/44191

She's a clown.

She needs to deal with her loss in the best way she can. I experienced a similar loss and it changes you forever. It leaves your heart broken and your world shattered. Until others have walked in Cindy's shoes no one should condemn her. I hope no one becomes devastated by losing someone they love with all their heart just so they can understand the depths of pain felt by those who did lose someone.

I cannot begin to imagine the pain she lives with everyday. It makes me very sad to see her condemned or dismissed as some kind of nut.

AnAmyVeteran, I am very sorry for your loss. :hug:

She needs to think a little more about what's going on.

Definitely anti-war. Under the circumstances, I wouldn't blame Sheehan if she voted for him.

She lost her son in Iraq, and she was a vehement opponent of Bush. I respected her for that, and empathized with her loss. However she was never an ideal choice for advancing a Liberal movement. She doesn't understand politics, nor does she have any idea how to lead a grassroots movement. All she ever knew is that she lost her son, and she was mad about that. Couple that with a desire to speak out publicly and you've got the poster child for the anti-Iraq war brigade circa 2003.

This is 2010, and the troops are leaving Iraq. The war is no longer front page news. Cindy Sheehan is being forced to discuss new issues to remain in the public eye, and she understands them less and is less relevant to them. I think it's time to let her slide into history.

I think she slide into history a few years ago already. She and a few remaining supporters don't believe that but that's okay too.

She's just one citizen among many who have tragedy touch her life.

but in my district that means voting for Ron Paul. He'd cut the war funding immediately. He'd also cut food stamps, disability payments, social security, and that would just be his first 10 minutes. It is tempting but in the end we can't do it.

Play it out, Cindy.