Cindy Sheehan makes it official

From the San Francisco Chronicle:

Peace activist Cindy Sheehan wants to snatch House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s congressional seat from her in November, but first she’s going to need the help – and signatures – of 10,198 friends and supporters.

Sheehan was at San Francisco City Hall on Friday to take out papers for her independent run for Congress, but without those signatures from voters in the district, her name won’t show up on the ballot.

“It’s an uphill battle,” said Sheehan, who vowed to run against Pelosi in July after the speaker refused to start impeachment proceedings against President George Bush. “But I’m excited about the signature-gathering process. It’s going to be an opportunity to talk to people about our campaign.”

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14 Responses to “Cindy Sheehan makes it official”

  1. Paulie Says:
    April 28th, 2008 at 10:05 am

    Awesome!

    Pelosi deserves this.

  2. Alex Peak Says:
    April 28th, 2008 at 10:21 am

    Ditto on Paulie.

  3. Alarmed Alaskan Says:
    April 28th, 2008 at 10:46 am

    She’ll get many MANY more votes than Keyes!

  4. disinter Says:
    April 28th, 2008 at 10:49 am

    Go Cindy!

  5. silver Republican Says:
    April 28th, 2008 at 10:50 am

    how well will she probably do

  6. Paulie Says:
    April 28th, 2008 at 10:56 am

    It’s San Francisco, and Pelosi failed to unfund the war and took impeachment off the table. What do you think?

  7. Freeman Says:
    April 28th, 2008 at 12:06 pm

    I believe there’s a Shirley Golub, who says “Impeach Both” “I’m on the Table”, lone Democrat challenger against Pelosi and primary’s in June. How do her chances look?

  8. Paulie Says:
    April 28th, 2008 at 12:19 pm

    Not too good within the corrupt DP organization.

  9. Joseph Marzullo Says:
    April 28th, 2008 at 12:45 pm

    Maybe we can reeducate her in libertarian thought before she’s elected?

  10. Deran Says:
    April 28th, 2008 at 1:17 pm

    I sent her $25. Many small donations will make her campaign even more of a threat to Pelosi

  11. Laine Says:
    April 28th, 2008 at 3:27 pm

    Yes everyone donate what you can to her campaign! The fact that such a high profile peace activist is running against a Democrat is a victory against the two party system in it’s own right.

  12. Catholic Trotskyist Says:
    April 28th, 2008 at 7:46 pm

    Hopefully she will come out against the fascist/stalinist criminal Ralph Nader and support the Fringe Alliance Strategy. I’m a staunch Democrat, but I support Sheehan because she is smart enough to understand that she needs to run in a district where a Republican can’t take too much advantage of divided left. I also agree with her more than Pelosi, as a strong socialist and antiwar person.a

  13. Laine Says:
    April 28th, 2008 at 8:02 pm

    LOL Catholic, Sheehan in in bed with Matt Gonzalez who is Mr. Nader’s VP candidate. Gonzalez has already voiced his support of her campaign and has been present at some of her fund raisers. I would imagine Sheehan would return this favor when Mr.Nader reaches Califorinia.

  14. Joseph Marzullo Says:
    April 29th, 2008 at 11:42 am

    I hope Cindy won’t turn out to be an emotionally driven socialist.

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