Cindy Sheehan to Dianne Feinstein: Fillibuster Alito or I’ll Challenge Your Senate Seat
Caracas, Venezuela – Gold star mother Cindy Sheehan has decided to run against California Senator Diane Feinstein if Feinstein does not filibuster the Supreme Court nomination of Judge Samuel Alito. While in Venezuela attending the World Social Forum, Sheehan learned that several Democratic Senators had announced their plans for a filibuster but that Senator Feinstein, who’s up for re-election in November, had stated she would vote against the nomination but not filibuster it. "I’m appalled that Diane Feinstein wouldn’t recognize how dangerous Alito’s nomination is to upholding the values of our constitution and restricting the usurpation of presidential powers, for which I’ve already paid the ultimate price," Sheehan said.
Sheehan is the grieving military mother whose vigil outside President Bush’s ranch in Crawford last summer focused the nation’s attention on the human cost of the Iraq war. Her son Casey was killed in Iraq in April 2004.
Judge Alito has an extensive paper trail documenting the right-wing political agenda that he has actively advanced, not only as a high-ranking official in the Reagan Administration, but also as a judge. He has publicly supported the "Unitary Executive" theory, a radical notion that the President holds exclusive and inherent authority to execute all federal law. He has supported efforts to curtail privacy rights, including not only privacy from government surveillance and arbitrary arrest, but also other constitutional rights based on privacy, such as reproductive liberty for women. Alito has outspokenly sought to restrict Congress' power, limiting the scope of the Commerce Clause of Article I of the Constitution. In addition, he has consistently applied his discretion as a judge in favor of certain interests and against others. He rarely votes against big business, police or prosecutors.
Sheehan is available for interviews from Venezuela through the contact people listed above. She returns to the United States on Monday morning and will travel to Washington, DC on Tuesday to participate in an alternative State of the Union event.
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Cindy Sheehan vs. Dianne Feinstein
Cindy you can count on my contribution to run against Feinstein, if she does not favor fillibustering Alito. You're right Alito will set us backwards, probably back to the 1920's regarding womens rights. Not to mention rubberstamping anything king george says.
Bring It On Cindy
Its about time someone run agaist Sen. Feinstein.Cindy you never cease to amaze me.You are a true american hero!
Mike Young
Dallas VFP
This is the next step. Well d
This is the next step. Well done Ms. Sheehan. Feet to the fire. Rosa Parks on a democratic bus.
Tell it like it is Cindy!
Alright, who cares about their civil liberties? Who cares about their democracy? Who respects the founding fathers for the courage it took to build this nation, to create it from nothing more than ideas? Who has that same courage to lead our nation into the next century? Do what it takes. Get the word out that we want NO votes on the Alito nomination.
Call your senators!
Email your senators!
ALITO DOESN'T CARE ABOUT CIVIL LIBERTIES. THAT MEANS YOUR CIVIL LIBERTIES. THAT MEANS YOUR CHILDREN'S CIVIL LIBERTIES.
What kind of country do you want? This isn't just about the nomination, it's about the fight. The more people we can get to call and email, the greater the message the people send the Republicans and the white house. WE the people are taking our country back.
WE THE PEOPLE!
Go to Venezuala, gain a coupl
Go to Venezuala, gain a couple million more enemies. Disgracing a noble cause and giving Rush and friends hours of additional hate babble.
Wrong state Cindy
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Wrong state Cindy. Feinstein is a California Senator. Your home is Oregon.
She can move, just like Cheney did....
I wish I could vote for Cindy. President? Then, I will!!!!!
You're Kidding, Right?
So you wish you could vote for Cindy Sheehan for president, huh?
This woman isn't qualified to run for Crossing Guard! If you really
think she'd make a good president, you need help from a qualified
medical professional. What a comment...laughable!
Fillibuster
Ms Feinstein,
You have to know that your vote is maaningless. The
effort of fillibuster is a
means of getting the result you want. Voting against Alito is not enough, being
outnumbered by the far right. Please
join your collegues in this effort. it's the only way.
You dont have the best record. Do
something that's
right.
Sincerely.
Alice Langer
Cindy Sheehan
What a presumptuous twit Cindy Sheehan has turned out to be. Whatever sympathy she may have been entitled to has been exhausted by her inane rants. Challenge Diane Feinstein? She isn't worthy to shine her shoes.
CINDY SHEEHAN
I couldn't agree more. Cindy Sheehan clearly has no business
challenging Dianne Feinstein for the U.S. Senate. What are her
qualifications? While we can all feel sympathy for the loss of
her son, she appears in many ways to have gone off the deep end.
She seems now to simply be parroting the thoughts of the fringe
groups (e.g., Michael Moore) that are bankrolling her trips to
Venezuela and elsewhere. She started out to be a very likable
and sympathetic figure, but she's blown that image long ago.
Cindy Sheehan
Jon, whether you are a Neo-con or a Democrat, you must understand if you compare any liberal to Michael Moore, you are playing into the hands of Republicruds...You see,Michael Moore is a trained plant by the genious Karl Rove. Look it up...Michael Moore is the greatest tool the GOP could have ever had to make the Democrats look stupid. Think about it. Why would any smart Dem embrace this clown? Look at Moore's stock portfolio- quite a few shares of Halliburton!
Not kidding!
I'll vote for you, Cindy!
I'll vote for you, Cindy!
cindy
dear cindy, keep their feet to the fire. thanks for working for america. steve banyai
The Truth of the Matter
I believe "We the people" should take part in two primary races.
First: Go door to door and have a "Public Petition" signed to have President Bush impeached before another person is mutated from life.
Second: "We the people" need to run for public office and begin the development of a peaceful party. Not only for ourselves, but for the future of us ALL.
In 2004, I wrote a public letter expressing the thought, . . . if a woman was the President of the United States, we wouldn't have people dying at each sunrise. So now, . . . Hollywood gets the idea to create a drama show in a time of real devastation. How wonderful! Now we are all privy to a primary example of what it would be like if a woman played the role as the President of the U.S.
I wouldn't give my precious time to watch the television cast, but as the coming attractions portray themselves, it appears as though, . . . there is a man under the skirts of the leading actress! For a "real woman" would have the wisdom to know how to keep the peace!
If "We the people" remain silent, we will have no one else to blame but ourselves for what we will soon encounter. If you don't have the stomache for the "soon to be changes," we suggest, . . . leave America, . . . because even the mountains will be shattered!
Dear Cindy,
Dear Cindy,
You get my vote. And my thanks for your good work, Lou
Cindy Sheehan Vs. Dianne Feinstein
RUN, CINDY, RUN!!!
Cindy has my vote
Time and again Feinstein has proved she is one of the many weak spineless members of the Democratic party. She is unwilling to fight for the truly important issues. Nancy Pelosi is another. She stood in front of an audience recently in San Francisco and told them she would not support the call for Articles of Impeachment. She told the audience to go out and vote in '06 if they wanted to make a change in Congress. Bushcro (Bush and cronies)are the most vial, corrupt, treasonous SOBs ever to disgrace the positions they hold. We can impeach a President over a blow job, but we cannot impeach a President who is responsible for allowing 9/11 to happen to create the catalyst for the neocon Pan American agenda, failing to capture or kill the leaders of Al'Queada, taking the lives of close to 2200 American Heros and an estimated 250,000 Iraqis through is illegal war, 6 million more Americans without insurance, completely f**king up Medicare (more than 20 states are paying to cover hundreds of thousands of seniors forced into this new Pharmacutical and Insurance Wealth Builder Program), stood in front of the American people and promised to rebuild New Orleans, but now can't even say if he'll actually rebuild improved levees so another Katrina won't happen again, and the list could go on and on and on (Plamegate, need I say more). Bush is a Pathological LIAR. Eevrything he says is another LIE to cover the LIES before. He is without moral conscience and he MUST BE REMOVED. And, Nancy Pelosi cannot find the will to protect American from this monster. Then, she must go and everyone else in the Democratic party unwilling to do their sworn duty to protect America from enimies, both foreign and domestic, must be removed for they are no better than the traitorous Bastard who has brought nothing but disgace and hatred upon this country.
Go Cindy. Replace Diane and help others replace those in the Demoratic party unworthy of being called Americans for their refusal to do what true Patriots like yourself are trying to do - Protect this country from it's true enemy, the true access of evil (The President, the Republican Congress, and our soon to be neocon Supreme Court. Once we own both houses, we will not only demand justice, we will Impeach, Convict and send to prison the true Evil in this country
Scot Post, A very disgusted and angy American
Cindy for Elected Official
You got that right. Fillibuster is what is needed it because womens rights will be back to before the 1920's. If Ms. Feinstein decides not to support the fillibuster, I will contribute to your campaign. Give them hell Cindy!
Common Goals
Dear Cindy Sheehan,
I am writing to urge you to reconsider running against Senator Feinstein.While you and many others may disagree with her position on various issues, including US policy in Iraq,please let me remind you that she is a DEMOCRATIC SENATOR, of which we are in terribly short supply these days.If we who oppose the war,the onslaught on our civil liberties and our environment hope to bring impeachment hearings against this President, then we will need to stop attacking our own and start working together.Wouldn't something like a letter writing campaign be a much more appropriate and constructive means of communicating your views to the Senator? MoveOn.org finds these to be highly effective,and if you stop and think about it,would be a far more efficient use of your time and energy,than trying to unseat Diane Feinstein.This would only cause division in the party,and NOT gain us a SINGLE seat in the Senate,even if you should win.I do not know who is giving you such advise but it is most unwise.I would suggest that you consider the example of Paul Hackett,who is running to unseat a REPUBLICAN Senator,and abandon the path of Ralph Nader, and his 4,000 supporters in Florida who only succeeded in aiding the theft of the election from Al Gore.Who can deny,that if Mr. Nader had worked in SUPPORT of Mr. Gore,they would have been in a much better position to achieve their respective goals,but in working against each other,both went down to defeat.I wonder how many of those 4,000,knowing what they know now,would change their vote if they could?
Ms. Sheehan,in closing,I am urging you not to squander your "political capital" waging war with fellow Democrats.Are there no Republicans to do battle with? Surely this is the tougher fight,but the most sensible and worthy as well.And please also consider,that this party,if it is to be big enough to embrace us all of so varied views,must of neccesity be big enough to work together toward common goals.
Sincerely,
Robert G. Welch
Hey Kidz!! Can You Find the Counter Intelligence Story??
Hey Kidz!! Can you find the counter intelligence story?? ;-)
Interesting that the Main Stream Media (especially FOX-NEWS) is plugging this story BIG time, but the argument has been changed to "Cindy will challenge if the Senator will not support end of War in Iraq" rather than "Cindy will challenge if the Senator will not support the Fillibuster of Alito" . . .
Fillibuster is apparently one of the "Seven dirty words that you can't say on Television (George Carlin)" on today's news coverage. "There is NO dessent in the Empire!!! Silence the Fools!!!" . . .lol . . . maybe they'll let TV & radio folks use this word again after the final vote tomorrow afternoon . . ."BushCo's close of business" . . . ;-)
"Good morning, The Worm, Your Honour,
The Crown will plainly show,
The prisoner who now stands before you,
Was caught red-handed showing feelings.
Showing feelings of an almost human nature.
This will not do."
- The Trial from The Wall by Pink Floyd
peace.
Give it up Cindy
Cindy you are a digrace to America, to those who have are giving their lives for what they belive in. If you hate it so much here, move to venezuala! Where were you when your son went to War? Where was your mouth then? You make saddam look like a child compared to you! Dont let those who have died roll in their graves from your disgrace.
Cindy, please, please, please
Cindy, please, please, please run agains Dianne Feinstein for the U.S. Senate. I hope to god that you run as an independant. This way you not only loose, but you take down a democratic seat from the senate.
Best of Luck.
Get a life Cindy! You make me
Get a life Cindy! You make me sick. All you do is bitch and complain about how bad everything is in America. If you don't like it, GET OUT!
You disgrace your family and your son's memory.
Yes, Cindy... Run
Another example of Liberals eating their own. Implosion in the most humourous and public arena. Indeed.
I hate Cindy Sheehan
Nothing like exploiting your son's death for your own gain.