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The sharks are feeding on each other.  

I am sure Cindy's son is proud of her <sigh>...


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http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,183108,00.html


Cindy Sheehan Considering Senate Run 
Saturday, January 28, 2006
 
 
CARACAS, Venezuela  — Cindy Sheehan, the peace activist who set up camp 
near President Bush's Texas ranch last summer, said Saturday she is 
considering running against Sen. Dianne Feinstein to protest what she 
called the California lawmaker's support for the war in Iraq. 

"She voted for the war. She continues to vote for the funding. She won't 
call for an immediate withdrawal of the troops," Sheehan told The 
Associated Press in an interview while attending the World Social Forum 
in Venezuela along with thousands of other anti-war and anti-
globalization activists.

"I think our senator needs to be held accountable for her support of 
George Bush and his war policies," said Sheehan, whose 24-year-old 
soldier son Casey was killed in Iraq in 2004.

Feinstein's campaign manager, Kam Kuwata, said the senator "doesn't 
support George Bush and his war policies."

"She has stated publicly on numerous occasions that she felt she was 
misled by the administration at the time of the vote," Kuwata said by 
phone from California.

But with troops committed, Feinstein believes immediate withdrawal is 
not a responsible option, Kuwata said.

"Senator Feinstein's position is, let's work toward quickly turning over 
the defense of Iraq to Iraqis so that we can bring the troops home as 
soon as possible," he said.

Sheehan accused Feinstein of being out of touch with Californians on the 
issue.

She said she would decide whether to run after talking with her three 
other adult children. The Democratic primary will be held in June, and 
candidates must submit their statements for the voter guide by Feb. 14.

Kuwata said Feinstein and Sheehan appear to have a fundamental 
disagreement over whether troops should be pulled out right now. "That's 
why they have elections, and if she decides to file (paperwork to run), 
so be it," he said.

Sheehan said running in the Democratic primary would help make a broader 
point.

"If I decided to run, I would have no illusions of winning, but it would 
bring attention to all the peace candidates in the country," she said.

Sheehan, 48, who lives in Berkeley, Calif., said she would head to 
Washington on Sunday for protests against Bush's State of the Union 
address on Monday, and then return to California to discuss her idea of 
running against Feinstein with her son and two daughters.

"I can't see — if they think it's going to help peace — that they would 
be opposed to me doing it," she said.

Sheehan and other peace activists met Saturday with Venezuelan President 
Hugo Chavez, himself a critic of Bush and the Iraq war.

"He said, why don't I run for president? ... I just laughed," she said.

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