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Cindy Sheehan Touted as Hillary Challenger
 Will Cindy Sheehan challenge Hillary Clinton for her Senate seat in 2006? | Is there enough popcorn in the world for that face-off? |
That's the proposition percolating throughout New York's anti-war left, which has grown increasingly frustrated with Sen. Clinton's refusal to denounce the Bush administration's Iraq policy. | She's a bloodthirsty warmonger, don't ya know |
The Village Voice reports that last month, Don DeBar, a veteran peace activist from Ossning, proposed a Draft Sheehan effort. He told the Voice that Clinton is out of step with her supporters in a state where the war is opposed by a 2 to 1 margin. DeBar wants Sheehan to move from her home state of California to challenge Clinton in New York's primaries next year, telling the Voice, "She could force a seismic shift in the direction of the Democratic Party." | Crack it right down the middle, if there was a middle |
And while Sheehan hasn't said she'd challenge Clinton's reelection, her opposition to the war has increasing focused on the former first lady's failure to show leadership on the issue. | She's just in love with herself enough to do it. |
At a Brooklyn peace rally last month, Sheehan reminded the crowd of her efforts to "call out the pro-war Democrats," charging that, "Hillary Clinton is the leader of the pack." 
"It's time to tell your elected officials," she railed, "If you're not with us, you're against us. And if you're against us, we'll vote you out of office." | Better stay out of any parks after dark, Cindy |
Clinton's Manhattan Senate headquarters has increasingly become the target of anti-war demonstrations, with 70 protesters showing up on the day Iraq war casualties hit the 2,000 mark. But would the peace movement, led by Sheehan, really seek to topple a dove in wolf's clothing like Hillary? Brooklyn Parents for Peace member Carolyn Eisenberg says yes. "The peace movement here will be doing all it can to get in the senator's way," she told the Voice. "People are very frustrated that Senator Clinton isn't really addressing this war. If she positions herself as a hawk, she will find her support among Democrats slipping." | And if she shows her true colors, the moderates will stay home or vote Republican. |
Posted by: Steve 2005-11-02 |
