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Boxer Urges Sheehan To Not Make Her Look Bad
by Ezachary Wright, Chronicles Of Ameriku
Tuesday, February 7, 2006
Washington -- California Democratic Senator Barbara Boxer today urged anti-war activist Cindy Sheehan not to challenge the state's senior senator, Dianne Feinstein, in the June Democratic primary.
Sheehan, whose son was killed in Iraq along with tens of thousands of other troops and innocent Iraqi citizens, has been actively considering a campaign after criticizing Feinstein for refusing to call for an immediate withdrawal of U.S. troops from Iraq.
But Boxer, a liberal former Marin County supervisor who strongly opposed the war in Iraq, said Sheehan might actually make her look bad if she chooses to jump into the race against her fellow Democrat, Dianne Feinstein, who along with her collegues have paid little more than lip service to the treasonous activity of the Bush regime.
"I don't think having her in the Senate election will help me at all," Boxer said while attempting damage control at a roundtable of California reporters this morning. "I think it might have the opposite effect. I might be exposed as an idler and panderer. Sheehan might actually get something done, and how would that make me look? It's not fair. It's just not fair."
"Maybe she's more valuable out there as one of the little people, where she can rally support for we leaders who want to be re-elected," Boxer said of Sheehan and her anti-war effort. "God forbid she gain a regular national presence."
Feinstein and Boxer were both elected to the U.S. Senate in 1992 - the "Year of the Woman" in national politics - but they have not always seen eye-to-eye on issues. Feinstein voted for the 2002 resolution authorizing the use of force in Iraq if the country refused to comply with U.N. weapons inspectors, while Boxer was one of 23 senators who voted against it.
Hoping that people completely forget that Feinstein previously revealed her willingness to be a war mongering murderer, Boxer defended her Senate colleague today, saying Feinstein has been a critic of the administration's war policies and favors withdrawing troops as soon as possible.
"Senator Feinstein and I are very involved in trying to figure out a way to get the troops back," she said. "So we don't have time to press the issue that Bush is systematically implementing a fascist regime, and that he thinks the Constitution is just a goddamn piece of paper. We know he's doing nothing to help anybody except those who are already filthy rich. But I mean come on now, Feinstein was here first. She already called dibs."
Fellow panderer Senator Hillary Clinton, upon learning that Sheehan might run for the senate seat, reportedly exclaimed, "Oh my god! That b*tch better not try to run for President in 2008! That's MY gig! It's MY plantation!"
Sheehan, who was arrested and removed from President Bush's State of the Union speech last week for nothing more than wearing a T-shirt that reminded everyone that people are still being murdered by the actions of Bush and those who pushed for unprovoked war, spent part of her time in Washington asking Democratic lawmakers, including Representative Barbara Lee, D-Oakland, whether she should run for the Senate. A former Vacaville resident who now lives in Berkeley, she told the Chronicle she was leaning toward entering the race.
"What I hope to do with it would be to energize other anti-war candidates," Sheehan said in an interview before the State of the Union speech. "If I entered it, it would bring attention to the fact that there are many, many races where pro-peace, anti-war candidates are running."
by Ezachary Wright, Chronicles Of Ameriku
Tuesday, February 7, 2006
Washington -- California Democratic Senator Barbara Boxer today urged anti-war activist Cindy Sheehan not to challenge the state's senior senator, Dianne Feinstein, in the June Democratic primary.
Sheehan, whose son was killed in Iraq along with tens of thousands of other troops and innocent Iraqi citizens, has been actively considering a campaign after criticizing Feinstein for refusing to call for an immediate withdrawal of U.S. troops from Iraq.
But Boxer, a liberal former Marin County supervisor who strongly opposed the war in Iraq, said Sheehan might actually make her look bad if she chooses to jump into the race against her fellow Democrat, Dianne Feinstein, who along with her collegues have paid little more than lip service to the treasonous activity of the Bush regime.
"I don't think having her in the Senate election will help me at all," Boxer said while attempting damage control at a roundtable of California reporters this morning. "I think it might have the opposite effect. I might be exposed as an idler and panderer. Sheehan might actually get something done, and how would that make me look? It's not fair. It's just not fair."
"Maybe she's more valuable out there as one of the little people, where she can rally support for we leaders who want to be re-elected," Boxer said of Sheehan and her anti-war effort. "God forbid she gain a regular national presence."
Feinstein and Boxer were both elected to the U.S. Senate in 1992 - the "Year of the Woman" in national politics - but they have not always seen eye-to-eye on issues. Feinstein voted for the 2002 resolution authorizing the use of force in Iraq if the country refused to comply with U.N. weapons inspectors, while Boxer was one of 23 senators who voted against it.
Hoping that people completely forget that Feinstein previously revealed her willingness to be a war mongering murderer, Boxer defended her Senate colleague today, saying Feinstein has been a critic of the administration's war policies and favors withdrawing troops as soon as possible.
"Senator Feinstein and I are very involved in trying to figure out a way to get the troops back," she said. "So we don't have time to press the issue that Bush is systematically implementing a fascist regime, and that he thinks the Constitution is just a goddamn piece of paper. We know he's doing nothing to help anybody except those who are already filthy rich. But I mean come on now, Feinstein was here first. She already called dibs."
Fellow panderer Senator Hillary Clinton, upon learning that Sheehan might run for the senate seat, reportedly exclaimed, "Oh my god! That b*tch better not try to run for President in 2008! That's MY gig! It's MY plantation!"
Sheehan, who was arrested and removed from President Bush's State of the Union speech last week for nothing more than wearing a T-shirt that reminded everyone that people are still being murdered by the actions of Bush and those who pushed for unprovoked war, spent part of her time in Washington asking Democratic lawmakers, including Representative Barbara Lee, D-Oakland, whether she should run for the Senate. A former Vacaville resident who now lives in Berkeley, she told the Chronicle she was leaning toward entering the race.
"What I hope to do with it would be to energize other anti-war candidates," Sheehan said in an interview before the State of the Union speech. "If I entered it, it would bring attention to the fact that there are many, many races where pro-peace, anti-war candidates are running."
