stephanie
08-11-2007, 10:22 AM
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Editor's note: It's Politics reports Saturdays on the ins and outs of Whittier-area politics and city government.
A local Democratic Club has criticized the decision by anti-war activist Cindy Sheehan to run against House Speaker Nancy Pelosi.
"If you continue with this threat to embarrass the speaker, it is very possible that the voters will turn against the Democratic leadership in Congress and return the Republicans to the majority," stated a letter written by J. Paton Marshall, corresponding secretary for the Robert F. Kennedy Democratic Club.
"If that happens, all investigations will cease and justice for Bush and Cheney will be impossible," the letter stated.
The club endorsed and then published the letter in its August newsletter, said John Smith, club president.
Sheehan, whose 24-year-old son, Casey, was killed in Iraq in 2004, announced her candidacy Thursday.
"The country is ripe for a change," said Sheehan, who spoke at a podium with her son's photograph attached to it. "It's going to start right here and right now."
Sheehan said she would run on a platform of universal health care. She also wants to make college affordable and improve ethics in
the legislative and executive branches.
Smith on Friday compared Sheehan's candidacy and attacks by progressives on other Democrats to a circular firing squad.
"We can't sit here and shoot at ourselves," Smith said. "We are not the obstruction. Even though (Sheehan) wants impeachment, it's not going to happen. It takes two-thirds of the Senate."
Instead of attacking other Democrats, progressives should be attacking Republicans who have blocked efforts to pull American forces out of Iraq, Smith said.
In addition, you can go to your local Democratic congressional member and ask how you can help them, Smith said.
http://www.whittierdailynews.com/news/ci_6595255
Editor's note: It's Politics reports Saturdays on the ins and outs of Whittier-area politics and city government.
A local Democratic Club has criticized the decision by anti-war activist Cindy Sheehan to run against House Speaker Nancy Pelosi.
"If you continue with this threat to embarrass the speaker, it is very possible that the voters will turn against the Democratic leadership in Congress and return the Republicans to the majority," stated a letter written by J. Paton Marshall, corresponding secretary for the Robert F. Kennedy Democratic Club.
"If that happens, all investigations will cease and justice for Bush and Cheney will be impossible," the letter stated.
The club endorsed and then published the letter in its August newsletter, said John Smith, club president.
Sheehan, whose 24-year-old son, Casey, was killed in Iraq in 2004, announced her candidacy Thursday.
"The country is ripe for a change," said Sheehan, who spoke at a podium with her son's photograph attached to it. "It's going to start right here and right now."
Sheehan said she would run on a platform of universal health care. She also wants to make college affordable and improve ethics in
the legislative and executive branches.
Smith on Friday compared Sheehan's candidacy and attacks by progressives on other Democrats to a circular firing squad.
"We can't sit here and shoot at ourselves," Smith said. "We are not the obstruction. Even though (Sheehan) wants impeachment, it's not going to happen. It takes two-thirds of the Senate."
Instead of attacking other Democrats, progressives should be attacking Republicans who have blocked efforts to pull American forces out of Iraq, Smith said.
In addition, you can go to your local Democratic congressional member and ask how you can help them, Smith said.
http://www.whittierdailynews.com/news/ci_6595255