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Sheehan to Feinstein: Filibuster Alito, Or I'll Run Against You
Melanie Hunter
Senior Editor

(CNSNews.com) - Anti-war activist Cindy Sheehan has threatened to run for Sen. Dianne Feinstein's (D-Calif.) seat unless Feinstein filibusters Supreme Court nominee Samuel Alito.

Sheehan, who was in Caracas, Venezuela Friday attending the World Social Forum, heard that several Democrats planned to filibuster Alito but that Feinstein, who is up for re-election in November, announced that she will vote against Alito but would not filibuster the nomination.

"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 in a statement.


Sheehan became a national figure representing the anti-war movement after her son Casey was killed in Iraq and she stood vigil outside President Bush's Crawford, Texas ranch last summer demanding to speak face-to-face with Bush about her son's death.

Sheehan claimed 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."

She accused Alito of trying to restrict Congress' power and supporting "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."

Sheehan is scheduled to return from Venezuela on Monday and will travel to the nation's capital to take part in an alternative State of the Union event.

 

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Cindy Sheehan Threatens To Run Against Feinstein Sheehan Says She'll Run Unless Feinstein Filibusters Alito Nomination

CARACAS, Venezuela -- According to a press release issued Friday, Cindy Sheehan has decided to run against California Senator Diane Feinstein if Feinstein does not filibuster the Supreme Court nomination of Judge Samuel Alito.

Sheehan made that announcement from Venezuela where she is attending the World Social Forum.

Sheehan's son Casey died in Iraq in 2004 and she has since become an outspoken protester of the war.

Sheehan is quoted to have said, "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 became well known across the United States when she stood vigil outside President Bush's ranch in Crawford last summer. She demanded to speak with the president about the cost of the war in Iraq.

Sheehan returns to the United States on Monday. She will travel to Washington, DC on Tuesday to participate in an alternative State of the Union event.

   

American anti-war activist Cindy Sheehan, left, greets the crowd while Juana Ferrer, second right, from Dominican Republic and Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez, right, look on during the 6th World Social Forum in Caracas, Venezuela, Friday, Jan. 27, 2006. Man, second left is unidentified. (AP Photo/Fernando Llano)

      U.S. activist Cindy Sheehan waves to the crowd as she arrives at the meetingof World Social Forum Organizations with Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez in Caracas, Venezuela January 27, 2006. The sixth world forum, an event that began in Port Alegre in Brazil, has registered more than 67,000 participants and starts with a march against imperialism and war that will likely focus on U.S. President George W. Bush and the conflict in Iraq. REUTERS/Howard Yanes       U.S. peace activist Cindy Sheehan (L) stands next to Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez during a meeting with World Social Forum Organizations in Caracas, Venezuela January 27, 2006. The sixth world forum, an event that began in Port Alegre in Brazil, has registered more than 67,000 participants and starts with a march against imperialism and war that will likely focus on U.S. President George W. Bush and the conflict in Iraq. REUTERS/Howard Yanes

 

Chávez hosts ideological antidote to Davos forum
By Andy Webb-Vidal in Caracas
Published: January 27 2006 23:01 | Last updated: January 27 2006 23:01

The annual ideological antidote to the World Economic Forum was winding up in Caracas on Friday under the shadow of host President Hugo Chávez.

About 70,000 people from across the Americas, Europe and Asia attended this year’s World Social Forum, to debate international politics, trade and indigenous rights.

The delegations made a stark contrast to pictures of world leaders in Davos: among their number were dreadlock-bearded travellers juggling atop unicycles, ageing leftwing activists, indigenous folk sporting Andean ponchos and guitar-strumming women in pony-tails from upstate Oregon.

While some 2,000 events were planned for debate, there was near universal criticism of the US military presence in Iraq.

Cindy Sheehan, 48, the American woman who was stirred into campaigning against the war inIraq by her soldier son’s death in 2004, stole most of the limelight.

‘’Most Americans want our troops home by the end of 2006. But that’s far too late. Every minute that we wait, more blood is spilled,’’ she said. ‘’George Bush still continues his evil rhetoric that he is waging a war on terrorism, and he is really waging a war of terrorism against the world.’’

Mrs Sheehan’s rhetoric chimed perfectly with that of Mr Chávez, who was expected to address the forum late on Friday. This year’s forum, unlike last year’s in Brazil, where the first was also held in 2001, has failed to attract any visiting heads of state. Brazil’s president, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, was expected to attend, but cancelled.

Roger Annis, 53, an aircraft engineer from Vancouver, who represents the Canada-Haiti action network, was happy enough to see some of the city’s sprawling, and spreading, slums, rather than Mr Chávez in person.

‘’What we see in Venezuela is very encouraging,’’ said Mr Annis. “It’s a government that not only in words but also in deeds is committed to improving the lot of the poorest people.’’