It’s official:

A tearful Cindy Sheehan cited her son, killed in Iraq, as her inspiration as she announced her candidacy Thursday for the U.S. House against Rep. Nancy Pelosi.

Sheehan last month said she intended to run against Pelosi, the House speaker, if the San Francisco congresswoman didn’t move to impeach President Bush by July 23.

Sheehan said Thursday that Pelosi had “protected the status quo” of the corporate elite and had lost touch with people in her district, most of whom, she asserted, want American troops out of Iraq.

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Sheehan said she would run as an independent on a platform of universal health care, making college affordable and improving ethics in the legislative and executive branches. She did not offer specifics.

The money being spent on the Iraq war should be used to help the country’s shrinking middle class, she said.

So, will she be running on the Absolute Moral Authority Party ticket?

With no money for the campaign, Sheehan said she wouldn’t accept donations from corporations. I have to wonder what corporation would be interested in making such a donation and if that includes donations from Venezuelan oil.

In spite of this announcement, I bet Madame Speaker slept well last night.

The fun begins on July 23rd.

Sheehan, a Californian, officially announced that she intends to run as an independent against Pelosi in 2008 if the San Francisco congresswoman doesn’t move to impeach Bush by July 23, the day she expects to reach Washington.

John Hawkins has campaign videos.

Disclaimer: John Hawkins consults for Duncan Hunter, I consult for Blogs4Bauer, Cindy Sheehan consults the voices in her head.

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Would someone please replace the batteries in the timer that doles out those 15 minutes of fame.

War protester Cindy Sheehan has purchased a 5-acre plot in Crawford with some of the insurance money she received after her son was killed in Iraq.

[...]Like last year, Sheehan, whose son Casey was killed in Iraq in 2004, will again demand to meet with the president.

Yeah, that’s going to happen.

Aside from the undeserved attention this moonbat receives, she and her fawning followers are good for some comic relief:

“We decided to buy property in Crawford to use until George’s resignation or impeachment, which we all hope is soon for the sake of the world,” Sheehan said in a newsletter set to be sent to supporters Thursday. “I can’t think of a better way to use Casey’s insurance money than for peace, and I am sure that Casey approves.”

Her anti-war gathering in Crawford is scheduled for Aug. 16 through Sept. 2. But Bush is scheduled to be at his ranch mainly during the first two weeks of August.

Now where did I put the double A’s?

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