This from the AP, once again Cindy proves its all about her personal pain and not socialist politics... Ah well, its good to see that there is at least one person in America actually to the left of DiFi.
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Soldier's mom may run against Sen. Feinstein
VENEZUELAN LEADER BACKS WAR PROTEST
By Ian James
Associated Press
CARACAS, Venezuela - Cindy Sheehan, the U.S. peace activist who just announced that she is weighing a run for Senate, plans to protest again outside President Bush's Texas ranch, Venezuela's president said Sunday with Sheehan by his side.
Hugo Chávez, his arm around Sheehan's shoulders, told a group of activists that Sheehan had told him that during Holy Week, in April, ``she is going to put up her tent again in front of Mr. Danger's ranch.''
``She invited me to put up a tent. Maybe I'll put up my tent also,'' Chávez said, to applause from an audience invited to his weekly broadcast on the final day of the World Social Forum, an annual gathering of anti-war and anti-globalization activists.
Chávez said his government would help protest the war in Iraq by supporting a drive to gather petitions and delivering them to the U.S. Embassy in Caracas. Chávez, who before the war in Iraq had friendly relations with Saddam Hussein, has been a frequent and strident critic of the war.
Sheehan, whose 24-year-old soldier son, Casey, was killed in Iraq in 2004, thanked Chávez for ``supporting life and peace'' and said she was impressed by his sincerity.
``He said, `Why don't I run for president?' '' she said. ``I just laughed.''
Sheehan, who lives in Berkeley, said Friday that she is strongly considering challenging Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., because the lawmaker will not support calls to immediately bring the troops home.
Sheehan, 48, said running in the Democratic primary in June would help ``bring attention to all the peace candidates in the country.''
Sheehan, who was visiting Venezuela for the six-day forum, told the Associated Press that she will decide whether to run after talking with her three adult children in California.
Sheehan accused Feinstein of being out of touch with Californians on the war in Iraq.
Feinstein's campaign manager, Kam Kuwata, said the senator did not support Bush and believed that she had been misled by his administration. With troops committed, Feinstein believes immediate withdrawal is unworkable, he said.
``Senator Feinstein's position is, `Let's work toward quickly turning over the defense of Iraq to Iraqis so that we can bring the troops home as soon as possible,' '' Kuwata said in an interview Saturday.
