Please Pay Attention to Me

Will Sheehan ever get tired of cheap publicity stunts? Imagine the pain of having to cheer Nancy Pelosi in a primary election.

Cindy Sheehan, the mother of a slain soldier whose attacks on President George W. Bush made her a darling of the antiwar movement, has a new target: House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif.

Sheehan, who announced in late May that she was leaving the peace movement, said she will run against Pelosi unless the congresswoman moves to oust Bush in the next two weeks.

“I think all politicians should be held accountable,” Sheehan said Sunday. “Democrats and Americans feel betrayed by the Democratic leadership. We hired them to bring an end to the war.”

Sheehan said she will run as an independent against the San Francisco Democrat in 2008 if Pelosi does not file articles of impeachment against Bush by July 23. That’s when Sheehan and her supporters are to arrive in Washington, D.C., after a 13-day caravan and walking tour starting from the group’s war protest site near Bush’s ranch in Crawford.

Although Sheehan has never held public office, she said she already has the name recognition and would not have to run against Pelosi in a primary.

I hate to see Nancy Pelosi happy, but she must find this entire charade amusing. What could be better publicity than kicking Sheehan's butt in a primary election?