She's baaack!!!

Leave it to Cindy Sheehan to compel me to write a blog entry after so long out of the blogging fray. I, apparently unlike Cindy, have a real job that places real demands on my time. I don’t have the luxury of not working because I have bills to pay and so forth, much like the rest of Americans. But, alas, I am back at it to note the latest antics of my now favorite war protestor. After her alleged retirement from the protesting business, Cindy is back, far-fetched as ever.

Now, Cindy’s target is another of my favorite liberals, San Fran Nan. Yes, none other than the first female Speaker of the House of Representatives, Nancy Pelosi.

Cindy has announced her intentions to run against Nancy if her highness, check that, her speakerness, doesn’t bring articles of impeachment against President Bush. I do not wish to debate that subject now as the mere mention of impeachment leads to frantic and crazed debate from both sides of the political spectrum. However, I do want to mention that Ms. Pelosi has been quoted as saying that she would NOT seek said articles of impeachment against the President. Will the pressure of a potential challenge from Cindy change her mind? If it does, let the debate then rage over how power thirsty all of our elected officials are, from both parties. It boggles the mind.

But, here comes Cindy, yet again. What exactly qualifies her to be a US Representative? I mean, what qualifies most of them, but especially what qualifies Cindy? To my knowledge, she hasn’t held a job for the past two years. Now she wants to run on an antiwar platform to unseat one of her own. Cindy is disgruntled with all aspects of politics and feels that the Democrats haven’t done any better than the Republicans since the takeover of the November 2006 elections. To be honest, I have to agree with Cindy on that note, but obviously for far different reasons.

What is the point, Mr. Right Wing Zealot? The point is two-fold: First, Cindy just keeps on going, like the Energizer bunny. It is frightening that someone as shrill as she is can keep getting the media attention that she gets. The left seems to want to stop the war, fair enough, but also claims to support the troops. Yet, their version of “support” leaves quite a bit to be desired in my humble opinion. Point number two: Will Nancy Pelosi stand for this? The media is obviously going to run with this story, especially if Cindy actually does challenge her. I mean hell; even I took the time to write about it. But where will this leave Nancy, arguably the most powerful woman in American politics (sorry Hillary) and the now (dare I say) “mainstream” whacky liberal Democrats? And we all thought the 2008 presidential campaign would be exciting.

Cindy, perhaps NOW is the time to take the swan song and just fade away. I think Nancy might be a bit too much for even you to handle.