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Cindy
Sheehan gained fame in the summer
of 2005 for her anti-war activism and
her vigil outside of President George
W. Bush's Texas ranch. Sheehan's son,
Casey,
served in Iraq with the U.S. Army,
losing his life on April 4,
2004. On June
18, 2004, President Bush met with Cindy
Sheehan and other parents who had lost
sons or daughters in the war. This
meeting took place at Fort Lewis, an
Army base near Tacoma, Washington.
After Casey's death, Cindy Sheehan
co-founded Gold Star Families for
Peace, and began making anti-war and
anti-Bush speeches. On
August 6, 2005, Sheehan began a
demonstration outside President Bush's
ranch in Crawford, Texas, attracting
major media coverage and sparking
nation-wide discussion over her role,
and the continued war in
Iraq. After
her initial demonstration in Crawford,
Texas ended, Sheehan participated in
other protests around the nation and
gave speeches against the war and
against President Bush. In the
summer of 2006, Cindy Sheehan used some
of the money she received from her
son's death to purchase land in
Crawford, Texas. She did this in order
to facilitate more anti-war and
anti-Bush protests and
demonstrations. In
July, 2007, Sheehan demanded that the
Democrats in Congress impeach Bush and
Cheney and remove the troops from Iraq,
or she would launch an election
campaign against House Speaker Nancy
Pelosi, a Democrat. On
August 9, 2007, Cindy Sheehan announced
her intention to run as an independent
candidate for Congress against House
Speaker Nancy Pelosi. Sheehan
officially opened her campaign
headquarters in San Francisco on
December 8, 2007. Cindy Sheehan began a
petition drive to collect 10,198 valid
signatures, the requirement for her to
get on the ballot as an independent
candidate for U.S. House. On August 8,
2008, Sheehan officially qualified as a
candidate on the ballot. Sheehan's
official campaign website is at
http://www.cindyforcongress.org/. Family:
Husband--
Patrick Sheehan (who filed for divorce
on August 12, 2005) Mother--Shirley
Miller Sons:
Casey Sheehan
(1979-2004), and Andy Sheehan
Daughters:
Carly Sheehan, and Jane Sheehan
Sources:
G.
Gordon Liddy Smears Cindy Sheehan
As
Anti-Semitic
- Newshounds.us Rush
Limbaugh compares death of Casey
Sheehan to "forged
documents" Arrest
In Texas Protest
Cross-Up(Desecration of Camp
Casey Article) -
TheSmokingGun.com Cindy
Sheehan's Pitched Battle - In a
Tent Near Bush's Ranch, Antiwar
Mother of Dead Soldier Gains
Visibility
Michael A. Fletcher,
Washington
Post
13 August 2005, Page
A01 Guardian
Unlimited - Bereaved mother camps
outside Bush ranch US
Newswire - More to Join
Sheehan The
Latest Cindy Sheehan News At Camp
Casey CNN
- Soldier's mom digs in near Bush
ranch - 7 August
2005 NY
Times - Mother Takes Protest
to Bush's Ranch 7 August
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