DiFi vs. Cindy - who WOULD you vote for?

[derby378]

Poll question: DiFi vs. Cindy - who WOULD you vote for?

If it came down to a showdown for Dianne Feinstein's Senate seat, who would you vote for if Cindy Sheehan follows through with a possible run?

[joeybee12]

1. I think Cindy would lose in the general election, but I'd vote for her

and campaign for her to teach DiFi a lesson. Not even sure if I'd want Cindy to beat DiFi, but DiFi needs some major bitch-slapping to remmeber who got her there in the first place.

[robbedvoter]

2. After Cindy's latest loney tune stands, I'd stay home.

[Democrat 4 Ever]

3. I love Cindy Sheehan, would support her in any and all stands

against the war but she has jumped the shark on some issues that I feel strong about. Sorry, but can't support her carte blanch on any and all things just because "Cindy says." Supporting someone or an issue no matter what is what the repugs do and not for me.

That said, Cindy will always be a hero to me for what she has done for this country.

[derby378]

5. Good on ya, D4E

Critical thinking is what we need most at this stage in our nation's history.

I love Cindy, but I have no doubt that she and I are gonna disagree on more than a few policy issues.

[Mutley]

8. I agree.

She put a face on the anti-war movement and let the country know there was and anti-war movement -- a wonderful achievement for which I will always be grateful. But I too will not blindly support everything she does.

[progressivebydesign]

16. You really captured my feelings perfectly.

I have been trying to express that on ohter threads but it comes out awkward. I like the way you said it.

[AZBlue]

32. Mine too. (nt)

[jonnyblitz]

11. i keep missing these loony stands everybody talks about.

she is against the war and criticizes everybody, including DEMS on it. seriously what are the looney stands she takes?

[robbedvoter]

15. Bush is better than Clinton - pretty loony in my book

"Clinton killed more Iraquis than W and should've been impeached for it"

[EST]

4. Cindy--in a heartbeat.

Short reasons:
No connection to fasciocorporatism
Unwilling to triangulate or equivocate, even in the face of adversity
Imagine DiFi spending weeks in a snake, fire ant and scorpion-infested ditch
in the unforgiving Texas weather, in August
Takes on the pretender to the presidency without all the symbolic forelock tugging and foot scraping
Bright, intelligent and focused and not yet besmirched by rubbing elbows with the DeLays, Abramoffs, and McCains of the world
Did not grow up and spend adult life with silver foot in mouth, ie, really does see the world as do 70% of the pop.
Has very few, if any skeletons in the closet, with the attendant expense of horsepower needed to hide or protect them
Speaks well and clearly-no need to go hunting for hidden meanings or secondary purposes
She is a person (shudder) that I would like to have a beer with!
Does not give a damn if you're gay, straight, black or white, You are human and that is enough
Is clearly aware that crap does not smell pretty, no matter whether it's democrat or republican
There is more but that's sufficient.

[Straight Shooter]

6. My vote would be "against" DiFi, not "for" Cindy.

Ms. Sheehan has become somewhat abrasive at times and over the top, but I think if she could be mentored by a politician such as Ted Kennedy, she would be terrific. The potential to do great good for citizens is definitely within her.

[Marleyb]

7. A real person over a corporate whore any day!

We need to replace the entire congress with Cindy Sheehans!

[nickshepDEM]

9. Feinstein in a NY minute.

[jonnyblitz]

10. no brainer. cindy. feinstein is awful.

everybody is nitpicking about cindy's flaws in their comments yet overlooking Feinsteins entrenched major flaws.

eh fuck it. this place is getting too right wing for me. i need to take a break.

[Pithy Cherub]

12. As a California resident, Cindy.

DiFi's IWR vote, medicare, props to corporations et al are enduring misfires on matters of life and death. Cindy would learn to modify her tone - not her principles.

[guidod]

30. I'm also a Californian and

DiFi has to go. I can't take anymore of her.

[Tierra_y_Libertad]

13. An anti-war, progressive activist vs a pandering politician?

Gee, let me think about it.

[robbedvoter]

17. If she's so antiwar, why is she implying Iraquis were worst off BEFORE

the war started than they are now? She is no longer anti-war. Now she is COINTELPRO - or their tool.

[Tierra_y_Libertad]

19. She's talking about the deaths incurred by the sanctions.

"COINTELPRO - or their tool"? Based on what?

[robbedvoter]

21. Ramsey Clark talking points - discredit anti-war movement

Just for once in our lives: could we focus on THE WAR?????

[bpilgrim]

22. Anyone who speaks truth to power is the enemy of the powerful

same as it ever was...

WAR CRIMES

A Report on United States War Crimes Against Iraq to the Commission of Inquiry for the International War Crimes Tribunal

by Ramsey Clark and Others
http://deoxy.org/wc/wc-index.htm

peace

[robbedvoter]

23. newsflash: Bill Clinton is not in power anymore...Nice try.

This may be her ticket to media whoredom.

[bpilgrim]

24. US should not leave Iraq: Clinton

DAVOS: Former US President Bill Clinton said on Saturday that US efforts to improve Iraq should not be abandoned and warned that all options for Iran must be considered.

Speaking to attendees at the World Economic Forum's annual meeting, Clinton said the US, and its supporters, should not leave Iraq prematurely.

"We shouldn't just precipitously give this thing up and say it can't work," he said "If this thing works, it'll be a good thing for everbody in the Middle East. If it doesn't, it'll be trouble."

Clinton also warned that all options should be considered with Iran, which is resuming its nuclear programme, "including UN sanctions."

more...
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=102x2071782

you accuse a mother who lost a son in Iraq of 'media whoredom' while this POS endorses sending even more to DIE and only ever cares about IMAGE.

how rational. and so it goes...

peace

[Tierra_y_Libertad]

26. Why shouldn't she talk about more than the war?

Martin Luther King talked about more than Civil Rights. She's not "discrediting the anti-war movement", she's enhancing it by being consistant in her criticism of pro-war politicians.

[leesa]

14. I will not vote for Feinstein again. And I am from California.

[Greyhound]

18. A vote against DINOstein. No idea if Sheehan would be a good

representative, but she couldn't be worse. :eyes: :shrug: :eyes:

[Adelante]

20. If Cindy wants to run for office

Let it be against a Republican. Enough already with her Dem-bashing stupidity.

[Tierra_y_Libertad]

25. She's speaking against pro-war Democrats.

And, is willing to run against them. And, whoever the Repugs dare to run against her.

[Adelante]

29. I understand that

I'd rather no votes be taken away from Democratic seats. I mean, we're trying to gain seats, not lose them. Aren't we?

[MODemocrat]

27. What is Cindy's political background?

She seems to be a very articulate and passionate person, but I would need to know more about her political background before commiting myself to voting for her.

[Cleita]

33. I think she's been a fast learner. I wish I could learn as fast as

her.

[NoPasaran]

28. I think Cindy is way too pure of soul

to be an effective senator.

[Cleita]

31. If Cindy wants to run against my Congressman, Bill Thomas,

here in California, she not only would have my vote but a volunteer in her campaign. This guy has run unopposed for two elections, since I got stuck with him in a gerrymandering trick.

He is head of the Ways and Means Committee in Washington and really needs to go.

[Renew Deal]

34. Feinstein

Cindy loses almost all moral high ground if she runs for office.

[Cleita]

35. So are you saying that you have to have a low moral

ground to run for office? Does Dianne have a low moral ground? Yeah, I guess so.

[Popol Vuh]

36. Dianne Feinstein

is a corporate Dem that betrayed my union when she called for George Bush to invoke the Taft Hartley Act on us.

Between Dianne and Cindy I'd without hesitation give my vote to Cindy.

[saltpoint]

37. Voted for Senator Feinstein. I don't believe Cindy Sheehan will run,

or if she does, I don't think she can wrest the nomination from the very popular Dianne Feinstein in California.

That isn't to say that I don't like Cindy Sheehan. It also isn't to say that I appreciate Dianne Feinstein's support of Condi Rice, etc. either.

But Feinstein is very shrewd and also very popular. I think it would be a doomed commitment to challenge her.