Cindy Sheehan and 50 others arrested in Rep. Conyers office

[EthanAllen]

SHEEHAN ARRESTED IN IMPEACHMENT PROTEST

By NATASHA T. METZLER

The Associated Press
Monday, July 23, 2007; 7:09 PM

WASHINGTON -- Anti-war activist Cindy Sheehan was arrested Monday at
the Capitol for disorderly conduct, shortly after saying she would
run against House Speaker Nancy Pelosi over the California
Democrat's refusal to try to impeach President Bush.

Sheehan was taken into custody inside Rep. John Conyers' office,
where she had spent an hour imploring him to launch impeachment
proceedings against Bush and Vice President Dick Cheney. Conyers, D-
Mich., chairs the House Judiciary Committee, where any impeachment
effort would have to begin.

"The Democrats will not hold this administration accountable, so we
have to hold the Democrats accountable," Sheehan said outside of
Conyers' office after the meeting. "And I for one am going to step
up to the plate and run against Nancy Pelosi."

Sheehan and about 200 other protesters had walked to Conyers' office
from Arlington National Cemetery. She said Conyers told her there
weren't enough votes for impeachment to move forward on the issue.

Forty-five of Sheehan's fellow protesters also were arrested.
Capitol Police spokeswoman Sgt. Kimberly Schneider said that after
they are processed, the arrested activists could each pay a $50 fine
to be released.

"Impeachment is not a fringe movement, it is mandated in our
Constitution. Nancy Pelosi had no authority to take it off the
table," Sheehan told her group of orange-clad activists before they
began their march from the national cemetery.

Sheehan, whose 24-year-old son, Casey, was killed in Iraq, has been
saying for two weeks that she would seek to oust Pelosi from office
by running against her as an independent in her San Francisco
district if Pelosi didn't change her mind by July 23 on trying to
impeach Bush.

Conyers introduced a bill last term calling on Congress to determine
whether there are grounds for impeaching Bush. Pelosi has
steadfastly dismissed any talk of impeachment, saying Democrats
should focus their efforts on ending the war in Iraq.

[Dreepa]

It would be pretty funny if she beat Nancy P...

[LordBaltimore]

I wonder if Reno was arrested.

When Ed kicked him out of the house, he decided to join up with Cindy Sheehan.

[Russell Kanning]

She is probably more famous in CA.

[lildog]

It would be pretty funny if she beat Nancy P...

I wouldn't be too shocked if she did.  She's the reason many democrats are in office at all right now.