Cindy Sheehan campaign office damaged and computer stolen
Cindy Sheehan’s Campaign Headquarters Heavily Damaged in Late Night Attack
Oct 30 06:03 PM US/EasternSAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 30 /PRNewswire/—Just 5 days before the election, at 3a.m. on October 30th, all of the front windows of the Cindy Sheehan for Congress campaign offices were shattered. Although staffers had been in the office less than an hour earlier, no one was in the building at the time of the incident. No one was hurt and there were no witnesses. Cindy Sheehan is a candidate for Congress in California’s 8th Congressional District race against incumbent Nancy Pelosi (D-CA).
“It seems to have been a calculated intimidation tactic,” said Tiffany Burns, the Cindy for Congress campaign manager. “One of our computers was stolen, but no other property was taken from our offices and no surrounding buildings were targeted. Clearly they wanted to both frighten us and to gather information.” Total damage to the campaign office is currently estimated at more than $5,000.
The Cindy for Congress campaign recently chronicled a series of unusual events, including other threats of violence, in a statement issued on October 13th. In that statement, Cindy Sheehan noted “[t]he past few weeks have been a little strange at Cindy for Congress [...] the things that have been happening could just be coincidences, or a run of bad luck, but the climate for the possibility of campaign hanky-panky certainly exists.”
Campaign staffers also note each incident, including today’s early morning incident, has followed closely on the heels of a confrontation with Cindy Sheehan’s opponent Nancy Pelosi. This morning’s incident occurred after an on-air confrontation between the two candidates on KQED’s public affairs program Forum with Michael Krasny on Wednesday morning.
“Each time we confront her, each time we ask her for a debate, each time we gain ground in the polls, something horrible happens,” said Burns. “Once or twice might be a coincidence, but such a consistent correlation is hard to ignore.”
SOURCE Cindy Sheehan; Cindy for Congress
On the 27th I wrote:
KQED sold out too - refusing equal time for Cindy Sheehan
So I just looked up KQED’s forum and listened to Pelosi in the first half hour. Apparently Cindy declined to be on the 2nd half hour with the other candidates, but she called in and asked Pelosi about the Bush impeachment. It’s fascinating to hear Pelosi claim that there’s no reason to impeach Bush.
Cindy Sheehan is one of the few Americans who tried so hard to make a difference, found out how corrupt BOTH parties are and had the guts to stand up against them.
NOTHING will change for the better as long as the people refuse to acknowledge that BOTH parties are owned by the bankers and corporations.
Posted by Christine on 10/30/2008 at 07:10 PM
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