'Peace Mom' Still Campaigning Against War

[leftchick]

http://www.guardian.co.uk/worldlatest/story/0,,-5664879,00.html

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - Lunching in the Mission District in a dark skirt, black cardigan and unfussy hairdo, Cindy Sheehan looks every bit the anonymous suburban mom she was not long ago.

That doesn't deter a man who stops at her table to ask for a snapshot and give a word of encouragement as a fellow war protester. ``I remember people calling me a leftist,'' he tells her. ``You got to ignore that.''

In the months since she captured national attention with her August vigil outside President Bush's Texas ranch, Sheehan has gone from grieving mother to widely recognized anti-war campaigner.

``She somehow managed to step out of the shadows and make her voice heard,'' says Michael Nagler, a University of California, Berkeley, professor and founder of the campus' Peace and Conflict Studies program.

[murielm99]

1. People called the man a leftist, and it bothered him?

Not me. I am a proud leftist.

[acmejack]

2. Me too, I wear the appellation with great pride!

I earned it!

[marmar]

3. Exactly...

Say it loud, "Leftist and Proud."

(Apologies to James Brown, but it seemed fitting)

[AndyTiedye]

7. Hard Not to Be, When the Pendulum Has Swung So Far to the Right

[Stockholm]

4. She is starting to become a household name in Europe

Never misunderstimate a mothers determination.

[katinmn]

5. K&N!

[paineinthearse]

6. Details of the past week's activites are in the ACTIVIST HQ nt