HolyCoast: Angry Lefties Increasing Pressure on Hillary
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Tuesday, December 06, 2005

Angry Lefties Increasing Pressure on Hillary

The news from the radical left is not getting any better for Hillary. I reported a few days ago on the increasing agitation among the anti-war lefties regarding Hillary's straddling of the war issue, and now she's not a bunch of grannies and hairy-legged Code Pink "ladies" chasing after her:

Anti-war activists furious with Sen. Hillary Clinton are vowing to bird-dog her everywhere she goes, starting with a swanky Manhattan fund-raiser tonight.
Clinton's letter last week clarifying her position on Iraq - which included rejecting a timetable for withdrawal - fanned the anger of some war opponents, who decided to launch a campaign against New York's junior senator.

"We're calling it Bird-Dog Hillary," said Medea Benjamin of the peace group Codepink.

"I'm so mad at her," said Nancy Kricorian, Codepink's New York City coordinator. "We will dog her wherever she goes."

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"Stop waffling, and let's work on bringing the troops home," said Bill Dobbs of United for Peace. Dobbs and Benjamin predicted Clinton or any Democrat would lose a White House bid in 2008 if they run on a pro-war platform.

Democratic consultant Hank Sheinkopf said Clinton has little to fear from anti-war activists, as long as she looks deliberative. "The right wing and the left wing both want to move her to the left. She can't let them do that," Sheinkopf said.

The anti-war grannies were going to protest, but apparently Clinton's events were either too far from a bathroom, or past their bedtime.

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