Reported on Drudge:  Sheehan has been a consistent and persistent thorn in the side of any democrat who is not as zealous as she is.  She has called out Hillary and other lukewarm Anti-War Democrats, and now she has taken aim at a larger target.

Congress in general.

At issue here was her demanding they stop funding the war ahead of all other issues, where as the Democrats had ethics reform as their first new agenda item.

Protesters disrupt press conference on lobbying reform

House Democrats tried to unveil their lobbying reform package today, but their press conference was drowned out by chants from anti-war activists who want Congress to stop funding the Iraq war before taking on other issues.

Led by Cindy Sheehan, the mother of a slain soldier, the protesters chanted "De-escalate, investigate, troops home now" as Democratic Caucus Chairman Rahm Emanuel, D-Ill., began outlining the Democrats’ plans to ban lobbyist-funded travel and institute other ethics reforms. The press conference was held in the Cannon House Office Building in an area open to the public.

Emanuel finally gave up trying to be heard over the chants, and retreated to a caucus room where Democrats were meeting.

Sheehan says she has nothing against lobbying reform, but she and her fellow anti-war activists want Democrats to know they will keep pressuring Congress to end the war in Iraq.

"We wanted the Democrats to know they’re back in power because of the grass roots," Sheehan says.

The anti-war activists held their own Capitol Hill press conference earlier in the day before deciding to attend the lobbying reform press conference as well.

Before the chanting started, Sheehan got a hug from Rep. John Conyers, D-Mich., the new chairman of the House Judiciary Committee.

I am almost sympathetic to the Democrats here.  Ethics reform is something I fundamentally think is necessary, and Sheehan is someone I am patently unsympathetic to in any event. 

But there is an ugly truth hiding behind here, which is that by pandering to her as Mother Sheehan all those weeks she camped out at Crawford Texas, the Democrats have essentially empowered her, almost like creating their own personal anti Bush Frankenstein monster. 

The problem is that her true target is not just Bush, it is anyone that stands between her and her personalized anti war agenda.  Bush is only one target, the war is her goal.

Like the storybook Dr Frankenstein, their monster has now returned home to create chaos and woe.   The Democrats should be able to find the person to blame in their mirrors.

Time to pay the piper.

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