Congresswoman Schakowsky: Entrenched in the Cindy Sheehan camp

Marathon Pundit has the terrible misfortune of being represented in the US House of Representatives by Jan Schakowsky, one of the most liberal members in Congress.

In my last significant post about Congresscritter Schakowsky, from June 22, I called her on the carpet for this comment she made about Dick Durbin's now legendary Gitmo comments:

"The Bush Administration and Republican leaders are engaged in a pathetic attempt to make Senator Dick Durbin's condemnation of the use of torture at Guantanamo Bay an issue. As a result of the revelations of conditions at Guantanamo, Abu Ghraib, and Bagram prison in Afghanistan, the Republicans owe the American people, our soldiers and veterans an apology for undermining American values such as the Rule of Law, putting our troops at greater risk around the world, and cutting veterans health care benefits when they come home."

It was unclear when that comment by Schakowsky was made. So, identifying myself as a "free-lance journalist and blogger," I faxed her DC office and to summarize, asked her two questions.

• Did you make that comment before Durbin's second, more substantial apology?
• And if the answer to the second question is "Yes," do you still stand by your comments.

Well, I never heard from Jan or her staff. I guess she's written off this constituent and this "free-lance journalist."

A couple of posts back, I referenced a Ben Johnson Front Page Magazine article about Cindy Sheehan, Schakowsky is mentioned. Here is that part of the article:

Then came the callers. Congresswoman Jan Schakowsky, D-IL, who described herself as a member of the "Out-of-Iraq Coalition," called in for the (Democrats.com web) broadcast. Rep. Schakowsky, a member of the Congressional Progressive Caucus, gushed, "I'm just so proud of you. My heart is with you." Schakowsky, like Medea Benjamin, gushes over Fidel Castro, as well; Schakowsky has consistently tried to ease travel restrictions to the island gulag. For these and other "progressive" efforts, Schakowsky received an award from the Democratic Socialists of America.)

Moron Schakowsky:

As reported here several times on Marathon Pundit, Schakowsky's husband, Robert Creamer, is awaiting trial for fraud charges. John Kass of the Chicago Tribune writes:

.....Robert Creamer was indicted last year on federal charges of kiting millions of dollars worth of checks and cheating on his income tax, while running the liberal, aggressive good-government group Illinois Public Action...

Although she has not been implicated in the scandal, Congresscritter Jan was on the Illinois Public Action Council Board of Directors at the time the financial misdeeds were taking place.

Also, presumably, Jan and Robert were living in the same house at the time.

That end's today's post about Jan Schakowsky, Marathon Pundit's rep in the House.