Will Roseanne Barr Be the Green Party’s Vice Presidential Candidate?
- Posted on July 11, 2012 at 11:22am by
Jason Howerton
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Roseanne Barr (Photo: AP)
For those who aren‘t particularly excited about either party’s presidential nominees, there is an alternative that should be more compelling to watch: The Green Party — and Roseanne Barr might be the vice presidential pick.
The Green Party’s presumptive nominee, Jill Stein, is expected to announce a running mate this morning in Washington, D.C. the day before their annual convention in Baltimore.
So where does Barr fit in?
“She’s one of the people who was on the shortlist,” Stein’s campaign manager, Ben Manski, told the Washington Post.
We couldn’t make this stuff up.
More from WaPo:
Manski said Barr has not been a distraction from the serious business of campaigning. “It’s a sign of the maturity of the Green Party that we have attracted somebody as well known as Roseanne Barr and as admired for her acting career and activism.”
Yet he said it says even more about the Greens’ growth that they’ve elevated “a seriously homegrown candidate” like Stein — i.e., a veteran Green, unlike the ex-Democrats who once claimed the Green Party’s nomination: Ralph Nader, who won 2.74 percent of the national vote in 2000, and Cynthia McKinney, who got 0.12 percent in 2008.
But can Barr — whose campaign didn’t respond for comment — survive a vetting? On Twitter, she drops what would be a career-ender for any other pol at least once a day: rants against the Catholic Church, plenty of f-words, even the occasional grousing that her own party is trying to “silence me.” And she hasn’t exactly left showbiz: She’s got a sitcom in development, and plans to make a documentary of her campaign
To be fair, Barr did come in second to Stein in delegates, even if it was a very distant second — 84 to Stein’s 205. But she did enter the race in late February and ran an extremely unorthodox campaign, including trying to recruit Willie Nelson as her VP on Twitter. Nonetheless, she will speak at the Wednesday convention right before Stein.
(H/T: Mediaite)
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Comments (51)
nocomment
Posted on July 11, 2012 at 1:42pmThe only ‘green’ Roseanne has going is the mold growing in her boxcar panties. Yikes!
Report Post »SLOWBIDEN
Posted on July 11, 2012 at 7:15pmMaybe she’ll totally disrespect the national anthem for us again.
Report Post »Conservative-Atheist
Posted on July 11, 2012 at 11:59pmThat hags stupidity is only exceeded by her ugliness.
Report Post »charleyrocks
Posted on July 12, 2012 at 6:28amI think she needs to go back to school, she sounds like a old truck driver when she speaks and her message is lost. Not that we want to hear it, she knows nothing about what is going on in the world.
Report Post »jamesctheman
Posted on July 11, 2012 at 1:12pmAmerica really has gone to the crapper. When this is a scenario that happens & even a small portion of Americans would even vote for that shows the absolute decline in the standards of thought in the world today. We, as a people have collectively gone down I.Q. points (Thank you Liberal teachers).
Report Post »What the hell have allowed to happen?
Thomas_Jefferson
Posted on July 11, 2012 at 1:25pmRoseanne Barr it the turd that plugs everybody’s Toilets.
Report Post »booger71
Posted on July 11, 2012 at 1:38pmShe should be vetted into outer space.
Report Post »Constructionist
Posted on July 11, 2012 at 1:06pmIf Roseanne Barr is the answer…
It was a stupid question.
Report Post »ImMadAsHell
Posted on July 11, 2012 at 12:33pmFilthy Fata$$ Loudmouth, Classless, Idiot, stick to your fricken macadamia nuts, COW
Report Post »nappy
Posted on July 11, 2012 at 12:23pmI think they meant “Short bus”.
Oh who cares anyway.. the Green Party is a joke full of jokers.
Report Post »affinity
Posted on July 11, 2012 at 12:22pmSo we have a choice:
1. A Communist Progressive.
2. A moderate RINO Progressive.
3. A physician who nobody ever heard of.
The Republicans believe that people are expendable assets that should be given just enough jobs so they can be constant financial fear and pain. “Control by Pain.”
The Progressives believe that people are expendable assets that should be given just enough jobs to stay alive but live under the total and complete control of the state. “Control by Laws.”
The Greenies believe that people should live in Utopia. “Out of Control.”
I believe that people should control the government and live happy lives. “Government and money should work for people – people shouldn’t work for government and money.”
Report Post »kickagrandma
Posted on July 11, 2012 at 12:18pmOhhhh, goody, goody, goody.
Report Post »Divide the leftist vote~ YES, indeed.
blackyb
Posted on July 11, 2012 at 12:12pmRosanne Barr needs to just sit down and shut up. She is a disgrace to America.
Report Post »Gonzo
Posted on July 11, 2012 at 12:16pmWhy should that hurt her? We elected one last time around.
Report Post »Gonzo
Posted on July 11, 2012 at 12:12pmLast time it was Cynthia Mckinney wasn’t it? I’d say the things are looking up for the Green Party.
Report Post »teddrunk
Posted on July 11, 2012 at 12:12pmGreen Party…LOL….Rosanne Barr…ROFL
Report Post »voxpopuli2012
Posted on July 11, 2012 at 12:00pm“She’s one of the people who was on the shortlist,” Don’t you mean short and dumpy list?
Report Post »MrSunshine
Posted on July 11, 2012 at 1:52pmI think she meant the short bus!
Report Post »RamonPreston
Posted on July 11, 2012 at 8:05pmYou beat me to it.
Report Post »SocialistSlayer
Posted on July 11, 2012 at 11:57amShe looks like whit trash to me, I don’t care how much money she has .
Report Post »blackyb
Posted on July 11, 2012 at 12:13pmShe is a big mouth bully who thinks she is somebody. She made money using her big mouth and fat body as a clown.
Report Post »js1964
Posted on July 11, 2012 at 12:35pmagree
Report Post »AvengerK
Posted on July 11, 2012 at 11:57amI’m pleased to give the Blaze a scoop with this story.
Report Post »Rosanne Barr’s campaign slogan..”Barr for VP…Because America Hasn’t Suffered Enough Yet”.
MODEL82A1
Posted on July 11, 2012 at 11:55amThe Green Party: When You’re Too Dumb to Even Be a Democrat.
Report Post »Tri-ox
Posted on July 11, 2012 at 11:52amRoseanne Barr‘s 2008 ’******* rejuvenation’ surgery completely qualifies her to be Vice President – or something.
Report Post »65Mustang
Posted on July 11, 2012 at 11:51amIf she does, she will only take votes away from Obama…no logical thinking conservative would vote for the clown.
Report Post »MBA
Posted on July 11, 2012 at 11:51amwow, just keep putting the ignorant and uneducated out there to destroy this country even more. Geez!
Report Post »Inlandmar2
Posted on July 11, 2012 at 11:50amThis makes perfect sense! Roseanne’s shadow could be used to minimize global warming.
Report Post »watersRpeople
Posted on July 11, 2012 at 11:41amThe Green Party is like the Fourth Horse of the Apocalypse. It’s like the second horse which is red, but it has changed it’s colors to green – it’s the same horse but of a different color.
Report Post »perry1980
Posted on July 11, 2012 at 11:39amI hope all of the Hollyweird people vote for her
Report Post »JACKTHETOAD
Posted on July 11, 2012 at 11:52amThere’s more Conservatives there than we might think. Watch ‘All’s Faire In Love And War’ and see what you think. Lotsa analogies and metaphors. It went pretty much unnoticed. What a shame.
Report Post »50211bs
Posted on July 11, 2012 at 11:35amW/ our country on the steep decline, crime, unemployment etc. we are really in need of comic relief w/ this joke.
Report Post »watersRpeople
Posted on July 11, 2012 at 11:32am“Green is the new Red.”
Report Post »JACKTHETOAD
Posted on July 11, 2012 at 11:30amIs there a brown party? I think she’s better suited for that one…
Report Post »watersRpeople
Posted on July 11, 2012 at 11:30amI only know of wicked people associated with the Green Party.
Report Post »paperpushermj
Posted on July 11, 2012 at 11:27amOnly if you want to Validate the view many have already that your party is a Joke and Not to be taken seriously.
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