Thu Jul 12, 2012, 01:17 AM

Green Party passes on Roseanne Barr as vice president nominee

Source: Raw Story

WASHINGTON — Comedian-activist Roseanne Barr has failed in her bid for a starring role in Washington’s corridors of power, but the Green Party still hopes she’ll inspire other celebrities to join its ranks.

Barr had been on a short list of potential vice-presidential running mates for Jill Stein, a Massachusetts doctor with a long-shot hope of becoming the first Green president of the United States in this November’s election.

In the end, Stein, 62, opted for Cheri Honkala, 49, a former homeless single mother who is a community activist in Philadelphia and national coordinator for the Poor People’s Economic Human Rights Campaign.

“Our hope is that Roseanne will continue to be a strong voice on behalf of real political change and the Green Party,” Stein told reporters Wednesday ahead of the Greens’ national convention in Baltimore this weekend.

Read more: http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2012/07/11/green-party-passes-on-roseanne-barr-as-vice-president-nominee/

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Green Party passes on Roseanne Barr as vice president nominee (Original post)	Adenoid_Hynkel	Jul 2012	OP
She's young. She'll bounce back.	Hassin Bin Sober	Jul 2012	#1
Roseanne had the second most delegates...! Oh well.	MADem	Jul 2012	#2
I wonder if they are going to be a threat. Like could they swing one state?	limpyhobbler	Jul 2012	#3
NOOOO!	NuttyFluffers	Jul 2012	#4
Why not? She's a nut and they rendered themselves forever irrelevant in the USA.	onehandle	Jul 2012	#5
I would never vote for Roseanne ... BUT I want to say ...	Tx4obama	Jul 2012	#6
good call	proud patriot	Jul 2012	#7

Response to Adenoid_Hynkel (Original post)

Thu Jul 12, 2012, 01:20 AM

Hassin Bin Sober (8,620 posts)

1. She's young. She'll bounce back.

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Thu Jul 12, 2012, 01:24 AM

MADem (86,144 posts)

2. Roseanne had the second most delegates...! Oh well.

Not a very balanced ticket, but it doesn't matter. They're not winning.

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Thu Jul 12, 2012, 02:09 AM

limpyhobbler (6,693 posts)

3. I wonder if they are going to be a threat. Like could they swing one state?

It's possible. I would watch Ohio for that. Probably won't be anything though.

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Thu Jul 12, 2012, 02:48 AM

NuttyFluffers (6,465 posts)

4. NOOOO!

oh god why?!

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Thu Jul 12, 2012, 04:21 AM

onehandle (35,501 posts)

5. Why not? She's a nut and they rendered themselves forever irrelevant in the USA.

They deserve each other.

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Thu Jul 12, 2012, 04:32 AM

Tx4obama (28,981 posts)

6. I would never vote for Roseanne ... BUT I want to say ...

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Last year I watched her "Roseanne's Nuts" reality show and in one of the episodes she went to a girls organization or school or something and gave an awesome SERIOUS speech to the girls about women's rights, etc. I was very impressed and saw a side of Roseanne that I had never seen before.

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Edited to add:

And her LGBT Pride 2011 Grand Marshal Speech was pretty good too

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Thu Jul 12, 2012, 06:17 AM

proud patriot (99,659 posts)

7. good call

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