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 Washingtons corridors of power, but the Green Party still hopes shell 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 Novembers 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 Peoples 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/
Hassin Bin Sober
(26,339 posts)MADem
(135,425 posts)Not a very balanced ticket, but it doesn't matter. They're not winning.
limpyhobbler
(8,244 posts)It's possible. I would watch Ohio for that. Probably won't be anything though.
NuttyFluffers
(6,811 posts)oh god why?!
onehandle
(51,122 posts)They deserve each other.
Tx4obama
(36,974 posts)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