I don’t know whether to scratch my head (), catch flies (:eek:) or Let’s go to the quarry and throw stuff down there (:D), but Roseanne Barr has filed paperwork to the Green Party seeking to be their presidential nominee.
I hope she gets the nomination. Hell, I hope she gets it and then she participates in some debates. I mean, it was one kind of entertainment to watch Palin on TV, it’ll be a completely different kind of entertainment to watch Roseanne campaign.
On a side note, I think she’s looking pretty good in the photo that accompanies the AP article. I don’t think I’ve seen her at all in over 10 years.
I, for one, welcome our prospective blue-collar abrasive Comedianne-in-Chief domestic goddess overlord to the POTUS campaign.
I saw an interview of Roseanne at least two years ago where she mentioned her desire to run for president. She seemed serious about it, and I think it’s cool that she followed up on the promise to toss her hat in the ring.
The previous Green candidates (McKinney, Nader, etc) did not participate in nationally televised debates. Perot is the only 3rd party I recall doing that. Nader tried to debate in 2000, but was not allowed to even enter the building. Roseanne may go with the Buddy Roemer strategy of tweeting answers during debates.
The people who run the presidential debates now require polling support of 5%. I don’t see the Green Party in general, or Barr in particular meeting that measure this election.
I hereby announce my intention to throw my hat OUT of the ring.
Celebrities and other attention whores (yes, I am looking at Newt and The Donald) have discovered a new way to get air time. The various news agencies eat it up, actually take them seriously and fall all over themselves to shine the spotlight on them. When the celebrity inevitably turns out to be empty on the issues the talking heads pat themselves on the back and move on to the next celebrity, apparently not understanding that “there is no such thing as bad publicity.”
The League of Women Voters sponsored the debates until 1988. Then they were taken over by the Commission on Presidential Debates, which is made up of Democratic and Republican party officials. So nobody gets a place in the debates unless they agree, you see where this is going? Perot was too big a deal for them to exclude, apparently, but Nader never was.
I think she’s less funny than he is these days. Less sexually-harras-y, though. And I don’t think any sane person should vote for either of them, although that does exclude a lot of people.
My mistake. Faulty memory. Anderson debated Reagan but Carter refused to participate in that debate. Reagan and Carter also debated but it was a separate debate without Anderson.
I’ve seen a few recent interviews with Barr and IMNSHO she’s kind of whackadoodle. I wouldn’t want to have a prolonged conversation with her, let alone elect her president.
No, he was definitely not invited. In 2000, the commission passed a rule that candidates wouldn’t be invited to a debate unless they got 15 percent support across a bunch of national polls. That’s tough for a third-party campaign.
), catch flies (:eek:) or Let’s go to the quarry and throw stuff down there (:D), but Roseanne Barr has filed paperwork to the Green Party seeking to be their presidential nominee.