# President Roseanne Barr (G-Hawaii) **URL:** \ **Category:** Politics & Elections\ **Created:** [February 3, 2012, 2:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/president-roseanne-barr-g-hawaii/611606 "2012-02-03T02:03:20Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Snowboarder\_Bo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowboarder_bo/32/229_2.png) [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2012, 2:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/president-roseanne-barr-g-hawaii/611606/1 "2012-02-03T02:03:20Z")
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. [ > [@](#): > > The actress-comedian said in a statement that she’s a longtime supporter of the party and looks forward to working with people who share her values. She said the two major parties aren’t serving the American people. > [@](#): > > “I will barnstorm American living rooms,” she said in a candidate questionnaire submitted to the Green Party. “Mainstream media will be unable to ignore me, but more importantly they will be unable to overlook the needs of average Americans in the run-up to the 2012 election.” ]([http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US\_ROSEANNE\_PRESIDENTIAL\_BID?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT&CTIME=2012-02-02-20-28-55](http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_ROSEANNE_PRESIDENTIAL_BID?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT&CTIME=2012-02-02-20-28-55)) 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. ---
**Author:** ![Enlightening\_Meditation](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ecc23a/32.png) [@Enlightening\_Meditation](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enlightening_Meditation)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2012, 3:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/president-roseanne-barr-g-hawaii/611606/2 "2012-02-03T03:00:24Z")
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. ---
**Author:** ![Frank](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Frank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frank)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2012, 3:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/president-roseanne-barr-g-hawaii/611606/3 "2012-02-03T03:07:46Z")
> [@Enlightening\_Meditation](#): > > The previous Green candidates (McKinney, Nader, etc) did not participate in nationally televised debates. Perot is the only 3rd party I recall doing that. 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. ---
**Author:** ![emcee2k](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7bcc69/32.png) [@emcee2k](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/emcee2k)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2012, 4:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/president-roseanne-barr-g-hawaii/611606/4 "2012-02-03T04:27:09Z")
> [@Enlightening\_Meditation](#): > > …the Buddy Roemer strategy of tweeting answers during debates. Wow, that’s actually kind of sad. ---
**Author:** ![Sudden\_Kestrel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecd19e/32.png) [@Sudden\_Kestrel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sudden_Kestrel)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2012, 4:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/president-roseanne-barr-g-hawaii/611606/5 "2012-02-03T04:46:32Z")
She can be the president and the cabinet, since she claims to have multiple personality disorder. ---
**Author:** ![Simplicio](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c37758/32.png) [@Simplicio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Simplicio)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2012, 6:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/president-roseanne-barr-g-hawaii/611606/6 "2012-02-03T06:14:24Z")
Is anyone _not_ contemplating a run for President this cycle? ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2012, 6:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/president-roseanne-barr-g-hawaii/611606/7 "2012-02-03T06:20:12Z")
It’s true she’s unstable and relentlessly self-promoting and doesn’t deserve to be in any kind of elective office, but she’s no Herman Cain. ---
**Author:** ![What\_the](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/f4b2a3/32.png) [@What\_the](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_the)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2012, 3:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/president-roseanne-barr-g-hawaii/611606/8 "2012-02-03T15:58:24Z")
> [@Marley23](#): > > It’s true she’s unstable and relentlessly self-promoting and doesn’t deserve to be in any kind of elective office, but she’s no Herman Cain. So …ah… you think she’d make a better president than he would? ---
**Author:** ![Musicat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/musicat/32/20189_2.png) [@Musicat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Musicat)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2012, 4:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/president-roseanne-barr-g-hawaii/611606/9 "2012-02-03T16:00:10Z")
> [@What\_the](#): > > So …ah… you think she’d make a better president than he would? The Dream Ticket: Barr / Cain ---
**Author:** ![shiftless](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e9c0ed/32.png) [@shiftless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/shiftless)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2012, 4:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/president-roseanne-barr-g-hawaii/611606/10 "2012-02-03T16:01:54Z")
> [@Simplicio](#): > > Is anyone _not_ contemplating a run for President this cycle? 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.” ---
**Author:** ![Rhythmdvl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/85f322/32.png) [@Rhythmdvl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rhythmdvl)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2012, 4:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/president-roseanne-barr-g-hawaii/611606/11 "2012-02-03T16:20:36Z")
> [@Simplicio](#): > > Is anyone _not_ contemplating a run for President this cycle? Gary Coleman ☹ ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2012, 4:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/president-roseanne-barr-g-hawaii/611606/12 "2012-02-03T16:26:40Z")
> [@Enlightening\_Meditation](#): > > 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 League of Women Voters [sponsored the debates until 1988.](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/U.S._presidential_debate#Debate_sponsorship) Then they were taken over by the [Commission on Presidential Debates,](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/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. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2012, 4:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/president-roseanne-barr-g-hawaii/611606/13 "2012-02-03T16:30:24Z")
> [@Enlightening\_Meditation](#): > > 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. John Anderson debated Carter and Reagan in 1980. ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2012, 4:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/president-roseanne-barr-g-hawaii/611606/14 "2012-02-03T16:32:17Z")
> [@What\_the](#): > > So …ah… you think she’d make a better president than he would? 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. ---
**Author:** ![campp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c5a1d2/32.png) [@campp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/campp)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2012, 4:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/president-roseanne-barr-g-hawaii/611606/15 "2012-02-03T16:32:22Z")
I thought Nader participated, but my memory must be faulty. ---
**Author:** ![YogSothoth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/8edcca/32.png) [@YogSothoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/YogSothoth)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2012, 4:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/president-roseanne-barr-g-hawaii/611606/16 "2012-02-03T16:35:07Z")
Just don’t let her sing the national anthem again ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2012, 4:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/president-roseanne-barr-g-hawaii/611606/17 "2012-02-03T16:36:16Z")
> [@Little\_Nemo](#): > > John Anderson debated Carter and Reagan in 1980. 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. ---
**Author:** ![purplehorseshoe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/purplehorseshoe/32/2996_2.png) [@purplehorseshoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/purplehorseshoe)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2012, 4:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/president-roseanne-barr-g-hawaii/611606/18 "2012-02-03T16:36:58Z")
> [@shiftless](#): > > 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.” Bolding mine, and that was an, ah, interesting mental image there. ---
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2012, 4:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/president-roseanne-barr-g-hawaii/611606/19 "2012-02-03T16:38:55Z")
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. ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2012, 4:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/president-roseanne-barr-g-hawaii/611606/20 "2012-02-03T16:44:51Z")
> [@campp](#): > > I thought Nader participated, but my memory must be faulty. 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. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/president-roseanne-barr-g-hawaii/611606.md?page=2)