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2012/02/03 17:13:29
Subject: Finally, a presidential candidate we can all agree on
(CNN) – The Green Party welcomed comedian Roseanne Barr as a presidential candidate Friday, following her Twitter announcement.
A spokesman for the grassroots movement said she completed the party's requirements to run under the Green banner and will promote their platform ahead of the 2012 election.
Scott McLarty, national media coordinator for the party, said Barr and Jill Stein, the other candidate that met the qualifications, are committed to ending the influence of corporate money on politics and elections and served as active participants in the Occupy Wall Street movement.
"She's showing that she really is understanding what the Green Party is about and support our positions and our values," McLarty said of Barr. "It's great that someone who is so well known is campaigning not just in the party but for the party."
Barr, who previously supported President Barack Obama, announced her bid Thursday via Twitter.
"I am running for Green Party nominee for POTUS. I am an official candidate. I am4 the Greening of America&theworld. Green=peace/justice," she wrote.
The former star of "Roseanne," the sitcom that ran from 1988 to 1997, has flirted with a run in the past, telling Jay Leno over the summer, perhaps jokingly that she intended to campaign for the White House. She briefly starred in the Lifetime series "Roseanne's Nuts" in 2011 that documented her life on a macadamia nut and livestock farm in Hawaii and has since appeared at Occupy events.
Stein, a medical doctor and environmental and health advocate, ran for Massachusetts state representative in 2004 and secretary of state in 2006 as a member of the Green-Rainbow Party.
Six individuals, including Barr and Stein, filed with the Federal Election Commission to register as 2012 Green Party presidential candidates. However, the party is currently only recognizing Barr and Stein due to internal rules that include requiring the submission of a financial report and a list of supporters.
Greens typically emphasize environmentalism, participatory democracy, free speech and social justice and have achieved some electoral success at the local level. Ralph Nader most notably ran for president in 1996 and 2000 as a Green, capturing nearly 3 million votes in the later contest.
The party's national convention ahead of the 2012 race will take place in Baltimore between July 12 and July 15 and McLarty said the Green nomination will offer welcome relief from the GOP battle and dissatisfaction with Obama.
"We have a pair of candidates who are running for working Americans," McLarty said.
And of course, he added, "the publicity is great."
Barr did not return a request for comment from CNN.
I remember watching her show in the early 90's and thinking to myself "Now there's someone who deserves to be president."
I have given up voting on presidents. Me voting for obama or a republican in the middle of the most liberal county in a very liberal state is just useless
I will only go for the ballots
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2012/02/03 19:47:04
Subject: Re:Finally, a presidential candidate we can all agree on
Powder Burns wrote:what they need to make is a fullsize leatherman, like 14" long folded, with a bone saw, notches for bowstring, signaling flare, electrical hand crank generator, bolt cutters..
2012/02/03 22:26:59
Subject: Finally, a presidential candidate we can all agree on
I have given up voting on presidents. Me voting for obama or a republican in the middle of the most liberal county in a very liberal state is just useless
I will only go for the ballots
Try the reverse. Being liberal in one of the most red states we have....
"But i'm more than just a little curious, how you're planning to go about making your amends, to the dead?" -The Noose-APC
"Little angel go away
Come again some other day
The devil has my ear today
I'll never hear a word you say" Weak and Powerless - APC
2012/02/04 01:35:06
Subject: Re:Finally, a presidential candidate we can all agree on
We need to perfect cloning and FAST so we can all get together, discuss which was the BEST overall president ever, and bring that sucker back to life STAT!
Failing that, Ill vote for Ted Nugent
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2012/02/04 01:38:34
Subject: Re:Finally, a presidential candidate we can all agree on
KingCracker wrote:We need to perfect cloning and FAST so we can all get together, discuss which was the BEST overall president ever, and bring that sucker back to life STAT!
That's easy.
James K. Polk.
Drink deeply and lustily from the foamy draught of evil.
W: 1.756 Quadrillion L: 0 D: 2
Haters gon' hate.
2012/02/04 01:49:55
Subject: Finally, a presidential candidate we can all agree on
KingCracker wrote:We need to perfect cloning and FAST so we can all get together, discuss which was the BEST overall president ever, and bring that sucker back to life STAT!
KingCracker wrote:We need to perfect cloning and FAST so we can all get together, discuss which was the BEST overall president ever, and bring that sucker back to life STAT!
That's easy.
James K. Polk.
I'll take Thomas Jefferson.
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2012/02/04 08:48:08
Subject: Finally, a presidential candidate we can all agree on
It's kind of sad that you vote for individual personalities rather than for the policies that their party stands for... Or rather, the corporations pulling their strings (in most cases)...
SilverMK2 wrote:It's kind of sad that you vote for individual personalities rather than for the policies that their party stands for... Or rather, the corporations pulling their strings (in most cases)...
This is not true concerning me and an unfounded accusation. Also, it is not true of every American voter that I know personally.
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