Green Party passes on Roseanne Barr as vice president nominee

[Adenoid_Hynkel]

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/

[Hassin Bin Sober]

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

[MADem]

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

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

[limpyhobbler]

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.

[NuttyFluffers]

4. NOOOO!

oh god why?!

[onehandle]

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

They deserve each other.

[Tx4obama]

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

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

[proud patriot]

7. good call