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Quote:Roseanne Barr is running for president: The actress and comedian has submitted paperwork in hopes of becoming the Green Party's candidate.

The Associated Press.

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Barr won an Emmy for her sitcom "Roseanne," which portrayed a blue collar family from 1988 to 1997. She said she would force the news media to focus on working-class Americans.

"I will barnstorm American living rooms," she said in a candidate questionnaire submitted to the party, according to the AP. "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."

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It's unclear how Barr's political aspirations fit into her hopes to return to scripted television with the upcoming NBC project "Downwardly Mobile." NBC picked up the pilot last month for the comedy, in which she would play a mobile-home park operator who serves as a surrogate mother to the strapped people who live there.

Barr appeared last year on a one-season Lifetime show about her macadamia farm in Hawaii, "Roseanne's Nuts." In an interview with TheWrap about her life on the farm, she said she was not left- or right-wing.

"I am no wing. I am an American," she said. "I believe in people-ism. Solutions that work for everybody. I think we should stop dividing ourselves and get food to the hungry and decent food to people all over the world. Clean water. Decent fuel that doesn’t poison us. We're so smart. We can regenerate limbs with stem cells. We can grow safe and good food and get along."

She also described the farm as "a utopia based on everything that isn’t bulls---" and "a community where I am queen."

The Green Party will choose its nominee at its July 12-15 convention in Baltimore.

http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/02/0...9920120203
The sad part is i would vote for her over Obama.
what a joke
RunItUpTheGut Wrote:The sad part is i would vote for her over Obama.
If you would vote for her over Obama, you are just flat out racist. She would be 10x worse than him with EPA type stuff, and would destroy this country a lot faster. She is 10x the idiot you think Obama is.
RunItUpTheGut Wrote:The sad part is i would vote for her over Obama.
I would too but somebody would have to hold a gun to my head to convince me to vote for either of them. Roseanne is on par with Joe Biden when it comes to intelligence and I am not sure either one of them is smart enough to get a monstrosity like Obamacare passed and destroy our way of life. Obama is smarter but he is a dedicated socialist who is succeeding at destroying the American dream.
TheRealVille Wrote:If you would vote for her over Obama, you are just flat out racist. She would be 10x worse than him with EPA type stuff, and would destroy this country a lot faster. She is 10x the idiot you think Obama is.
How the hell does that make him RACIST?

It has nothing to do with him being Black!!!!!
Panther Thunder Wrote:How the hell does that make him RACIST?

It has nothing to do with him being Black!!!!!
Because he said he would vote for Roseanne over Obama, even though she would be 10x worse than him, and believes basically the same as him politically and environmentally, just a whole more to the left.

Have you read the party platform?
Hoot Gibson Wrote:I would too but somebody would have to hold a gun to my head to convince me to vote for either of them. Roseanne is on par with Joe Biden when it comes to intelligence and I am not sure either one of them is smart enough to get a monstrosity like Obamacare passed and destroy our way of life. Obama is smarter but he is a dedicated socialist who is succeeding at destroying the American dream.
I know how you think, and it's pretty obvious you haven't read the green platform, or there would be no way you would pull that lever over Obama.
Panther Thunder Wrote:How the hell does that make him RACIST?

It has nothing to do with him being Black!!!!!
It doesn't you have to consider the source. If the Green Party or any other party managed to win the presidency, gridlock would rule in Congress. The two major parties would tag team an idiot like Roseanne and probably remove her from office within a few months of the election. She would be far preferable to Barack Obama for that very reason. Obama took out an insurance policy against impeachment and his name is Joe Biden.
Hoot Gibson Wrote:It doesn't you have to consider the source. If the Green Party or any other party managed to win the presidency, gridlock would rule in Congress. The two major parties would tag team an idiot like Roseanne and probably remove her from office within a few months of the election. She would be far preferable to Barack Obama for that very reason. Obama took out an insurance policy against impeachment and his name is Joe Biden.
You're not thinking Hoot. We are assuming(pretending) that the green party would even be strong enough to get a candidate elected. If they were that strong, they could handle either party in Washington. The thread is all based on a strong enough green party.
TheRealVille Wrote:I know how you think, and it's pretty obvious you haven't read the green platform, or there would be no way you would pull that lever over Obama.
You know nothing about me. A Green Party candidate for the Virginia Senate, who moved here from Powell County years ago, suggested that I run for office as a Green Party candidate for a local office a few months ago. I politely declined.

Platforms are pretty meaningless and a third party candidate like Roseanne would have no chance to win the presidency. If she did manage to win, there is no way that she would still be in office at the end of her term. There is no way that I would even consider voting for Obama over Roseanne or over any other third party candidate.
TheRealVille Wrote:You're not thinking Hoot. We are assuming(pretending) that the green party would even be strong enough to get a candidate elected. If they were that strong, they could handle either party in Washington. The thread is all based on a strong enough green party.
A third party candidate whose party did not hold a majority of seats in either the Senate or the House would be worse than powerless. In fact, even if a third party gained control over one of the houses of Congress, it is likely that the Republicans and Democrats would work together long enough to make sure that their majority was short lived. That is simply the political reality in this country and it will remain reality until a catastrophe befalls this nation. Even then, it will not be easy for any party to reach parity with either the Democratic and Republican parties.
TheRealVille Wrote:If you would vote for her over Obama, you are just flat out racist. She would be 10x worse than him with EPA type stuff, and would destroy this country a lot faster. She is 10x the idiot you think Obama is.

What does my statement have anything to do about race?
You dont know me or have a damn clue what i stand for.

The fact that many other people would agree shows Obamas complete lack of Persedential ability.
It has nothing to do with race. Had Mr. Obama even made one stride towards making this country better i would do nothing but praise him. I also liked Cain as a potential nominee at the beginning.

And to be 100% honest, if somebody honestly put a damn carrot on the ballot against Obama i would vote for the carrot every time.

Get the **** out of Paintsville before you start talking racism.

Im sick of every damn democrat pulling the race card when it comes to there last resort at making Obama sound like hes doing something.
RunItUpTheGut Wrote:What does my statement have anything to do about race?
You dont know me or have a damn clue what i stand for.

The fact that many other people would agree shows Obamas complete lack of Persedential ability.
It has nothing to do with race. Had Mr. Obama even made one stride towards making this country better i would do nothing but praise him. I also liked Cain as a potential nominee at the beginning.

And to be 100% honest, if somebody honestly put a damn carrot on the ballot against Obama i would vote for the carrot every time.

Get the **** out of Paintsville before you start talking racism.

Im sick of every damn democrat pulling the race card when it comes to there last resort at making Obama sound like hes doing something.
Really? Look at the job graph on Wildcat's signature. It has steadily, but slowly improved since Obama took office. You do realize that everything Obama tries to do, the republicans block him at every turn, right? It really makes no difference, just like the other thread, when you hear the truth, you ignore it.
^That worries me about Washington.

Reps have and are blocking Obama stuff, if a Rep wins the Dems will block that President's stuff.

Sadly, James Madison warned us about this stuff Sad
LWC Wrote:^That worries me about Washington.

Reps have and are blocking Obama stuff, if a Rep wins the Dems will block that President's stuff.

Sadly, James Madison warned us about this stuff Sad
Which of Obama's left wing proposals should Republicans be embracing? Can you give some examples where Republicans were included in helping formulate major legislation that they later opposed? What part of Obamacare reflects Republican values?

Obama totally excluded Republicans from participating in the legislative process when he had majorities in both houses of Congress. Blaming them now for all of his failures now rings pretty hollow to me. He has been the most polarizing president of the modern era and that has been a deliberate political tactic on his part.

It does not work so well when a president controls only the Senate or the House and he has shown no sign of acknowledging the message that voters sent to Washington in 2010 when they returned control of the House to the Republicans and sharply cut the Democrats' majority in the Senate.

It would be smart politically for Obama to include some provisions in legislation that would be popular with Republicans, make it politically costly to oppose. Obama, unlike Bill Clinton, has no pragmatic bones in his body - he is a divisive demagogue and nothing more.
TheRealVille Wrote:Really? Look at the job graph on Wildcat's signature. It has steadily, but slowly improved since Obama took office. You do realize that everything Obama tries to do, the republicans block him at every turn, right? It really makes no difference, just like the other thread, when you hear the truth, you ignore it.

Yes look at them.
I GUARANTEE I can go online and find some meaningless chart showing there actually going down.
Charts and graphs dont mean nothing to me.
When hardworking people can afford to feed there kids and put a little gas in there car without breaking the bank then call me.
This shit is just as bad as it ever was.
RunItUpTheGut Wrote:Yes look at them.
I GUARANTEE I can go online and find some meaningless chart showing there actually going down.
Charts and graphs dont mean nothing to me.
When hardworking people can afford to feed there kids and put a little gas in there car without breaking the bank then call me.
This shit is just as bad as it ever was.
Tell those people to do what I have done for the last 20 years. When it get's slim here, like it is now, I go to the work, wherever it is. It's not that bad when you get out of eastern KY. Your answer is typical of most Kentucky people, they will lay around here, guarding their wife, instead of going out and finding work where it's at. I will do what I have to, to feed my kids. I won't lay around and bitch and whine.
Hoot Gibson Wrote:You know nothing about me. A Green Party candidate for the Virginia Senate, who moved here from Powell County years ago, suggested that I run for office as a Green Party candidate for a local office a few months ago. I politely declined.

Platforms are pretty meaningless and a third party candidate like Roseanne would have no chance to win the presidency. If she did manage to win, there is no way that she would still be in office at the end of her term. There is no way that I would even consider voting for Obama over Roseanne or over any other third party candidate.
You'd be surprised, considering I am friends with some "very old blueblood", not to mention most of my Paintsville friends deal very heavily with coal.
TheRealVille Wrote:You'd be surprised, considering I am friends with some "very old blueblood", not to mention most of my Paintsville friends deal very heavily with coal.
Actually, I would not be surprised. That is exactly what I would expect from you.
Hoot Gibson Wrote:Actually, I would not be surprised. That is exactly what I would expect from you.
You know the old saying, "you've got to know your enemy."
TheRealVille Wrote:Tell those people to do what I have done for the last 20 years. When it get's slim here, like it is now, I go to the work, wherever it is. It's not that bad when you get out of eastern KY. Your answer is typical of most Kentucky people, they will lay around here, guarding their wife, instead of going out and finding work where it's at. I will do what I have to, to feed my kids. I won't lay around and bitch and whine.

Not everybody has the money to just pack up and "go where the work is".

I really cant understand how your so blind to this.
RunItUpTheGut Wrote:Not everybody has the money to just pack up and "go where the work is".

I really cant understand how your so blind to this.
I did it broke. I borrowed, or lived without, until I got a check. Do you think all the people that travel to find work are rich? I did what I had to, to feed my family. Blind to it? I traveled when my family didn't have a pot to piss in. The truth is, most men are scared to death to leave their wife alone to go make money for the family.
TheRealVille Wrote:You know the old saying, "you've got to know your enemy."
Yeah, people who are mentally unbalanced tend to be overly paranoid. If they have no enemies, then they feel compelled to create one to justify their own paranoia. Stalking 101.
Hoot Gibson Wrote:Yeah, people who are mentally unbalanced tend to be overly paranoid. If they have no enemies, then they feel compelled to create one to justify their own paranoia. Stalking 101.
:Thumbs: Don't flatter yourself Hoot. You are not important enough to stalk. It's just that if you are unliked in a small town, people talk.
TheRealVille Wrote:I did it broke. I borrowed, or lived without, until I got a check. Do you think all the people that travel to find work are rich? I did what I had to, to feed my family. Blind to it? I traveled when my family didn't have a pot to piss in. The truth is, most men are scared to death to leave their wife alone to go make money for the family.
:Thumbs: If a person cannot afford to leave home to take a good job, then they cannot afford to stay home either. It's one of the few things on which we agree.

Before government welfare programs and drugs gave people in eastern Kentucky easy options to "earn" a living, it was very common for people to move to where the work was when eastern Kentucky's economy slumped. My father did it, my grandfather did it, and so have I.

Our ancestors left their friends and family on other continents to ensure that their children could eat and look forward to a brighter future. Today's generation is much more self-centered and prone to find the easiest way to survive than a hard way to thrive.
TheRealVille Wrote::Thumbs: Don't flatter yourself Hoot. You are not important enough to stalk. It's just that if you are unliked in a small town, people talk.
I left eastern Kentucky a long time ago, RV. Small town gossips are not something that I miss.
Hoot Gibson Wrote::Thumbs: If a person cannot afford to leave home to take a good job, then they cannot afford to stay home either. It's one of the few things on which we agree.

Before government welfare programs and drugs gave people in eastern Kentucky easy options to "earn" a living, it was very common for people to move to where the work was when eastern Kentucky's economy slumped. My father did it, my grandfather did it, and so have I.

Our ancestors left their friends and family on other continents to ensure that their children could eat and look forward to a brighter future. Today's generation is much more self-centered and prone to find the easiest way to survive than a hard way to thrive.
You are correct. On this we agree. A real man does whatever it takes to feed his family. I went all the way to New Mexico once, to be able to work and send money for my family to live. For 12 years straight, I stayed in Michigan through the week, and came home on the weekends to see my family, just so they could live better than I had. Our government has made it way to easy to stay home and draw a check, and wait on the government to take care of our family. I have always refused this route. In 1995, I was lucky. I had enough money saved up to go to a motel, until I got on my feet, in Indiana. A man I met on the job stayed in a tent in a campground, so as to send his check to his family, until he got caught up.