Interesting the combination of Media, millions, and lack of substance in talking about a platform to those they are to represent.
I passed the article along with my comments. Scott <snip> "The convention of the socialist and feminist PFP was hijacked by a millionaire celebrity making grand promises. But her total contribution to the PFP so far has been a 15-minute talk at the convention that was half political speech and half comedy act." Barr, who reinvented herself as a socialist in the few weeks before the PFP vote, did not show up for a candidates' forum the night before the convention. She was represented there by her vice-presidential partner, anti-war activist Cindy Sheehan. On Saturday, Aug. 4, the opening day of the convention, Barr's appearance was preceded by a security detail while delegates sat waiting for her to arrive, which she did in a flurry of media. She left after giving her speech, and took the media attention with her, headed for the taping of a Comedy Central roast in her honor. Delegates were unable to ask her questions. <snip> Full article below. > > > --- On Tue, 8/21/12, Radical Women LA <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > From: Radical Women LA <[email protected]> > Subject: Roseanne Barr trumps socialists > To: "RW friends" <[email protected]> > Date: Tuesday, August 21, 2012, 11:10 AM > > > > > > > > > > Dear friend of Radical Women, > > Radical Women has been a proud supporter of the Durham/López > un-millionaire campaign since it began. Our Seattle organizer Christina > López is the Vice Presidential candidate and has helped promote Radical > Women's socialist feminist program and actions throughout this exciting > election campaign. > > The attached news release contains an incisive analysis of the August 4-5 > Peace and Freedom Party nominating convention where our slate came in > second to the celebrity duo of Roseanne Barr and Cindy Sheehan. We are > proud that our candidates stood on principle and of how well they did in > the electoral polling. > > In Solidarity, > > Yuisa Gimeno, > Los Angeles Radical Women organizer > > > > > > _________________________________________________________________________ > > Freedom Socialist 2012 Presidential Campaign > [email protected], www.VoteSocialism.com > > News Release > August 10, 2012 > Contact: Doug Barnes, Campaign Manager, 206-326-9771 > Peace and Freedom Party nominating convention, Aug. 4-5 > Freedom Socialist presidential candidate comes in second to last-minute > celebrity entrant Roseanne Barr > > After declaring as a Peace and Freedom Party (PFP) presidential candidate > only three weeks before, Hollywood comedian and actress Roseanne Barr won > the PFP nomination at its convention on Aug. 4-5 in Los Angeles. Placing > second was New Yorker and veteran union and gay rights activist Stephen > Durham of the Freedom Socialist Party (FSP), who, like Stewart Alexander > of the Socialist Party, had waged a serious, months-long grass-roots > campaign for the PFP nomination. > > Said Durham, whose running mate is Chicana feminist organizer Christina > López of Seattle, "The convention of the socialist and feminist PFP was > hijacked by a millionaire celebrity making grand promises. But her total > contribution to the PFP so far has been a 15-minute talk at the convention > that was half political speech and half comedy act." > > Barr, who reinvented herself as a socialist in the few weeks before the > PFP vote, did not show up for a candidates' forum the night before the > convention. She was represented there by her vice-presidential partner, > anti-war activist Cindy Sheehan. On Saturday, Aug. 4, the opening day of > the convention, Barr's appearance was preceded by a security detail while > delegates sat waiting for her to arrive, which she did in a flurry of > media. She left after giving her speech, and took the media attention with > her, headed for the taping of a Comedy Central roast in her honor. > Delegates were unable to ask her questions. > > Barr had originally announced as a candidate for the Green Party > nomination, but lost decisively to Jill Stein, whom Barr had pledged to > support should Stein become the nominee. Barr did not attend the Green > Party convention in July. > > Now Barr is promising to do major fundraising and help register voters for > PFP, a California-based left electoral coalition that is in a fight for > its life thanks to new state ballot laws hostile to minor parties. The > Durham-López team had argued for making a PFP registration drive part of a > bold two-year grass-roots campaign statewide, explicitly anti-capitalist > and feminist, to protest the rigged electoral system and organize with > others to demand relief for those hit hardest by war, bailouts for > corporations, and austerity for workers. > > After Barr delivered her speech and left, and just moments before PFP > delegates began voting, Peta Lindsay, the presidential candidate of the > Party for Socialism and Liberation (PSL), abruptly withdrew from > contention after being nominated - and pledged support for the > Barr-Sheehan ticket. Lindsay, who is underage to take presidential office, > was barred from the California ballot in February, but continued to > campaign for the PFP nomination. She explained her surprise convention > move by saying that she did not want to leave the PFP without a candidate > if she won the nomination but lost the court case challenging her > exclusion from the ballot. > > It took two rounds of voting for Barr to gather a majority, and the final > tally was 36 votes for Barr, 16 for Durham, and 6 for the Socialist > Party's Alexander. Former Salt Lake City Mayor Rocky Anderson of the > Justice Party had dropped out of the race a few days before the > convention. > > FSP Campaign Manager Doug Barnes was at the PFP convention with Durham, > López, and supporters. About Lindsay's bombshell, he said, "Lindsay and > the PSL portrayed themselves as the revolutionary socialist contenders in > the PFP race. But what revolutionary socialist is going to support a > millionaire for U.S. president? That's ridiculous. So is saying while > endorsing Barr that they will run a write-in campaign in California for > Lindsay." > > Concluded Barnes, "PSL was not serious about anything but blocking the FSP > and Socialist Party. It was a disgusting display of left sectarianism - > especially since FSP has supported PSL candidates in the past on the basis > of their professed socialist program." > > Sheehan, Barr's vice-presidential candidate, has pledged to support Peta > Lindsay and other PSL candidates where they are not competing with Barr > and Sheehan. "This political horse-trading is exactly what one would > expect to see at a Republican or Democratic Party convention," Durham > said. "On the other hand, the delegates who stood with us through to the > end because of our socialist feminist platform showed a lot of character. > They stuck to their principles." > > Vice-presidential candidate Christina López added, "We have met so many > people in California who are excited about the fact that we are offering > concrete, practical, working-class solutions for the problems people face, > especially those who are discriminated against, paid the least, and > treated the worst. We hope our friends in California are proud of all the > wonderful outreach they have done, and we look forward to continuing to > work with them and broadening our national write-in campaign in the state > and across the U.S." > > López, Durham, and Barnes are meeting with supporters, speaking at forums, > and making whistle stops at shopping malls as they drive north from Los > Angeles in the middle of a six-week tour of California, Oregon, and > Washington. The candidates are also participating in union picket lines, > immigrant activist gatherings, and more. > > Durham and López are available for interviews, solidarity actions, and > speaking engagements. 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