Activist Friends, I like Roseanne. But I'd like for her to announce that she will not campaign actively in the close swing states. I'd actually prefer that she work for President Obama and maybe offer to sing the National Anthem at his inauguration. (No crotch scratching however.)
Jerry Rubin Santa Monica 310-399-1000 On Feb 6, 2012, at 5:27 PM, Rick Kissell wrote: > Roseanne Barr joins other Green Party candidates > > by Pat LaMarche > CommonDreams.org > 2/6/12 > > Comedic innovator, proud grandma and self-proclaimed domestic goddess > Roseanne Barr has announced her candidacy for President of the United > States > as well as for Prime Minister of Israel. Although some have argued > that the > former is so dictated to by the latter that holding both offices is > unnecessarily redundant. > > In less than 48 hours since Barr submitted her paperwork to the Green > Party, > a quick web search has yielded more than seven hundred links featuring > news > stories or commentary. > > Many of the articles - like the one that appeared in the Christian > Science > Monitor - question Barr's sincerity as she throws her hat into the > ring. > > And the wild fire of speculation on whether this was just another of > Barr's > shenanigans or a true bid for the nomination representing the nation's > hundreds of thousands of Green Party members isn't unique to the media > outlets across the land, but in the discussion topic of rank and file > greens > as well. > > The Green Party has several declared candidates for president. Dr. Kent > Mesplay and Dr. Jill Stein have both tossed their lesser known hats in > the > ring. And while neither the PhD nor the MD are U.S. household names > the way > Barr is, they have both dedicated the lion share of their adult lives > to > enlarging the reach of the green agenda and effectively assuring that > across > the nation Roseanne - and others - might join. > > Mesplay, the PhD, has his doctoral degree in Biomedical Engineering > from > North Western University and works as an air quality specialist in > California. He's also part Blackfoot Indian, multi-lingual and has > lived > with aboriginals outside the U.S. Mesplay grew up in the aftermath of > WW II > and spent much of his career perfecting prosthetics for amputees before > shifting his talents to educating businesses on how to pollute less. > Or - > if they don't listen to him - as an examiner, he gets to meter out > their > punishments. > > Stein, the MD, got both her undergraduate and graduate degrees at > Harvard > University. She's an author, lecturer, practitioner and nationally > recognized authority on toxics and how they affect children. While she, > like Barr, is also a mom, she has more in common with Mesplay when it > comes > to politics. She has long championed the cause of the Green Party - > known > as the Green Rainbow Party in her home state of Massachusetts. In votes > earned, she ranks at the top of the pack of hundreds of past state wide > candidates who have challenged the major two party system. Her > popularity > has secured ballot status for the greens in a state considered in > lock-step > with the Democratic Party. > > And Roseanne Barr is a celebrity because she's a critically acclaimed > actress and comedienne. A less than exhaustive search of her > biographies > yielded nothing in the way of educational background. But her life's > experience as a person who rose from humble beginnings is apparent. > Barr > didn't become rich and famous by forgetting her origins but by > elevating > them and celebrating them while millions of American TV viewers tuned > in. > > Barr's long running sit-com highlighted the working poor - proving > what the > average American already knew - that folks who decorate the back of > their > couch with granny square afghans and who think pizza night is a big > deal are > the heart and soul of the country. And that these everyday heroes have > a > sense of humor: they can laugh at each other and they can laugh at > themselves. > > Now in the interest of full disclosure I must admit that this > triumvirate of > Green Party candidates is very important to me because the Green Party > is > very important to me. I have twice run for Governor of Maine - the > first > time as an independent whose success in the polls re-established ballot > access for the party - and I was our 2004 Vice Presidential Candidate. > > As a woman who has dedicated the last fifteen years of my political > identity > to building the Green Party, I enthusiastically welcome Roseanne to the > Green Party and I hope that the increased exposure her participation > brings > will allow us all to show why I - and hundreds of thousands of others > - have > so long toiled for this party. We greens believe in humanity. We long > to > end corporate control of our elections and consequently our lives. We > believe infectious disease, famine and war can be eradicated as our > world's > leading killers and we believe that a sustainable economy comes from > valuing > the worker as well as the product they provide. We believe in personal > liberty and that it applies to all humans regardless of gender, race, > religion or sexual orientation. We believe in love and that love can > be the > basis of our governing units which would assure that all are treated > equally. In the Green Party we believe in ourselves - so we aren't > afraid > to govern cooperatively - and that means we believe in you. > > > > http://www.commondreams.org/view/2012/02/06-5 > > > > > > > > > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------------------ --------------------------------------------------------------------------- LAAMN: Los Angeles Alternative Media Network --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Unsubscribe: <mailto:laamn-unsubscr...@egroups.com> --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Subscribe: <mailto:laamn-subscr...@egroups.com> --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Digest: <mailto:laamn-dig...@egroups.com> --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Help: <mailto:laamn-ow...@egroups.com?subject=laamn> --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Post: <mailto:la...@egroups.com> --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Archive1: <http://www.egroups.com/messages/laamn> --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Archive2: <http://www.mail-archive.com/laamn@egroups.com> --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Yahoo! 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