Roseanne Barr to Seek Green Party Nomination
Steven L. Taylor
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Tuesday, February 7, 2012
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Via the AP: Roseanne Barr seeks Green Party presidential nod
Barr has submitted paperwork to the Green Party for her candidacy. The party’s presidential nominee will be selected at a convention in Baltimore in July.
Well, I didn’t see that coming.
Is Barr even famous enough to qualify as a celebrity candidate at this point in time? (Not that I expect her to be nominated).
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Steven L. Taylor is a Professor of Political Science and a College of Arts and Sciences Dean. His main areas of expertise include parties, elections, and the institutional design of democracies. His most recent book is the co-authored
A Different Democracy: American Government in a 31-Country Perspective. He earned his Ph.D. from the University of Texas and his BA from the University of California, Irvine. He has been blogging since 2003 (originally at the now defunct Poliblog).
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I wouldn’t discount the possibility that she’ll be the Green nominee; Green Party Watch did a non-scientific poll in which Barr placed second to Dr. Jill Stein (G-Mass.) and far ahead of the other candidates. If Greens are smart and want to maintain any semblance of relevance they’ll choose Stein over Barr. But I think the jury’s still very much out on whether they’re smart or want to maintain any semblance of relevance after they nominated Cynthia McKinney four years ago.
Now its an election.
Correction – Now it’s an election – stupid public education.
I really hope they don’t elect her. I disagree with most of the Green’s beliefs, but I respect their integrity. Barr would ruin that.
If the Green Party wants to nominate Barr, more power to them. I just suggest they don’t let her sing during her acceptance speech.
Having followed Roseanne on Twitter for a while now, I have to say her candidacy would be a disaster. She speaks sincerely about things, but is also intellectually occupied with conspiratorial shenanigans.
She’s about as much a conspiracy theorist as Ron Paul’s newsletters made him out to be.