Wouldn’t America be a better place if pot was legal, war was illegal and “bulls**t” was outlawed? Roseanne Barr thinks so, and now she’s trying to bring these ideas into the political field.
After talking about running for President on Twitter, Barr finally registered with the Federal Election Commission in late January, according to the Los Angeles Times. “I’m running for the Green Party nominee for POTUS,” tweeted Barr. “I am an official candidate. I am4 the Greening of America&the world. Green=peace/justice.”
TV Star Roseanne Barr recently announced that she would run for President as a Green Party candidate. | leahmarkphotography/Flickr.com
Barr is officially added to the California primary ballot, where she joins 23 other candidates. She has started to campaign quite eloquently through Twitter: “Vote for me, I’ll fix this s***! -Barr 2012-.”
After looking through her Twitter back to late January, I am embarrassed for America that she is even associating herself with any political party.
With her regular cursing, terrible grammar and informal speech, I’d be horrified if Americans even considered her to run our country. When speaking publicly, any presidential candidate should present themselves, at all times, in the way that they would like to be perceived. Unless, of course, she wants America to perceive her as a rambling idiot, which becomes more and more plausible with Tweets like, “i guess i will go up and eat a plum and some swiss cheese or else tuna fish and trisquits or else pnut butter and jam,” and “i must remember to wear the chicken shirt when i join the debates-the added oomph and power will help to undo my opponents.lol.”
I’m not sure what either of those quotes mean, even after doing some research online.
Aside from her atrocious tweeting, there’s one controversial photo shoot that would take away any of my respect for her regardless of any other situation.
In 2009, Barr, who is Jewish, did a photo spread for Heeb, a ‘hipster Jewish mag’ in which she dressed up as Hitler. In these photos, she is pulling charred gingerbread “Jew Cookies,” out of the oven. According to Heeb, Barr has a theory “that she may in fact be the reincarnation of Adolf Hitler.”
According to the magazine, she has a theory “that she may in fact be the reincarnation of Adolf Hitler,” and thus attempted to make a personal statement by creating a kind of “Jewish Halloween nightmare.”
The Green Party will choose its candidate during their convention in Baltimore, Md. The convention runs from July 12-15. If Barr is chosen, I am moving back to London. Although the chances of any Green Party candidate becoming President are slim to none, I do not want her influencing any politics whatsoever.
There are so many other celebrities I’d rather have running for President. This is not because they would be suitable to such a job, but because nearly anyone is better than Roseanne Barr. For example, I’d rather see Justin Bieber, Kanye West or Jack Nicholson take office.
The Public Policy Polling firm has recently included her in a poll in comparison with Barack Obama and Mitt Romney. “If the candidates for President this year were Democrat Barack Obama, Republican Mitt Romney, and Green Party candidate Roseanne Barr, who would you vote for?” asked PPP. Obama won 47 percent of the votes, Romney had 42 percent and 6 percent chose Barr, while 5 percent remained undecided. According to greenpartywatch.org, this result would bring the Green Party and its presidential nominees millions in funding following the election cycle, and access to a number of state ballot lines may be secured as well.
Surprisingly, Barr polls six percent for presidential preference. | monterey media/Flickr.com
After visiting Barr’s website, roseanneworld.com, I am confused as to how anyone would vote for her. Some of the features on her website include a “Products” page (where she’s selling a YES WE CANnabis T-Shirt ), a news section, a blog section and an application for her newsletter. Apart from the standard questions used on ‘sign-up’ forms, Barr asks: “What is your dress size?” and “Do you like Macadamia nuts?” Clearly, Barr should be taken very seriously.
I’m not afraid that Roseanne Barr will take any position of power, but I am worried that a significant number of American citizens are listening to her at all. The last person I’d vote for is one who is okay with dressing up as Hitler and holding a pan of burnt “Jew cookies” for a magazine spread, not to mention her alleged theory that she’s the reincarnation of Hitler.
Annabella Palopoli can be reached at annabella.palopoli@spartans.ut.edu.
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LOV her she really has something tru to say.. Its not all pot and smoke. Just shows how some people hear what they want!!!