Saturday, July 14, 2012

Rosanne Barr Not Nominated For Green Party President Run

This had the potential of being an interesting presidential race when Roseanne Barr said she was running for president on the Green Party ticket.
But alas, loud mouth Barr was not nominated, but a loud mouth doctor from Massachusetts was nominated to run for president..
From the San Francisco Chronicle: A doctor who ran against Mitt Romney for Massachusetts governor a decade ago won the chance to challenge him again on Saturday, this time as the Green Party's presidential nominee.
Jill Stein, an internist from Lexington, Mass., blasted both Romney and President Barack Obama, saying both had become too dependent on donations from corporations in order to acquire office at the expense of the nation's citizens.
"We need real public servants who listen to the people — not to the corporate lobbyists that funnel campaign checks into the big war chests," Stein told applauding supporters at a Holiday Inn in Baltimore. "That's what brought me to the Green Party, the only national party that is not bought and paid for by corporate money."
Stein acknowledges that her candidacy is a super long shot. Still, she notes that a growing number of people are expressing frustration with the two major political parties and she cites the Occupy Wall Street movement as an example of that.
"We are in it to win it, but we're also in it to build it, and those are both wins in my book," Stein, 62, said in an interview before her acceptance speech at the convention.
Stein won 193.5 delegates, compared to 72 for comedian Roseanne Barr, who did not attend.
http://www.sfgate.com/news/article/Mass-doctor-wins-Green-Party-nomination-3706789.php
Depending on what states Stein is in, it's possible that she may steal votes away from President Obama and possibly tip the race to Romney.
But, it still would have been fun if Barr actually won the nomination.

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