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a kennedy

(29,675 posts) Thu Apr 23, 2015, 09:03 PM Apr 2015

What Doesn't Kill Roseanne Barr Is Still Making Her Stronger.....

Sorry.....didn't know really where else to post this.

"My political views have pretty much ended my career."

That quote could be attributed to any number of people, but it seems to define no one more accurately than it does Roseanne Barr. Hailing from a new documentary that chronicles the comedian's 2012 presidential bid, the sentiment is an exact encapsulation of a star whose brash cultural identity took a nosedive once it was no longer the subject of a half-hour sitcom.

In truth, Barr's career isn't over, at least not definitively. When you're the star and executive producer of a top-rated, Emmy-winning series that ran for nine years and arguably redefined what a sitcom could be, it takes a lot to pulverize your entire legacy. What it does do, however, at least in the case of Barr's brazen persona, is preclude you from telling a new story that isn't infinitely tied to your offscreen reputation. In her eyes, that began before "Roseanne" even hit the air, back when she debuted the "domestic goddess" stand-up routines that would form the cornerstone of the fictional Roseanne Conner and her family. "I’m a comic, so that’s what we do," she said when The Huffington Post asked what prompted the quote while discussing the documentary, "Roseanne For President!," which premiered at the Tribeca Film Festival last week.

The movie showcases Barr's efforts to secure a third-party nomination. First it's the Green Party's, because her friend, former Democratic Representative Cynthia McKinney, asked her to "carry the water" as someone who knows what it's like to come from a working-class family with no direct lineage to wealth or politics. Barr was unsuccessful with the Green Party, so she moved on to the Peace and Freedom Party, a left-wing group that first gained momentum for opposing the Vietnam War in the late 1960s. Securing that nomination, Barr appeared on the ballot in the three states that recognize Peace and Freedom -- California, Florida and Colorado -- and came in sixth place during the general election.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2015/04/23/roseanne-barr-documentary_n_7108664.html?

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What Doesn't Kill Roseanne Barr Is Still Making Her Stronger..... (Original Post) a kennedy Apr 2015 OP

She believes in nuking iran and the bds movement betterdemsonly Apr 2015 #1

I remember her saying some pretty radical things, but I didn't know she was that bad. I was reading okaawhatever Apr 2015 #3

Polls show it is just a small minority of jews that opposed Obama on the Iran deal. betterdemsonly Apr 2015 #4

I actually love the Greens......locally they are gaining ground....but nationally??? Not so much. a kennedy Apr 2015 #2

Don't know whether it will be green party that fills the void but something has to betterdemsonly Apr 2015 #5

betterdemsonly

(1,967 posts)

1. She believes in nuking iran and the bds movement

Reply to a kennedy (Original post)

Thu Apr 23, 2015, 09:13 PM

Apr 2015

She is a Pam Gellar, Netenyahu supporting revisionist zionist. She thinks Obama is an antisemite for believing in two states. She tricked Cindy Sheehan's peace and freedom party into making her their nominee. Her own VP nominee Cindy Sheehan has denounced her. Calls her a lying death monger. She put Cindy through hell with her lies. You only have to read her twitter for two minutes to see how she is the opposite of the liberal she pretends to be http://cindysheehanssoapbox.com/1/post/2015/02/of-noodges-and-nukes.html

In reality Rosanne is a fiberal!!

Say what will about the greens but they weren't tricked by faux liberal zionist Rosanne Barr, and they didn't nominate her.

okaawhatever

(9,462 posts)

3. I remember her saying some pretty radical things, but I didn't know she was that bad. I was reading

Reply to betterdemsonly (Reply #1)

Thu Apr 23, 2015, 09:41 PM

Apr 2015

that a lot of Jewish voters are moving over to the Republican party over the current situation. I don't know how true that is. There were more identifying as GOP, but I don't know if that is permanent or just current sympathies.

betterdemsonly

(1,967 posts)

4. Polls show it is just a small minority of jews that opposed Obama on the Iran deal.

Reply to okaawhatever (Reply #3)

Thu Apr 23, 2015, 09:46 PM

Apr 2015

They are like the nra. They are minority of Jews but they have an unscrupulous will to power, in order to push their agenda. It really takes alot of gall to have these views and run for the nomination of the peace and freedom party. Frankly I think they have done the same thing to the democrats. I don't think they are sincere liberals. I think they pretend they are to win public office. You notice they drop the ball alot of liberal priorities.

a kennedy

(29,675 posts)

2. I actually love the Greens......locally they are gaining ground....but nationally??? Not so much.

Reply to a kennedy (Original post)

Thu Apr 23, 2015, 09:34 PM

Apr 2015

and dang it.....could do a Green candidate if they had a country wide base. Not going to happen though, not enough national recognition.

betterdemsonly

(1,967 posts)

5. Don't know whether it will be green party that fills the void but something has to

Reply to a kennedy (Reply #2)

Thu Apr 23, 2015, 09:57 PM

Apr 2015

since the New Democrats knifed Howard Dean the party has all but died in every place but big cities like Chicago. Most republicans run unopposed. New Democrats are just not interested in average Americans. They just like urban identity groups.

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