Presidential material? (via @TheRealRoseanne)Presidential nominating contests might be the undercards in tomorrow’s District primary elections—President Obama is unopposed in the Democratic race, while former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney is expected to trounce his rivals on the Republican ballot—but that doesn’t mean some candidates aren’t playing to win.
Though it has only one listed candidate, the D.C. Statehood Green Party presidential nomination could be upended by a flurry of automated phone calls from America’s most famous sitcom star-turned-macadamia farmer, Roseanne Barr. The comedienne, who is waging a write-in campaign for the Green Party’s nomination, says in a press release she’ll be reaching “hundreds in the D.C. area” with a robocall today and tomorrow.
Jill Stein, a physician and perennial candidate from Massachusetts, is the only listed candidate on the Green Party line here, and while she might be well known to activists, her name doesn’t carry nearly as much cultural caché as Barr’s.
Barr’s campaign platform, we’ve discussed previously, is entertaining and, at times, a little bizarre. It blends language borrowed from the Occupy movement—Barr describes herself as a defender of the 99 percent—as well as some not seen since the French Revolution, such as when she promised to send investment bankers making more than $100 million a year either to “re-education camps” or the guillotine. And her slogan: “Vote for me, I’ll fix this shit!”
The robocall, which began playing at 9 a.m. today, features the following message:
Hello, this is Roseanne Barr. I’m running for president of the United States, seeking the Green Party nomination. I would like for you to write my name on the ballot for the Tuesday, April 3 primary. Living in the nation’s capitol (sic), you are well aware of the of corporations corrupting our government while the 99 percent suffer. Please join me in improving America to be more fair and more equitable. Write me in on the ballot for Tuesday, April 3, in the Statehood-Green Party primary. Thank you.
And here’s the audio: