Roseanne Barr, Jill Stein: Green Party Candidates for President
By: KARK 4 News
Updated: February 6, 2012
The Green Party of the United States has announced its two candidates in the race for the 2012 Green presidential nomination.
They are Jill Stein and Roseanne Barr.
Stein is a physician, longtime teacher of internal medicine, and pioneering environmental-health advocate. Barr is the famed comedian/actress/TV star.
Barr and Dr. Stein submitted paperwork to meet the Green Party's requirements as of the evening of the February 1st deadline.
"We are thrilled to have two strong women running for President as Greens," said Darryl! Moch, national co-chair of the Green Party. "We look forward to a race based on Green ideas and values, and to showing the Democrats and Republicans how to run without the corrupting influence of fat corporate campaign checks and corporate-funded attack ads."
"Anyone hopeful about the Occupy Wall Street's challenge to the status quo or disappointed by the Obama Administration's broken promises of change now has a pair of candidates to watch. Anyone bored or irritated with the Mitt Versus Newt Show by now will be relieved by the breath of fresh air -- maybe a Green gale force of righteousness -- that's about to come," said Tamar Yager, also a national co-chair of the Green Party.
Click here for more information about Jill Stein.
Click here for more information about Roseanne Barr.
The nominee will be chosen at the Green Party's national convention, July 12-15, in Baltimore, Maryland.
State Green Parties in California, Arizona, Massachusetts, the District of Columbia, and possibly Ohio are participating in primary elections. Other state Green Parties will choose the nominee they support and apportion delegates during statewide Green conventions. The Green Party currently has ballot access in 17 states. Greens expect to have the presidential nominee and other candidates on the ballot in at least 46 states and the District of Columbia on Election Day 2012.
Past Green Party convention sites and nominees:
2000: Denver, Colorado; Ralph Nader
2004: Milwaukee, Wisconsin; David Cobb
2008: Chicago, Illinois; Cynthia McKinney
"We consider it important to have strong women candidates at a time when women's reproductive rights are under assault, from the Obama Administration's decision on the morning-after pill to the Komen Foundation's withdrawal of funding for breast cancer screening from Planned Parenthood.* We're proud that our presidential nominee in 2008 was a woman," said Carl Romanelli, Pennsylvania Green and member of the Green Party's International Committee.
132 Greens hold public office in the United States, including five mayors. The largest city with a Green mayor is Richmond, California, with Mayor Gayle McLaughlin. The Green Party and its candidates accept no money from corporate PACs.
Click here for information about the Green Party's positions on important issues and click here for information about the Green Party's platform.
*The Komen Foundation has since reversed its decision.
They are Jill Stein and Roseanne Barr.
Stein is a physician, longtime teacher of internal medicine, and pioneering environmental-health advocate. Barr is the famed comedian/actress/TV star.
Barr and Dr. Stein submitted paperwork to meet the Green Party's requirements as of the evening of the February 1st deadline.
"We are thrilled to have two strong women running for President as Greens," said Darryl! Moch, national co-chair of the Green Party. "We look forward to a race based on Green ideas and values, and to showing the Democrats and Republicans how to run without the corrupting influence of fat corporate campaign checks and corporate-funded attack ads."
"Anyone hopeful about the Occupy Wall Street's challenge to the status quo or disappointed by the Obama Administration's broken promises of change now has a pair of candidates to watch. Anyone bored or irritated with the Mitt Versus Newt Show by now will be relieved by the breath of fresh air -- maybe a Green gale force of righteousness -- that's about to come," said Tamar Yager, also a national co-chair of the Green Party.
Click here for more information about Jill Stein.
Click here for more information about Roseanne Barr.
The nominee will be chosen at the Green Party's national convention, July 12-15, in Baltimore, Maryland.
State Green Parties in California, Arizona, Massachusetts, the District of Columbia, and possibly Ohio are participating in primary elections. Other state Green Parties will choose the nominee they support and apportion delegates during statewide Green conventions. The Green Party currently has ballot access in 17 states. Greens expect to have the presidential nominee and other candidates on the ballot in at least 46 states and the District of Columbia on Election Day 2012.
Past Green Party convention sites and nominees:
2000: Denver, Colorado; Ralph Nader
2004: Milwaukee, Wisconsin; David Cobb
2008: Chicago, Illinois; Cynthia McKinney
"We consider it important to have strong women candidates at a time when women's reproductive rights are under assault, from the Obama Administration's decision on the morning-after pill to the Komen Foundation's withdrawal of funding for breast cancer screening from Planned Parenthood.* We're proud that our presidential nominee in 2008 was a woman," said Carl Romanelli, Pennsylvania Green and member of the Green Party's International Committee.
132 Greens hold public office in the United States, including five mayors. The largest city with a Green mayor is Richmond, California, with Mayor Gayle McLaughlin. The Green Party and its candidates accept no money from corporate PACs.
Click here for information about the Green Party's positions on important issues and click here for information about the Green Party's platform.
*The Komen Foundation has since reversed its decision.
