Roseanne Barr
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Roseanne Cherrie Barr (born November 3, 1952) is a socialist comedian, actress, writer and liberal activist.
On July 25, 1990, Barr performed a controversial rendition of the "Star Spangled Banner" before a Cincinnati Reds-San Diego Padres baseball game in San Diego, California. She did not take the national anthem seriously and sang the song as loudly as possible, and her rendition of the song sounded "screechy".[Citation Needed] Following her rendition, she mimicked the often-seen actions of players by spitting and grabbing her crotch as if adjusting a protective cup. The song and the closing routine offended many in the audience, and it was replayed frequently on television, drawing further attention to it.
Barr is a supporter of Senator Hillary Clinton for president and has been very critical of Senator Barack Obama, describing him as "an empty suit selling hope in lieu of Truth." She has also described former Vietnam War POW Senator John McCain as "the most racist right wing republican ever."[1]
Despite her far left-wing positions, she has actually been critical of the "gay rights" movement. A 1992 Playboy magazine article quoted a letter in which Barr used numerous homophobic slurs to try to insult then USA Today reviewer Matt Roush.[2] On April 6, 2007, during Barr's show on California's KCAA radio, she commented that "gay and lesbian people definitely practiced a divide and conquer mentality where, you know, it always has to be about them" and that gay people "don't care about minimum wage, they don't care about any other group other than their own self because you know, some people say being gay and lesbian is a totally narcissistic thing and sometimes I wonder."[3]
References
- ↑ Barack Obama at Roseanne World. Retrieved on 2008-02-22.
- ↑ Maledicta Mirror. Retrieved on 2008-02-22.
- ↑ Wherein we channel our inner Darlene Conner.
