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Comedian slash sort-of presidential candidate Roseanne Barr is laying into Mitt Romney's wife, Ann, over her recent remark that being a mom was her full-time job.

It's not that Barr supports Democratic strategist Hilary Rosen's comment (and subsequent apology) criticizing Ann for having "never worked a day in her life."

It's just that Ann's claim of raising five kids on her own is BS, Roseanne says.

"Mrs. Mitt Romney claims to have worked her toned ass off, raising five Romney males all on her own, as privileged wives often do ... but, no, Ann, I call bulls--t on your Big Mama story, girlfriend," Barr wrote in a column for The Daily Beast.

Barr went on criticizing Romney for claiming she did it all solo, with the exception of a little assistance from a maid who would come in a couple of hours a week.

Roseanne writes that Ann is basically full of it:

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Roseanne Barr is making good on her threat (promise?) to join the presidential race. The actress filed papers this week and is seeking the Green Party nomination.

Barr, who has been waging a Twitter and Facebook grassroots campaign to generate some interest in her bid to attain the highest office in the land, made it official.

She filed official documents to become the Green Party's nominee for President. She's got baggage, though, having famously butchered the National Anthem:

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Barr says she's sick of Democrats and Republicans, whom she believes are not working in the best interests of the American people. Can't argue with that.

So what is Roseanne platform? Weed, basically.

She wants marijuana legalized and sold strictly domestically. That's great and all, but so does Ron Paul, and he actually has a clue what he's talking about.

Just saying. Have fun, Roseanne!

Roseanne Barr is mourning the death of music legend Etta James in an odd way: by talking $hit about President Obama and Beyonce.

Basing a round of criticism on Obama asking Beyonce to cover the James classic "At Last" during a 2009 inauguration ball, Roseanne Tweeted yesterday: "I lost ALL respect for Obama when he dissed Etta James in favor of Beyonce," later adding:

"I have not listened to anything Beyonce or Jay z has said or recorded since they did that to Etta. Their arrogance was disgusting."

Roseanne, who actually just had a pilot picked up by NBC, then focused her rage on those who dare to support the new mother of Blue Ivy, writing: "Beyonce’s fans are really ignorant-she should not be proud of entertaining drooling mutants!"

Soon after Beyonce serenaded the Obamas with "At Last," James herself also called her and the President out - but both she and Roseanne appear to be missing a crucial point: James did not originally record the song, either. Her version was a cover of a cover.

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Move over, Kelsey Grammer. You aren't the only celebrity with an eye on The White House.

During an appearance on The Tonight Show yesterday, Roseanne Barr announced that she's running for President of the United States in 2012.

“I’m totally serious,” Barr said, citing Sarah Palin as proof that pretty much anyone can run. "I want to be part of the debates because I want to represent the tax payer. In fact, I’m choosing the tax payers as my vice president.”

Under which banner does Roseanne fall? Neither, she says: “I’m not for either party because they both suck and they’re both a bunch of criminals. So I made up my own party. It’s the Green Tea Party.”

Like a certain egomaniac who teased a Presidential run this spring in order to make headlines, Roseanne has a reality show to push. Lifetime cameras follow her around on a Hawaiian nut farm for Rosanne’s Nuts.

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Roseanne Barr, a washed-up comedian whose most relevant pop culture appearance in the last decade took place in a Snickers Super Bowl spot this year, will soon anchor a new Lifetime reality show.

The reasons why are unclear.

But the network has ordered 16 episodes of a series that will follow Roseann's life as the head of a macadamia and live stock farm in Hawaii. Longtime boyfriend Johnny Argent and son Jake will also appear.

“Roseanne Barr is an undeniable force of nature and the idea of following her in this unique premise excited us from the get-go, ” Lifetime president and general manager, Nancy Dubuc, said in a statement. “Roseanne is funny and brutally honest, and our audience will relate to her decision to go on this adventure and create an entirely new life for herself."

Are you excited for the return of Roseanne?

As a washed-up comedian, Roseanne Barr makes news these days for tearing apart other celebrities and making controversial comments. Two recent cases in point?

She slammed Brangelina for helping to "wreck the earth," and she blamed Marie Osmond for the tragic suicide of her son. Real classy.

Now, the former sitcom star has taken on a much more popular opponent: the Catholic Church. As that institution faces criticism in light of new molestation charges against multiple priests (crimes possibly covered up by the Pope many years ago), Barr has taken to her blog.

You must read what she wrote:

the pedo priests are trying to cover up the number of LITTLE GIRLS they have molested too, as if that doesn't matter as much as what happens to boys. Trust me, the number of girls raped and molested by priests is at least double the boys. They are trying to cover it all up so that they can end up purging gay priests, and laying the blame on them.

The fact is pedos like to rape both boys and girls, and only a small number of pedos are exclusively into male children. I am starting to think that any parent who takes their kids to catholic churches from now on should lose custody. Taking your kid where you know sex offenders hang out is inexcusable!!!

There are clearly issues facing the Catholic Church these days, but referring to it as a "place where sex offenders hang out," as if one's child will walk in and get raped? Seems a bit of a generalzation from Roseanne, no?

What do you think of her comments?

Late last month, the 17-year old son of Marie Osmond jumped from his Los Angeles apartment building and killed himself.

It was a tragic event and the reaction of most celebrities was to pass along their sympathy to the family before politely leaving the Osmonds alone. Except for Roseanne Barr, that is.

The former sitcom star has taken to her blog and randomly cited Marie's son's homosexuality as the basis for his death, placing a lot of blame on the Osmond's church and pretty much calling Marie a liar.

She wrote the following:

marie osmonds poor gay son killed himself... because he had been told how wrong and how sick he was every day of his life by his church and the people in it. Calling that "depression" is a lie!

Yet the Osmonds still talk lovingly about their church, saying nothing about its extremely anti-gay Crusade. Marie also has a gay daughter! Hey, I want her and all the gay kids in the world to know that they are just fine being gay and that they deserve love and respect instead of insults and rebuke! I have gay people in my family and my circle of friends and I am kicking bigot ass and taking names!

She continued:

Marie please don't talk about how your faith in your church has helped you get through this one! Please get some integrity and tell that church of yours that you will leave it and stop giving it ten percent of your money if they don't stop trying to destroy your kids' and all gay people's civil rights and dreams and hopes!!

G-d is trying to use you for something good and this is your opportunity! Your church is wrong and on the wrong wrong wrong side of things! Get as vocal about that as you are about your diet. G-d bless you too, Marie.

The only reaction we can come up with to this: WTF?!? Who calls out the mother of a son that just committed suicide?!?

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Apparently Roseanne Barr is still alive. And she is not a fan of Brangelina.

The former sitcom star went on an odd rant via her website this weekend, taking Angelina Jolie to task for saying she was unsure who to cast her vote for in the upcoming presidential election.

"Your evil spawn Angelina Jolie and her vacuous hubby Brad Pitt make about $40 million a year in violent, psychopathic movies and give away three of it to starving children, trying to look as if they give a crap about humanity as they spit out more dunces that will consume more than their fair share and wreck the earth even more," Roseanne wrote.

From there, Rosanne attacked the Wanted star for recently saying she's undecided John McCain or Barack Obama.

Are you on Team Roseanne or Team Angelina?

"Miss Jolie says she likes [John] McCain too and hasn't decided who to endorse....huh? Aren't you supposed to be somewhat enlightened, or do you not know that the African daughter you hold in every picture had parents who suffered and died because of the Republican party's worldwide economic assault on Africa over the last few decades since Reagan?"

Look, we think Obama is an obvious choice for a country in need of a new, non-senile direction, too.

But we're pretty sure people are allowed to voice their concerns about candidates, while gathering as much information about each before casting their vote, without a washed-up comedian calling them out in public.

Roseanne concludes her blog by writing that "it might be good for your Asian and African children's self-esteem to know you support" Barack Obama, a man of color, "for the leader of the free world."

It might be good for you, Roseanne, to realize that you haven't been relevant in over a decade.

The View is in need of a new, overweight, opinionated host.

First, there was Star Jones. But she was fired for being really, really obnoxious.

Next, the ABC talk show called on Rosie O'Donnell. But she won't be returning to a contract dispute that wasn't helped by her accusation that America blew up the Twin Towers.

So now Barbara Walters, Elisabeth Hasselbeck and Joy Behar need a fresh, plump co-host to fill the role of controversy-maker.

Enter Roseanne Barr. No, seriously.

Despite having not been in the celebrity gossip spotlight in a decade, the former sitcom star is somehow the leading candidate to replace Rosie. Also in the running - but far too thin, we assume - are Joan Rivers, Whoopi Goldberg, Kathy Griffin and Kathie Lee Gifford.

Yes, evidently "more annoying than Perez Hilton" is also a qualification to host The View.

We'll keep you updated about this pressing situation. In the meantime, Kate Bosworth continues to pack on the pounds in an effort to be considered for the job.