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  Q&A: Roseanne Barr, on marijuana, the CIA, and how she is, in fact, the president
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Last EditedJed  May 19, 2013 09:25pm
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News DateMonday, May 20, 2013 03:00:00 AM UTC0:0
DescriptionESQ: You've been a longtime supporter of pot legalization. Are you happy with the progress we've made?

RB: I think it's amazing. It's sweeping across the country. It's such a great thing for American families and for freedom and liberty. When I ran for president last November, I ran on the legalization of pot. So I was on the right side. By the time I run again in 2016, I think it'll be legal in most places.

ESQ: You're gonna run again?

RB: I'm going to keep running till I win.

ESQ: Wouldn't it make more sense to start smaller? Take the Arnold Schwarzenegger approach and run for governor somewhere?

RB: People say that to me all the time. They tell me, “Why don't you move to Alaska, you could be governor?" The real truth is, I just want to keep the voice of dissent alive in all of our elections. I don't really want to hang out with politicians. I'd rather go straight to hell, and not collect $200.

ESQ: So you don't actually want to be president?

RB: No, I think I should be the president. I definitely believe that. And in some ways I think that I am.

ESQ: Think you are what? The president?

RB: To a lot of people, I am their president.

ESQ: Which people?

RB: The people who voted for me. And the people who worked for me, for my campaign, they worked for free. I owe something to them and I'll always be true to them. And they'll always be true to me.

ESQ: You came in, what, sixth place overall?

RB: I think I came in fifth. Which is impressive because I was only on the ballot in three states. What we're doing now is, we'd like to get a lot of people in our party—the Peace and Freedom Party—elected to various state posts. I'm going to be making a push for somebody from our party to run against Chris Christie in the next election.
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