Roseanne Barr told Jay Leno that she’s planning to run for president (and also prime minister of Israel). She’ll be representing her own “Green Tea Party” in the 2012 elections. So how green is this tea party?

Well, last month Roseanne told the ladies of The View that she started running a macadamia farm in a bid to end climate change and also all other problems:

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If people were to get their protein from nuts rather than beef, you see, there’d be no global warming, and there would also be enough grain to feed all the hungry people.

No global warming AND no world hunger? AND no taxes, apparently? You’ve got my vote!

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Roseanne says her proposed running mate is “all American taxpayers,” but we suggest either Betty White or Double Rainbow guy.

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