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Roseanne Barr (No, Really) Jumps Into The Fray On Behalf Of Occupy D.C., Fights With Young Republican

Posted: 02/15/12 02:30 PM ET

DCist:

Sometimes, Twitter hands you a decent story. And sometimes it's a circus. This is more the latter, but it piqued our interest. Last night, Sam Jewler, a mainstay of Occupy D.C., was getting into a 140-character spat with Gabriel Brey, a high-school student in Falls Church, Va. who really loves all things Republican. A fuller blow-by-blow is below in a Storify module, but the short version of events goes something like this:

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Sometimes, Twitter hands you a decent story. And sometimes it's a circus. This is more the latter, but it piqued our interest. Last night, Sam Jewler, a mainstay of Occupy D.C., was getting into a 140...
Sometimes, Twitter hands you a decent story. And sometimes it's a circus. This is more the latter, but it piqued our interest. Last night, Sam Jewler, a mainstay of Occupy D.C., was getting into a 140...
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BluePhantom2
The Blacksmith & the Artist reflected in their art
07:34 PM on 02/17/2012
Every Circus needs a clown!
cabinetmaker
made in USA
08:07 AM on 02/17/2012
Find out what Rep B Frank had to say about OWS vs TP

you won't find it here...you won't hear it on NBC

you will have to leave left media to hear it
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sherlockhemlock
Rocky Anderson for President 2012!
07:13 AM on 02/16/2012
Rosanne is probably the sanest candidate running from any political party.
07:52 PM on 02/15/2012
Left the part out that the republican was a high school kid!!...I wonder if roseanne felt really "big"!
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Candide33
I heart Bernie Sanders
03:35 AM on 02/16/2012
It is in the third sentence ... I guess republicans can't read more than 140 characters without giving up... huh?
cabinetmaker
made in USA
08:08 AM on 02/17/2012
are you a socialist like sanders?

why won't he run as a soc? why does he hide behind an I?

do you think he would be elected as a soc?
07:59 PM on 02/17/2012
geez,candi,it was roseanne is a bully!!