An angry old man

        I spoke to one of my brothers-in-law yesterday on the occasion of Father's Day and he enthusiastically harangued me about the candidacy for President of left leaning grifter, Cornell West.   As we talked, the lyrics of Billy Joel's song, An Angry Young Man, played in my mind.  West is the consummate radical grifter whose politics sound pure until you look at the company he keeps.  

      West uses his academic position to mouth liberal politics for fun and profit.  He recently defended Ron DiSantis' educcation policies in a Wall Street Journal op-ed co written by a company standing to make a huge profit if Florida adopts their tests instead of the SAT.   West sits on the board of that company.  He made the announcement   of his presidential campaign on a right wing website that traffics in conspiracy theories.   He has decried Russia's invasion of Ukraine but insists the US has no moral standing to oppose it.

      All it will take to swing the 2024 election to the GOP candidate is a small minority of "protest" votes in a handful of swing states by Democrat defectors.   West knows this, much as Jill Stein and Ralph Nader did in 2016 and 2000.   The problem is, he doesn't care.  As the song says, he'll "go to his grave as an angry old man".  Unfortunately, in this case he may also take democracy to the grave as well.