“One day after Democratic presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. agreed to comedian and podcaster Jimmy Dore’s proposal that he engage with The Grayzone’s editor-in-chief, Max Blumenthal, in a public dialogue on Israel-Palestine, Kennedy’s campaign nixed the discussion.”
The right wing isn’t running Cornell West. What a dumb thing to say. He’s not running as a spoiler.
It’s true they aren’t running him. But there is a possibility he could be a spoiler. Though I think for West it’s about ideas, and trying to pull a solidly Right wing democrat towards the center right at least. If not to even acknowledge the center and left as well. And I support that.
However things have gotten so dysfunctional and margins razor thin. Running as a 3rd party that would traditionally pull from the encumbant’s support right now is inviting fascism. If West was running as a Democrat during a primary. He’d likely have my interest and vote like Sanders did. But this? I generally have a pretty good opinion of West. But only a fool would run as the candidate for a party that not only can’t get anyone elected. But doesn’t even try. If the Greens had some sort of general presence in state and local politics it still wouldn’t make a lot of sense. But they don’t even have that.
He won’t run against Biden on the general.
Where are you getting that quote from?
In the words of Cornell West, I was.born at night, but not last night.