They say that vice-presidential picks don't count for much,
but the pick Jill Stein, Green Party candidate for president, made for her running
mate, should snuff out any lingering hopes for her political viability cum
sanity.
Ajamu Baraka is running as her veep.
Choice bits from the Wikipedia entry about Ajamu Baraka:
In January 2015, Baraka described the vigil for the victims
of the Charlie Hebdo
shooting as a "white power march" and Je suis Charlie as an
"arrogant rallying cry for white supremacy" because of France's
colonial history. . .
Baraka has referred to President Barack Obama as an "uncle tom president"
and stated that Obama shows "obsequious deference to white power".
So, who does Baraka like? Well, again, as per the
Wiki, not even Cornell West gets the high-five:
In September 2015, Baraka criticized Dr. Cornel West and West's
support for Sanders, saying that he was "sheep-dogging for the
Democrats" by "drawing voters into the corrupt Democratic party".
About Israel and the Palestinians, it's predictable this
self-described human rights advocate would have a certain kind of
opinion. Though I was prepared, what I found did nevertheless jolt me:
During my activist life I have traveled to many of the
counties that Western colonial/capitalist leaders characterized as despotic
totalitarian states – the old Soviet Union, North Korea, Cuba before 1989 – but
in none of those states did I witness the systematic mechanism of population
control and scientific repression that I witness in “democratic” Israel.
To summarize, Baraka prefers North Korea to Israel, and
"the old Soviet Union" too, much that millions who survived its
brutal control for decades couldn't wait to celebrate its collapse.
It's no problem to dig up more, there's plenty, but I prefer
to come back to Baraka describing, "the vigil for the victims of the Charlie Hebdo
shooting as a 'white power march' and Je suis Charlie as an
'arrogant rallying cry for white supremacy' because of France's colonial
history. . . "
That's so utterly around the bend lunatic it has a certain
charm.
As for Jill Stein, doesn't bother her at all.
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