I’m Back, In Short Take Form

I will both happily and unapologetically support a primary challenger to Joe Biden in 2024 on the condition they run on the platform of prosecuting Donald Trump. The fact that both Joe Biden and Merrick Garland have refused to do so despite having the Executive Branch for over two years — and in spite of Trump quite literally trying to overthrow the government and end our democracy, as was obvious before Biden even took office — is easily the biggest blackmark on the administration so far.

I must confuse that I have no idea what Vivek Ramaswamy is running on, outside of perpetually being angry at the exact same things all other Republicans are mad at. Even checking his campaign website leads to me finding paragraphs like this:

Left leaning media has called him the “intellectual godfathers of the anti-woke movement” (Politico) and the “right’s leading anti-ESG crusader” (Axios and Bloomberg). He was dubbed “The C.E.O. of Anti-Woke,” by the New Yorker and has been described by the Federalist Society as “one of the most compelling conservative voices in the country.” These movements are now popularized in mainstream conservative thought.

Even ignoring the fact I find the anti-woke movement to be utterly nonsensical and based on little more than irrational fears of something even its own critics admit they can’t define, that doesn’t make a good…