On Tom Steyer and Xavier Becerra
Have you ever heard of the "Red Billionaire"? His name was Jean-Baptiste Doumeng . (I'm surprised he didn't change his name from something so religious to "Vladimir" or "Josef".) He parlayed his Communist bona fides into extensive business dealings with the Soviet bloc, and making une belle centime from all of it. Now, far be it for me to castigate the hypocrisy of a Communist billionaire. These our latter days are filled with grosser hypocrisies. But it is a rather interesting segue to the topic of today's post. Yes, the "movement" engendered by Senator Bernie Sanders (I-For Himself) has endorsed an actual billionaire for California governor, the you-can't-turn-on-your-TV-without-seeing-him candidate Tom Steyer. Now, full disclosure: If Steyer makes it through the jungle primary, and his opponent is one of the two leading Republicans, I will have no problem voting for him, and he will likely win. However, I do find it rich that...
