25 August 2016

Meet the vice presidential candidate who conceals his age

The Green Party’s nominee for Vice President, Ajamu Baraka, appears to be in his late fifties, perhaps a bit older. But his exact age is a mystery because he works very hard to conceal that information. None of the biographical information on him that I found on the internet provides the year of his birth, and only a few sources indicate he was born in Chicago. He’s probably old enough to be President, but why is he concealing such basic biographical information? Is there something on his birth certificate he doesn’t want Americans to know about?

Baraka, incidentally, is an accomplished writer of turgid, pompous, prose. That skill could come in handy if he ends up working for the government.