Is Cornel West "Head Crab" in the bucket?

I remember a time when I use to run to the television to listen to Dr. West speak.  I would make everyone around me stop talking and listen too!  He had such mastery of the English Language.  He would use words that most "white people" didn't understand.  He displayed unconditional love to black people.  Hell, at one point, most black people I knew wanted to be Dr. West.  However, something has happened to Dr. West over the last few years - At least in my eyes - he has lost his way. 

I first notice Dr. West's descent in an article written on Chris Hedges's Blog:   Here is a one excerpt, "...There is the personal level,” he says. “I used to call my dear brother [Obama] every two weeks. I said a prayer on the phone for him, especially before a debate. And I never got a call back. And when I ran into him in the state Capitol in South Carolina when I was down there campaigning for him he was very kind. The first thing he told me was, ‘Brother West, I feel so bad. I haven’t called you back. You been calling me so much. You been giving me so much love, so much support and what have you.’

And I said, ‘I know you’re busy.’ But then a month and half later I would run into other people on the campaign and he’s calling them all the time. I said, wow, this is kind of strange. He doesn’t have time, even two seconds, to say thank you or I’m glad you’re pulling for me and praying for me, but he’s calling these other people. I said, this is very interesting. And then as it turns out with the inauguration I couldn’t get a ticket with my mother and my brother. I said this is very strange. We drive into the hotel and the guy who picks up my bags from the hotel has a ticket to the inauguration. My mom says, ‘That’s something that this dear brother can get a ticket and you can’t get one, honey, all the work you did for him from Iowa.’"

I talked about this on my radio show  - details here:    At any rate, I thought the personal attacks by Dr. West were a little bit out of his character, but I dismissed it all together.  But now, he comes out an calls Melissa Harris-Perry a "fraud."  

That's right, in a "bully move," Dr. West comes out with a new personal attack against the most promising African American female in the politosphere (ok, I made that word up).    Never the less, Here is what Cornell West said, "She's become the momentary darling of liberals, but I pray for her because she's in over her head,"  "... She's a fake and a fraud. I was so surprised how treacherous the sister was."

What do you think about this?