Former Starbucks CEO, Schultz, may try a 3rd party run in 2020?
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Link: Democrats to Howard Schultz: Don't do it
Replies to: Former Starbucks CEO, Schultz, may try a 3rd party run in 2020?
He has many good qualities, but politics isn't one of them. Just look at his handling Sonics
He said he didn't know Oklahoma City buyers intended to move the team to Oklahoma City. This made him looked either naïve or an awkward liar. 'cause the whole city of Seattle knew the move was gonna happen. I don't care about Sonic/NBA at all. So, my position makes my observation is more objective.
Too bad he’s not running as a Dem
His big issue is debt. He would bring a dose of sanity to the Dem debates.
Wow 2020 what fun, reality TV at its best. Trump, Schultz, Bloomberg (Billionaires) and 25 Others
As Don Imus once said about the Clinton cabinet. The Democrat group of candidates for 2020 will look like the clown car at the circus. Can't wait. Trump may run out of nicknames for all the candidates. Bring it on!!!
What were the 2016 candidates, a Whitman's MAD mag Sampler speaking through kazoo's?
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No this will be better with all the women and people of color the media will be in an a frenzy
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Be sure to vote against toxic masculinity...
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I haven’t shaved in 10 days
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There's a lot to like in Schultz
His life story is pretty incredible. From public housing in the Bronx to billionaire. First person in his family to go to college. Has always focused on providing comprehensive benefits for Starbucks employees. Somebody that we could be proud of in the Oval Office. Sure, he's a climate nutjob, but most everyone is these days.
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If he becomes President will foreign dignitaries be able to buy coffee or will emoluments come in?
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Yes, there are a lot of Starbucks in federal buildings. Emoluments!
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Gary Johnson considered announcing his bid.
"I was gonna run for president, but then I got high...". (afroman)
Schultz has my vote for now.
Announcing his bid from Aleppo?
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Funny. Saw that live, like a deer in the headlights. Which proves any dumb fuck can be a governor
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Yes, and no. The Aleppo question was without context...out of the blue after talking about Nader.
There was no, "Let's talk about foreign policy," or "Let's move to the topic of Syria and US involvement there."
Should he have handled it so it wasn't a problem? Of course. All he had to say was "What do you mean?" And a friendly interviewer would have said, "I'm trying to find out your policy on Syria." And Johnson could have said, "Oh, I thought you we were still talking about the electability of third party candidates. Here is my position on Syria..." A friendly interviewer might have made a joke about it to diffuse things, but the MSNBC guy said, "You're kidding." That's made a gaffe into a viral gaffe.
True cringe-worthy events like that require two things: A gaffe and a hostile media.
Gaffe: Not making gaffes is an acquired skill of lawyers, seasoned politicians, and PR people. You don't have to be a rocket scientist to have the skill, and you don't have to be a lawyer, etc., to be governor. I have worked with very smart people with post-graduate degrees who put stupid stuff in writing all the time (not at my current company, of course). Any lawyer will tell you this. Gaffes are not an indication of intelligence. And, not having gaffes is an indication of learned discipline...something Johnson didn't have.
Hostile interviewers: Johnson had a reputation for NOT being a policy wonk in general, and they knew he was a non-interventionist (and so therefore likely did not know all the details of ongoing interventions), and they knew he didn't have a policy staff like the two major parties provide for their candidates, and they knew he wasn't good at this.. So, asking an interventionist question in a cryptic way hurts Johnson. Even with Johnson's ridiculous, overly-trusting, self-exposing response, the interviewer didn't have to embarrass him (and wouldn't have embarrassed him if he liked him).
Having said all of that...Johnson is kind of a goof ball...and I say that as a former Libertarian Party member. Lots of socially challenged people in that party.
I’ve grown toward the libertarian party. Don’t care what you do with your personal life just
Keep government out of my life. Military, roads, police, fire, infrastructure fine. Everything else not so much. Stay out of medicine, education, etc. Local cities and states should decide. If I don’t like the conditions I’ll move to another state. Much as our founding fathers wanted.
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You just summed up my beliefs.
Palin already proved that very thing.
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