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#HowardSchultz is a reminder of how wealthy, opinionated white guys are just like Starbucks: there’s one on every f****** corner

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So Far he's batting 1000!!!!  Loves America,Rich,non-politician, whatever color skin , Jewish and has testicular fortitude! 

Edited January 31, 20197 yr by riclag

Please folks, Dunkin' this turkey ASAP!

 

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Howard Schultz is suffering from the Frappuccino Syndrome

 

Holy chestnut praline latte! There was Howard Schultz, the former Starbucks chief executive, making a case Wednesday for why Americans would flock to him if he decided to run for president as an independent. “They’re not going to vote for a left-wing Eli zabeth Warren, Kamala Harris candidate,” he explained.

 

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/howard-schultz-is-suffering-from-the-frappuccino-syndrome/2019/01/30/8e7fe028-24cf-11e9-90cd-dedb0c92dc17_story.html

 

On 1/30/2019 at 12:40 AM, Trouble said:

Seems to me what we need is an alternative to the far left Dems and the Republicans.  Seems what has developed is far left Dems who basically want the government to take over everything and create a socialist state and thus leaving more moderate Dems no choice in the matter. Politics should not be about powerful party politics but what the average American wants.  It will be interesting to see if he runs and what his platform will be. To deny the guy a voice before he even has a chance to present his ideas is shameful.  It also goes to show that many of those opposed to him running are really worried that many Dems who are not so far left might vote for the guy.  To them it is all about getting Trump out not voting for what the people might really want.

"Seems what has developed is far left Dems who basically want the government to take over everything and create a socialist state and thus leaving more moderate Dems no choice in the matter."

Evidence?

On 1/30/2019 at 7:53 AM, sirineou said:

Hillary made trump president!!

I am sorry to disagree with you on this one. The only reason trump won was that his opponent was Hillary!

  Remember when we had this conversation during the primary? I said that if Hillary won the nomination the republicans will have a field day against her,

  To many skeletons in her closet. 

We can all be against trump, with good reason, and his use of the Russian assets to reveal the skeletons, real and imaginary . But the truth remains that most that was revealed wastrue. She was against the ropes constantly  . and trump played the "rope-a-dope" game. Between trump and the Comey letter to Congress,she never caught her breath, it was constant damage control.And

  Don't think we forgot the DNC's treatment of Bernie.

  Don't think  we don't know that after Obama got the nomination a deal was made between Hillary and Obama that the Clintons would throw the Clinton political machine behind Obama in exchange for a cabinet position for Hillary to pad he resumate, and a turn at the presidency after Obama's term, to the exclusion of  Biden. Anyone who thinks Biden did not run because he did not want to be president is to put it mildly deluding him/herself. 

Hillary made trump president.

"Don't think  we don't know that after Obama got the nomination a deal was made between Hillary and Obama that the Clintons would throw the Clinton political machine behind Obama in exchange for a cabinet position for Hillary to pad he resumate, and a turn at the presidency after Obama's term, to the exclusion of  Biden. Anyone who thinks Biden did not run because he did not want to be president is to put it mildly deluding him/herself"

Your standard of evidence is worthy of the master himself, Donald Trump.

AS for Schultz. 

He sold the Seattle Supersonics away to a group of Oklahoma business people after taxpayers refused to pay for either massive renovations of the arena or for a new arena for the team.

Under his watch, Starbucks busted labor union organizing attempts at Starbucks and got fined for doing it illegally.

He was also against the referendum raising the minimum wage to $15 in Seattle. (The referendum passed and unemployment continues to decline there.)

He's a cheapskate who has given less than one half of one percent of his fortune to charity. 

He got Seattle to agree to let him put a private driveway through a public park and then massively overbuilt it and ruined the park for locals.

 

 

Baiting post and reply removed.  

7 minutes ago, DoctorG said:

If you want to pay higher taxes then you too can have "free" healthcare and "free" college, but even Denmark does not want open borders like many on the Left.

Always a good idea when you haven't got the facts to back you up to use words like "many" which can mean pretty much whatever you want it to when applied to a party whose members number in the tens of millions.

10 minutes ago, DoctorG said:

If you want to pay higher taxes then you too can have "free" healthcare and "free" college, but even Denmark does not want open borders like many on the Left.

The USA devotes roughly 17 percent of its GDP to health care and still doesn't manage to provide it universally. Other developed nations spend much less, provide universal health care, and on average have better outcomes. So it's bad if that lesser spending comes from taxes but better when citizens pay it out of their own pockets?

3 minutes ago, bristolboy said:

Always a good idea when you haven't got the facts to back you up to use words like "many" which can mean pretty much whatever you want it to when applied to a party whose members number in the tens of millions.

The last time I did not write "many" on here the loonies attacked me for suggesting it was áll". You want it both ways of course.

The dems suddenly got scared. I don't know much about this guy but he couldn't be any worse than Trump or basically any dem. 

2 minutes ago, DoctorG said:

The last time I did not write "many" on here the loonies attacked me for suggesting it was áll". You want it both ways of course.

It would take a "loonie" to attack you if you claimed that all Democrats want open borders? I'm sure you wouldn't make such an apparently ridiculous claim without data to back you up. Just as I'm sure that you are just itching to provide the data that will establish what you mean by "many". Otherwise an objective observe might be inclined to conclude that whoever those "loonies" might be, they have a firmer grounding in reality than do you.

11 hours ago, riclag said:

So Far he's batting 1000!!!!  Loves America,Rich,non-politician, whatever color skin , Jewish and has testicular fortitude! 

He talks froth.

 

But yes, Illiberals would love to talk him up and have him split the liberal vote.

4 hours ago, Cryingdick said:

The dems suddenly got scared. I don't know much about this guy but he couldn't be any worse than Trump or basically any dem. 

He's not worse than "trump", he's not great but he's much better which isn't saying much. But the concern is if he runs third party with his billions he will help reelect "trump." Got it now? 

We need to reelect him.  Economy is booming:

https://www.cnbc.com/2019/02/01/nonfarm-payrolls-january-2019.html

 

 

We need to reelect him.  Economy is booming:
https://www.cnbc.com/2019/02/01/nonfarm-payrolls-january-2019.html

I read that but didn’t see the part where it said this has anything to do with Trump. Might just as well say we need to kick him out of office because of the polar vortex.

12 hours ago, Jingthing said:

He's not worse than "trump", he's not great but he's much better which isn't saying much. But the concern is if he runs third party with his billions he will help reelect "trump." Got it now? 

 

Yes, I get 'it". Now that we get past being condescending I can say I don't care if he runs and Trump is elected. Got it now?

 

However I hope another person runs as an independent. Watching Marc Cuban square off with this guy and Trump and whatever random dem would be great. I really would like to see an independent win and break the two party system. I think the timing could be ripe for this with the way campaigns are run on twitter and not centrally controlled through advertising budgets and the media.

 

I don't share your interests in the sense that the last thing I want is a dem win. So for me I like this guy being in the game. I hope you got it. I am still hoping for a win by an independent but if your nightmare scenario of Trump winning because of this guy I could also find an acceptable result. So this is kind of a potential win-win.

Edited February 1, 20197 yr by Cryingdick

Dug this old thread up because obviously we won't get news coverage here about Schultz. Here is him doing a town hall. A lot of what he says is spot on. I don't agree with everything like he mentions the debt but has no way to pay for it. Nonetheless interesting guy that the MSM is refusing to report on in depth.

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UMa31e4rym0

10 minutes ago, Cryingdick said:

Dug this old thread up because obviously we won't get news coverage here about Schultz. Here is him doing a town hall. A lot of what he says is spot on. I don't agree with everything like he mentions the debt but has no way to pay for it. Nonetheless interesting guy that the MSM is refusing to report on in depth.

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UMa31e4rym0

Feeling a little nervous about Trump's chances? Or is it just entirely irrelevant to you that that polling shows Schultz' independent run would hurt Democrats and help Republicans?

I think Schultz could actually take it all.

 

On ‎1‎/‎29‎/‎2019 at 9:21 PM, Jingthing said:

I think they will definitely NOT go centrist! Sanders led the way. His time has passed to pass the torch. I think he knows that too. There are multiple progressive choices already in and more to come. 

Like Warren? Oh I do hope she is the pick. It will be sooooo  enjoyable seeing the Donald make mince meat out of her.