Howard Schultz, Starbucks former CEO, running for POTUS

[T.Lex]

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-47026374

Maybe.

So, for the first time in years, I caught most of 60 Minutes. (It was REALLY good - like as good as the old days, before it got really bad.)

They had an interview with this guy. Still really superficial, but said a bunch of the right things.

For our purposes, nothing on gun control. And knowing the Starbucks position on firearms, I'm not really optimistic about that part.

 

[BugI02]

Billionaire Mortal Kombat

 

[printcraft]

Lifelong democrat that donated to hitlary and obama campaigns.

“We’re not sure of his position on guns”

I’m going to go out on a limb here...

 

[MCgrease08]

I sure hope we all get to take the same mandatory diversity and racial bias training the Starbucks employees were forced to sit through.

 

[eldirector]

Heard on Katz this morning that this guy may run 3rd party? FINALLY, someone to split the Democrat ticket....

 

[Leadeye]

Running third party will seal the election for Hillary, I would expect her handlers to stir up as much support for a third party run with this guy as possible while staying undercover.

Staying with the democrat party he's trouble for her.

 

[HoughMade]

The only way he wouldn't lose me with "lifelong democrat" was if he had a deep southern accent, and even then....

 

[rob63]

Here's his position on guns according to CNBC. I would love to see an independent break the stranglehold of the two parties, but he won't be getting my vote.

Gun control
“Seventy percent of the American people want the kind of policy legislation that takes the guns of war out of the American peoples’ neighborhoods.”

https://www.cnbc.com/2018/06/05/how...cal-topics-gun-control-taxes-immigration.html

 

[T.Lex]

It sounds like it isn't a key factor for him, which may be good enough for me.

If Obama couldn't move the needle after Sandy Hook, then I'm not sure what this guy can do when he isn't really worked up about it anyway.

Kinda odd convergence with the Bull Moose movement.

 

[Expat]

I had been seeing the stories that the Dems are gnashing their teeth about him running, so I take that as a good sign.

 

[printcraft]

I had been seeing the stories that the Dems are gnashing their teeth about him running, so I take that as a good sign.

I can't wait for the "boys he molested" stories to come out after hitlary gets the nod to be the democrat party frontrunner... maybe he can get bernie to run as his Veep.

 

[Blackhawk2001]

I suspect he won't get a lot of traction, no matter how much money he's willing to spend.

 

[OakRiver]

I had been seeing the stories that the Dems are gnashing their teeth about him running, so I take that as a good sign.

It was interesting seeing the amount of Democrats who are taking shots at him to dissuade him from running. Now that it was revealed that Kamala Harris had an affair to further her political career, to get political jobs and to get political access to the California king makers it will be interesting to see how that gets spun.

 

[DRob]

I know three Democrats who aren't running for POTUS, yet!

 

[Restroyer]

He'll split the Democratic vote like Kasich splits the Republican vote (they both suck in my opinion). 2 years of election coverage is going to wear us out!

 

[DoggyDaddy]

Heard on Katz this morning that this guy may run 3rd party? FINALLY, someone to split the Democrat ticket....

He is distancing himself from "his former Democrat party". Says that they have moved too far to the left, and sounds like he is opposed to government-run health insurance "that we can't afford".

 

[Mark-DuCo]

If Hilary ends up running for president he will be found dead in an alley with 17 gunshots to the back of the head, a horrible case of suicide.

 

[OakRiver]

Here come the hit pieces

 

[1DOWN4UP]

Time to watch em eat their own.

 

[mlouisalbert]

I'm sure like every other liberal out there he thinks guns are the biggest evil in the world!!!

I like the idea of having more options and different parties because I do believe that part of the issue that we have in America right now is that everyone is bullied into believing that your choices are either a **** sandwich or a **** sandwich with pickles.... More choices = Better America. With that said though, i don't think that this good is a good candidate for people who enjoy being able to protect themselves using inanimate tools!!!