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DonViejo

(60,536 posts) Sat Jan 26, 2019, 09:26 AM Jan 2019

Schultz Gets Closer to Independent White House Bid

January 26, 2019 at 8:16 am EST By Taegan Goddard

Howard Schultz, the former Starbucks CEO, will say in a 60 Minutes interview already recorded, but airing on Sunday that he is thinking very seriously about an independent presidential run — but stop short of a full announcement, The Atlantic reports.

“Already, top Democratic operatives working for presidential candidates and beyond say they’re worried that the only thing he’ll accomplish is making sure Donald Trump gets re-elected. It’s more than just sniping at a prospective opponent—word that he might invest in an independent run has many of them clearly worried about how he’d split votes in a general election.”

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https://politicalwire.com/2019/01/26/schultz-gets-closer-to-independent-white-house-bid/

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Schultz Gets Closer to Independent White House Bid (Original Post) DonViejo Jan 2019 OP

Please no. we can do it Jan 2019 #1

Just go fetch me some coffee TheFarseer Jan 2019 #2

Billionaires without borders need not apply. Zoonart Jan 2019 #3

yup. The only thing third parties have accomplished is giving us bush and trump. still_one Jan 2019 #4

Message auto-removed Name removed Jan 2019 #7

Big difference. The Ralph Naders and Jill Stein assholes knew the the SC was at stake still_one Jan 2019 #8

Please don't peddle that Bush lie from '92 sandensea Jan 2019 #9

"A billionaire who feels he might be the answer to American politics" dalton99a Jan 2019 #5

Meh. He will draw disgusted republicans Voltaire2 Jan 2019 #6

we can do it

(12,189 posts)

1. Please no.

Reply to DonViejo (Original post)

Sat Jan 26, 2019, 09:27 AM

Jan 2019

TheFarseer

(9,323 posts)

2. Just go fetch me some coffee

Reply to DonViejo (Original post)

Sat Jan 26, 2019, 09:37 AM

Jan 2019

I’ve seen enough of the country run like a business.

Zoonart

(11,869 posts)

3. Billionaires without borders need not apply.

Reply to DonViejo (Original post)

Sat Jan 26, 2019, 09:37 AM

Jan 2019

JUST NO!

still_one

(92,217 posts)

4. yup. The only thing third parties have accomplished is giving us bush and trump.

Reply to DonViejo (Original post)

Sat Jan 26, 2019, 10:13 AM

Jan 2019

I am so tired of their bullshit

Hopefully, more folks are aware of these fraud third party candidates, and they will be inconsequential

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still_one

(92,217 posts)

8. Big difference. The Ralph Naders and Jill Stein assholes knew the the SC was at stake

Reply to Name removed (Reply #7)

Sat Jan 26, 2019, 12:00 PM

Jan 2019

in those two elections, when they spewed their lies how their false equivalency that there was no difference between republicans and Democrats

Things must be slow over at JPR

sandensea

(21,636 posts)

9. Please don't peddle that Bush lie from '92

Reply to Name removed (Reply #7)

Sat Jan 26, 2019, 02:21 PM

Jan 2019

Polls at the time clearly showed that the Perot vote was about evenly split between the Clinton and Bush, with about a third staying home had it not been for the intrepid Mr. Perot.

dalton99a

(81,515 posts)

5. "A billionaire who feels he might be the answer to American politics"

Reply to DonViejo (Original post)

Sat Jan 26, 2019, 10:15 AM

Jan 2019

He forgot to add "I alone can fix it"

Voltaire2

(13,058 posts)

6. Meh. He will draw disgusted republicans

Reply to DonViejo (Original post)

Sat Jan 26, 2019, 11:31 AM

Jan 2019

who can’t vote for Trump and won’t vote for any Democrat.

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