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Turns out Howard Shultz doesn't vote much. (Original Post) Irishxs Feb 2019 OP
Democracy isn't his path to political influence. zaj Feb 2019 #1
"And if you want me for President, then you too should not vote!" struggle4progress Feb 2019 #2
I'm shocked. TDale313 Feb 2019 #3
Not shocked. He must have known this Irishxs Feb 2019 #6
No, I'm not really shocked either 🙂 TDale313 Feb 2019 #7
Rich people don't need to vote. They buy politicians. RockRaven Feb 2019 #4
This is why he doesn't understand the electoral college trixie2 Feb 2019 #5
Voting would make him just an ordinary citizen. ariadne0614 Feb 2019 #8
Dear Howie RainCaster Feb 2019 #9
You're right KT2000 Feb 2019 #10
What a hypocrite. Now we know why he wanted to run... Honeycombe8 Feb 2019 #11

TDale313

(7,820 posts)
7. No, I'm not really shocked either 🙂
Sat Feb 2, 2019, 01:31 AM
Feb 2019

The guy doesn’t really strike me as particularly political or socially conscious. The only reason he’s getting involved now is he’s afraid, for the first time in decades, that one party might actually want him to pay a tiny bit closer to his fair share.

RockRaven

(14,998 posts)
4. Rich people don't need to vote. They buy politicians.
Sat Feb 2, 2019, 12:18 AM
Feb 2019

Getting a politician's attention by voting for or against them is for the proles, plebs, and peons. At least that what people like Schultz and Trump think.

KT2000

(20,587 posts)
10. You're right
Sat Feb 2, 2019, 03:27 AM
Feb 2019

he is a republican trying to pass himself off as not. He sure does not understand politics at all but believes in his own arrogance.

Honeycombe8

(37,648 posts)
11. What a hypocrite. Now we know why he wanted to run...
Sat Feb 2, 2019, 03:33 AM
Feb 2019

just like Klugman said...(I think that's who said it)...he decided to run to stop the Democrats from going too far left, and he wanted to stop any tax cuts headed his way. I also think he didn't care about the country, but thought more that, "If Trump could get elected just because he has money, why can't I? I'm so wonderful, they'd be lucky to have me."

In that article, it said he didn't vote in most state & local elections, but ran a political voting push, saying that people need to get more involved and vote in all elections at all levels. Except for him, apparently.

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