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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsStarbucks CEO Howard Schultz calls out Giuliani for 'offensive' Obama comments
http://money.cnn.com/2015/02/20/news/economy/howard-schultz-starbucks-rudy-giuliani/index.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+rss%2Fmoney_latest+%28Latest+News%29Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz calls out Giuliani for 'offensive' Obama comments
By Rich Barbieri
The Starbucks (SBUX) CEO called out former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani for questioning President Obama's "love" for his country.
"As an American, I find Rudy Giuliani's vicious comments about President Obama 'not loving America' to be profoundly offensive to both the President and the Office," Schultz said in a statement.
Giuliani caused a political stir this week with his remarks about Obama at a dinner event featuring Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker, in a speech first reported by Politico. He said he didn't believe Obama "loves America."
In an interview with CNN on Thursday, Giuliani followed up by saying he believed Obama "was brought up in an atmosphere in which he was taught to be a critic of America."
Schultz has weighed in several times in recent years at what he sees as political dysfunction.
He called Giuliani's remarks "yet another example of the extreme rhetoric that continues to divide our country rather than uniting us in common purpose."
Last fall, he called on Congress to get its act together and act with "civility." During the "fiscal cliff" fiasco in December 2011, he urged lawmakers to "come together." He scolded Washington again in 2013 when Congress bickered its way into a government shutdown that lasted more than two weeks.
--CNN's Poppy Harlow contributed to this report.
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Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz calls out Giuliani for 'offensive' Obama comments (Original Post)
babylonsister
Feb 2015
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Peacetrain
(22,877 posts)1. good!!
sheshe2
(83,770 posts)2. KnR!
onehandle
(51,122 posts)3. Walking through the six or so inches of snow we got to get some Starbucks in the morning.
Granted it's only a block and a half away. It's the thought that counts.
RKP5637
(67,108 posts)4. Excellent! n/t
Spazito
(50,339 posts)5. Good!
Giuliani's remarks were beyond offensive and it's good to see the backlash against them. I hope they continue to grow.
Thinkingabout
(30,058 posts)6. Good to hear
Cha
(297,240 posts)7. LOve it!
Howard Schultz! Mahalo babylonsistah~
Skittles
(153,160 posts)8. thanking Mr. Schultz for speaking out
yes indeed