mead107 Posted January 28, 2019 Share Posted January 28, 2019 Sounds like he could be a very interesting choice. What do you think? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nanker Posted January 28, 2019 Share Posted January 28, 2019 Are there more Starbucks buyers than Dunkin buyers? He would likely pull a lot of votes from the left. The Dumbs are terrified he is serious. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BeginnersMind Posted January 28, 2019 Share Posted January 28, 2019 I started hearing his name a few weeks ago. I don't know anything about him besides a couple overview stories that make him sound like a centrist Dem. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dpberr Posted January 28, 2019 Share Posted January 28, 2019 (edited) He's got a better shot than Bloomberg running as an independent. He is the human manifestation of Benadryl. If he had bonafide centrist positions in an age of hard right/hard left politics and media, he'd at least make it interesting. Does he offer anything besides being nicer than Trump and not as wacky as the Democrats? Does he have a real plan for anything or is he just another bored billionaire that enjoys basking in the glow of his own press? Edited January 28, 2019 by dpberr Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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B-Man Posted January 28, 2019 Share Posted January 28, 2019 There will be many complimentary stories this far out. Especially since he is very critical of President Trump. However, if he is still running close to the election, and is taking votes from Democrat candidate X..............he will be squashed by the media ala Bernie. . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
row_33 Posted January 28, 2019 Share Posted January 28, 2019 I will keep an eye on this, I have never come across him in any public capacity. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Koko78 Posted January 28, 2019 Share Posted January 28, 2019 59 minutes ago, B-Man said: There will be many complimentary stories this far out. Especially since he is very critical of President Trump. However, if he is still running close to the election, and is taking votes from Democrat candidate X..............he will be squashed by the media ala Bernie. He'd be smart to use some of his fortune to buy a few media companies before the DNC can do that. Gives him a platform to counter their smears. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nanker Posted January 28, 2019 Share Posted January 28, 2019 42 minutes ago, row_33 said: I will keep an eye on this, I have never come across him in any public capacity. He hasn't been terribly public - in a political sense, and although he's a life-long Democrat, he's really bothered by the hard left shift the leaders of that party which is little more now than a bag of professionally outraged self-proclaimed victims. He's a billionaire who bought Starbucks from the original founders and transformed it into the big fat corporation that it is today. He used to own the Seattle Supersonics and the WNBA team there, but sold them both. He's written books about how he ran Starbucks into the stratosphere and has been interviewed on CNBC and FoxBusiness among others. He's making the Dems apoplectic because he would definitely draw voters away from whomever their nominee is. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
row_33 Posted January 28, 2019 Share Posted January 28, 2019 that's a long way away from committing to 20 hours a day on the campaign trail for 9 solid months 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
B-Man Posted January 28, 2019 Share Posted January 28, 2019 Well, I guess that I was wrong.............they won't wait 2 years (Think Progress Justice Editor) Liberals: Trump is an authoritarian fascist....................also, if anyone launches an independent campaign for office, we will silence and destroy them until they go away” More: Larry Sabato ✔@LarrySabato What do you bet that the GOP and the Russians will do everything possible to surreptitiously promote @HowardSchultz among Democratic constituencies, to drain the maximum number of votes from the D POTUS nominee? - Jan 27, 2019 RUSSIANS !!!! This theory will only grow in the coming weeks and months: 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nanker Posted January 28, 2019 Share Posted January 28, 2019 And it will be Russians too (in their eyes) if Romney or Kasich or some other stooge jumps in against Trump? They have no moral core. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tiberius Posted January 28, 2019 Share Posted January 28, 2019 He might be Trump's only chance of winning 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
row_33 Posted January 28, 2019 Share Posted January 28, 2019 39 minutes ago, Tiberius said: He might be Trump's only chance of winning only chance.... you can't be this dopey, can you think.... just a little bit... before you send. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Koko78 Posted January 28, 2019 Share Posted January 28, 2019 23 minutes ago, row_33 said: only chance.... you can't be this dopey, can you think.... just a little bit... before you send. THIS time will be different! Just like they really got the smoking gun that brings down Trump's administration THIS time! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
3rdnlng Posted January 28, 2019 Share Posted January 28, 2019 23 minutes ago, row_33 said: only chance.... you can't be this dopey, can you think.... just a little bit... before you send. Asking Gleeful Gator to think is like asking McDumbass to lay off the moose. It's not going to happen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DC Tom Posted January 28, 2019 Share Posted January 28, 2019 4 hours ago, B-Man said: There will be many complimentary stories this far out. Especially since he is very critical of President Trump. However, if he is still running close to the election, and is taking votes from Democrat candidate X..............he will be squashed by the media ala Bernie. . He'll be squashed by California, Oregon, and NY refusing to list him as a candidate long before then. 3 hours ago, Nanker said: He hasn't been terribly public - in a political sense, and although he's a life-long Democrat, he's really bothered by the hard left shift the leaders of that party which is little more now than a bag of professionally outraged self-proclaimed victims. He's a billionaire who bought Starbucks from the original founders and transformed it into the big fat corporation that it is today. He used to own the Seattle Supersonics and the WNBA team there, but sold them both. He's written books about how he ran Starbucks into the stratosphere and has been interviewed on CNBC and FoxBusiness among others. He's making the Dems apoplectic because he would definitely draw voters away from whomever their nominee is. He needs to be preemptively impeached, because running Starbucks and being President violates the emoluments clause something something something... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Koko78 Posted January 28, 2019 Share Posted January 28, 2019 13 minutes ago, DC Tom said: He'll be squashed by California, Oregon, and NY refusing to list him as a candidate long before then. He needs to be preemptively impeached, because running Starbucks and being President violates the emoluments clause something something something... He sells coffee there that comes from Colombian and/or African beans. COLLUSION! In addition, one of the farmers who grows his beans forgot to recycle waste products one time 30 years ago. HE'S ANTI ENVIRONMENT! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doc Brown Posted January 28, 2019 Share Posted January 28, 2019 I'm hoping he drives the Starbucks stock price down. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IDBillzFan Posted January 28, 2019 Share Posted January 28, 2019 I don't hold a lot of centrist optimism for a guy who has his employees try to talk to me about equality simply because I'm trying to get a cup of coffee. But hey...maybe he can get the people who wish Ben and Jerry would make a run. ' Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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