Author Topic: Howard Schultz Watch (Read 7237 times)

chum1 · « **Reply #25 on:** January 31, 2019, 11:24:54 AM »

https://twitter.com/ThePlumLineGS/status/1090991528020004865

star seed 7 · « **Reply #26 on:** January 31, 2019, 11:26:14 AM »

Quote from: sys on January 31, 2019, 11:21:44 AM

what, pray tell, is his message?

in reality, he's received far more coverage than he merits. he's appeared all over cable new shows and cnbc for some reason decided their viewership was anxiously awaiting news of every word he uttered. for a guy with all the demonstrated electoral appeal of a tulsi gabbard or pete whatever the eff his name is.

It appears to be that nothing trump has done is outrageous but a freshman member of the house floating higher taxes for around 16k filers is just too much to bear

Trim · « **Reply #27 on:** January 31, 2019, 11:26:31 AM »

Quote from: sys on January 31, 2019, 11:21:44 AM

what, pray tell, is his message?

Quote from: Trim on January 29, 2019, 11:48:46 AM

https://twitter.com/CBSThisMorning/status/1090241532618330114

michigancat · « **Reply #28 on:** January 31, 2019, 11:27:31 AM »

Quote from: sys on January 31, 2019, 11:21:44 AM

what, pray tell, is his message?

in reality, he's received far more coverage than he merits. he's appeared all over cable new shows and cnbc for some reason decided their viewership was anxiously awaiting news of every word he uttered. for a guy with all the demonstrated electoral appeal of a tulsi gabbard or pete whatever the eff his name is.

From what I gather his platform is Trump is unfit for office and Medicare for All is Unamerican, but mostly he just wants to say the two party system is broken and sell books

sys · « **Reply #29 on:** January 31, 2019, 11:31:06 AM »

Quote from: michigancat on January 31, 2019, 11:27:31 AM

but mostly he just wants to say the two party system is broken.

yeah, that's pretty much all i got from him too.

Cire · « **Reply #30 on:** January 31, 2019, 11:41:20 AM »

White middle class gen x men love this guy.

michigancat · « **Reply #31 on:** January 31, 2019, 11:44:54 AM »

I honestly don't know why he wouldn't run as a republican

https://www.washingtonpost.com/us-policy/2019/01/30/howard-schultzs-policies-reduce-debt-cut-entitlements-oppose-medicare-all-taxes-wealthy/?utm_term=.8a711e2e1316

sys · « **Reply #32 on:** January 31, 2019, 12:16:01 PM »

Quote from: michigancat on January 31, 2019, 11:44:54 AM

I honestly don't know why he wouldn't run as a republican

he'd have to wait till 2024 for one thing.

sys · « **Reply #33 on:** January 31, 2019, 12:45:52 PM »

i posted this before in the democratic candidate thread, but i'll add it in over here too. you can see the schultz quadrant is about as empty of pubs as it is of dems. an potentially viable indy or third party candidate would be the opposite of schultz, over in the trump/perot quadrant (in a non-trump year, and if the pubs pull back closer to their pre-trump space).

https://twitter.com/cmcarter425/status/1090272038881701888

michigancat · « **Reply #34 on:** January 31, 2019, 12:58:03 PM »

Quote from: sys on January 31, 2019, 12:45:52 PM

i posted this before in the democratic candidate thread, but i'll add it in over here too. you can see the schultz quadrant is about as empty of pubs as it is of dems. an potentially viable indy or third party candidate would be the opposite of schultz, over in the trump/perot quadrant (in a non-trump year, and if the pubs pull back closer to their pre-trump space).

https://twitter.com/cmcarter425/status/1090272038881701888

That's interesting. Lots of people claim to be in that quadrant but really are only socially liberal when it comes to weed and maybe gay marriage and nothing else.

sys · « **Reply #35 on:** January 31, 2019, 01:07:03 PM »

Quote from: michigancat on January 31, 2019, 12:58:03 PM

Lots of people claim to be in that quadrant but really are only socially liberal when it comes to weed and maybe gay marriage and nothing else.

that quadrant is also very overrepresented in the media and on goEMAW.com, so it seems like there are a lot more of them than there are. it's basically the highly-educated, young white male quadrant.

Spracne · « **Reply #36 on:** January 31, 2019, 01:24:06 PM »

Yeah, Schultz isn't the guy. But I like the idea of a Schultz (just not him personally). And yes, he would have to attack the democrats in order to split the pub vote. I mean, that's obvious.

michigancat · « **Reply #37 on:** January 31, 2019, 03:29:39 PM »

Quote from: sys on January 31, 2019, 01:07:03 PM

Quote from: michigancat on January 31, 2019, 12:58:03 PM
Lots of people claim to be in that quadrant but really are only socially liberal when it comes to weed and maybe gay marriage and nothing else.

that quadrant is also very overrepresented in the media and on goEMAW.com, so it seems like there are a lot more of them than there are. it's basically the highly-educated, young white male quadrant.

yes this makes a lot of sense

steve dave · « **Reply #38 on:** January 31, 2019, 04:59:28 PM »

I will probably vote for this guy but I don’t like him. Unless Trump gets primaried obv.

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steve dave · « **Reply #39 on:** January 31, 2019, 05:00:54 PM »

Quote from: Spracne on January 31, 2019, 01:24:06 PM

Yeah, Schultz isn't the guy. But I like the idea of a Schultz (just not him personally). And yes, he would have to attack the democrats in order to split the pub vote. I mean, that's obvious.

Same

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Trim · « **Reply #40 on:** January 31, 2019, 08:51:38 PM »

Me to the lady handing out his little autographed campaign coasters.

Trim · « **Reply #41 on:** January 31, 2019, 11:17:35 PM »

He said that the 3 big things Democrats promulgate that make it so he can't be part of them are:

1) Medicare for all
2) Free college
3) Everyone being guaranteed a government job

Spracne · « **Reply #42 on:** January 31, 2019, 11:39:13 PM »

Quote from: Trim on January 31, 2019, 11:17:35 PM

He said that the 3 big things Democrats promulgate that make it so he can't be part of them are:

1) Medicare for all
2) Free college
3) Everyone being guaranteed a government job

Is this a criticism, or what?

Spracne · « **Reply #43 on:** January 31, 2019, 11:41:44 PM »

I mean, I see 1. [single payer, in some form] as inevitable, but we should transition strategically so as to not shock the economy. 2 and 3 are dumb, even though we ought to bring down the cost of 2 considerably. But that, too, will take some strategic unwinding.

Trim · « **Reply #44 on:** January 31, 2019, 11:51:04 PM »

Are democrats guaranteeing everyone government jobs? That drew a lot of wuts from the crowd.

michigancat · « **Reply #45 on:** February 01, 2019, 12:34:04 AM »

Quote from: Spracne on January 31, 2019, 11:41:44 PM

I mean, I see 1. [single payer, in some form] as inevitable, but we should transition strategically so as to not shock the economy.

see this is much closer to a "bring the country together" take. Schulz said MFA is "not American".

Spracne · « **Reply #46 on:** February 01, 2019, 01:10:30 AM »

Spracne 2020?

K-S-U-Wildcats! · « **Reply #47 on:** February 01, 2019, 07:11:07 AM »

Quote from: sys on January 31, 2019, 01:07:03 PM

Quote from: michigancat on January 31, 2019, 12:58:03 PM
Lots of people claim to be in that quadrant but really are only socially liberal when it comes to weed and maybe gay marriage and nothing else.

that quadrant is also very overrepresented in the media and on goEMAW.com, so it seems like there are a lot more of them than there are. it's basically the highly-educated, young white male quadrant.

The reason there aren’t many people in that quadrant is that it’s actually a massive contradiction to be “socially liberal” and “fiscally conservative.” Being socially liberal on things like drugs and shredding family values cost our government a shitton in unintended consequences.

steve dave · « **Reply #48 on:** February 01, 2019, 07:39:53 AM »

I’m running on an aggressive SHREDDING OF FAMILY VALUES platform. And drugs.

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star seed 7 · « **Reply #49 on:** February 01, 2019, 07:40:51 AM »

That homo marriage is going to bankrupt the country