Budding independent Howard Schultz aims most of his ire at Democrats

[workinclasszero]

By Michael Scherer January 30 at 7:06 PM

Former Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz’s early interest in an independent presidential campaign has quickly morphed into a full-scale attack on the Democratic Party, adding an unexpected dimension to the first weeks of the campaign to oust President Trump.

In a four-day blitz of interviews across major broadcast networks, Schultz has been outspoken in his criticism of liberal Democratic leaders, saying their policies for expanding Medicare or taxing the wealthy are “not American,” “misinformed” and “ridiculous.”

A billionaire who supports abortion rights and more gun regulation, Schultz has long called himself a “lifelong Democrat.” But he now describes the party as an unnavigable institution, beholden to its liberal fringe and inconsequential to improvement of the country.

“Whether a Democrat wins the presidency or Donald Trump is reelected — I hope not — nothing is going to change because our politics and our government is broken,” Schultz, 65, said Wednesday on MSNBC’s “Morning Joe.”

“I do not believe in what the Democratic Party stands for.”

Schultz’s personal Twitter account seemed to delve even further Wednesday into hard-nosed politics, with a tweet praising the “thoughtful analysis” of a conservative opinion column praising his run. The column called Sen. Kamala D. Harris (D-Calif.) a “shrill .?.?. quasi-socialist” and referred to Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) as “Fauxcahontas,” a jibe at her family’s claim of Native American ancestry.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/budding-independent-howard-schultz-aims-most-of-his-ire-at-democrats/2019/01/30/28210ab4-24a7-11e9-ad53-824486280311_story.html

[UniteFightBack]

1. THIS is what is pissing me off about this fucking guy. You want to defeat rump..then keep Democrats

names out your got damn mouth.

[workinclasszero]

5. He's trying to get tRump a second term

No doubt about it!

[dalton99a]

2. His goal is to attack the Democratic Party and to damage Democratic candidates.

"Lifelong" Democrat, my ass

[workinclasszero]

4. Yep

This asshole is a stalking horse for Trump.

[uponit7771]

10. +1

[JustAnotherGen]

3. Most

I haven't heard him all of his soft ball interviews this week attack even Trump!

He's the worst!

[democratisphere]

6. Schultz is in it to preserve the billionaires tax cut.

Nothing more or less.

[Lars39]

7. So what kind of deal has he made with Putin?

[Johonny]

8. This guy will suck votes from Trump. He's Ross Perot. He's no threat to the Dems

because he's not liberal, not a Dem, and a complete idiot.

[maxrandb]

9. Budding with who?

The only people I've seen hyperventilating about this jackass is the MSM and Donnie Short Fingers.

Why, it's almost as if the MSM is showing us hours of footage of an empty podium with Breaking News flashing in the chryon.

Hmmmm, where have I seen this before?

[ooky]

11. That's my question too. I don't see him appealing to anybody.

Gun humpers won't vote for him if he pushes more gun regulation. Evangelicals won't vote for him if he pushes abortion. What liberal will vote for him if he is pushing tax cuts for the rich or the rest of his mostly conservative agenda?

Who does that leave to vote for him?

He'll be a non-factor.

[Renew Deal]

12. All of this attacking Democrats from the right is good for us

Because no Democrat will vote for him.

[UTUSN]

13. K&R