The redoubtable Digby:
On Sunday, we got confirmation that yet another multibillionaire is seriously considering a run: Howard Schultz, the former CEO of Starbucks.
I will confess: I'm a fairly "plugged in" person when it comes to national politics, and yet when I heard someone called "Howard Schultz" was thinking of running for President, and was considered a "spoiler" by Democrats, I thought of Lyndon Larouche. This is, I thought this Schultz character must be some perennial candidate like Larouche whom I'd simply never heard of. I finally had to Google the guy.
And my first thought is: who is he kidding?
Am I the only one old enough to remember who much work it took for Ross Perot to get on the ballot in all 50 states, and he never did do it? (Am I the only one old enough to remember Ross Perot running in 1988?) Schultz has even less credibility than Michael Bloomberg, who had at least held public office; and he is another "business man" who wants to...run government like a business?
Like shutting down government as a legislative tool, haven't we learned the lesson on running government like a business, yet? Besides, as I say, who is Howard Schultz? The guy who ran Starbucks? I think Elon Musk has more name recognition, and on that alone a better chance of running for President and actually taking some votes. There's a reason Bernie Sanders suddenly decided he was a Democrat, and it's for precisely the same reason Ross Perot couldn't get his name on all the ballots in all 50 states. There's also a reason no one is demanding another white billionaire who retired early save us from our political nightmare.
I know this has tout le internet abuzz with why Schultz shouldn't do this, but I'm honestly left thinking: "Can he do it?" As Magic 8 ball used to say, "Outlook not so good."
Literally just get up tomorrow morning and match Bill Gates contributions to vaccines and you'll do more for the world than this entire vanity project.— pourmecoffee (@pourmecoffee) January 28, 2019
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