Posted on 08/02/2015 6:05:20 PM PDT by Hojczyk
Howard Schultz, the chairman and CEO of Starbucks, is being urged to challenge Hillary Clinton for the Democratic presidential nomination.
Schultz, 62, is getting encouragement from supporters because they believe "the time is right for someone who's not a political lifer," New York Times columnist Maureen Dowd said on Saturday. "It may be a tempting proposition."
Raised in low-income housing in Brooklyn, Schultz later graduated from Northern Michigan University. He bought Starbucks in 1988 and built the company to where its operating income totaled $939 million in its most recent quarter, on $4.9 billion in sales.
"He has strong opinions, and even position papers, about what he calls the fraying American dream," writes Dowd, who has long criticized Clinton and former President Bill Clinton.
She referenced the book Schultz co-wrote last year, "For Love of Country: What Our Veterans Can Teach Us About Citizenship, Heroism, and Sacrifice."
"While he was promoting his book on veterans last year, he honed a message about making government work again and finding 'authentic, truthful leadership,'" Dowd said.
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Never heard of the guy……….but whadda I know?
Lattes for everybody!
Schultz would have the advantage of sincerity. Hillary can never be accused of that.
He actually has had a real job.
In a real business.
And made real profits.
Nah, the sociocrats will never nominate someone wno has actually WORKED for a living.
Even the f'n fruitcakes are waking up.
Hillaryous
Unless he can be confirmed as Elite Class, the Elitists will never let him step anywhere near the nomination.
Will his campaign slogan be “RACE Together”?
That worked out so well for them.
What a magnificent pair of earrings she has.
Dowd, who has long criticized Clinton and former President Bill Clinton.
Lord, who writes this guff anyway...
The ‘RAT version of Trump...too funny.
Liars.
And such a nice pair of eyes.
Thanks. People with whom I passionately disagree can be sincere and that alone puts Shultz head an shoulders above Hillary.
Indeed Twister...indeed...
Must be the Trump effect. Now the Dems want to run an outsider businessman of their own (if this is even true).
So Schultz is transgender?
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