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This Latest Zuckerberg Move Is Fueling Speculation He’s Running For Office
dailycaller.com ^ | 8/2/2017 | Chuck Ross

Posted on 08/03/2017 6:30:18 AM PDT by rktman

Mark Zuckerberg has reportedly hired Hillary Clinton’s pollster, Joel Benenson, as a consultant, a move that is sure to add to the growing speculation that the Facebook founder is running for political office.

According to Politico, Zuckerberg, 33, hired Benenson to advise his and his wife’s charity, the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative.

Zuckerberg and his wife, Priscilla Chan, have pledged to donate 99 percent of their net worth — which currently sits at $45 billion — to charity.

Zuckerberg, a California resident, has long been rumored to have political ambitions. His announcement earlier this year that he planned a cross-country tour to meet everyday Americans in all 50 states added to that speculation, and a series of personnel moves have further bolstered the theory.

As Politico notes, in January, Zuckerberg hired David Plouffe, Obama’s 2008 presidential campaign manager, to advise his family charity. He also recently hired Amy Dudley, former communications adviser to Virginia Sen. Tim Kaine, Clinton’s running mate, to serve as chief spokesperson for the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative.

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TOPICS: Culture/Society; Philosophy; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: loserthief; zuck2020; zuckerberg; zuckerberg2020
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Poof? Srsly? LOL! Good choice there assclown. Well at least he's on board with walls. At least around his "compound" in Hawaii and his place in calibfornia. Have you ever seen a face that just begs to be slapped?
1 posted on 08/03/2017 6:30:18 AM PDT by rktman
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The problem I see is that the cult of personality is reigning supreme in US politics again. The Left constantly derides the Right as not listening to the people while putting up idiots like Zuckerberg as model citizens.

He, like Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson, will likely ascend to higher office due to name recognition alone. At least Johnson is (registered) Republican.


2 posted on 08/03/2017 6:32:01 AM PDT by rarestia (Repeal the 17th Amendment and ratify Article the First to give the power back to the people!)
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To: rktman

Just do it and then see what happens!


3 posted on 08/03/2017 6:32:10 AM PDT by DIRTYSECRET (urope. Why do they put up with this.)
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To: rktman

Ha...he’s hiring the BEST! (Snicker, snicker). You go Zucky!


4 posted on 08/03/2017 6:32:18 AM PDT by goodnesswins (Say hello to President Trump)
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To: goodnesswins

What happens if some spaz Rino like Scarboro runs 3rd party? Perot redux.


5 posted on 08/03/2017 6:33:45 AM PDT by DIRTYSECRET (urope. Why do they put up with this.)
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To: rktman

I wish he would put all his billions behind Calexit and take both himself and everybody like him out of the USA.


6 posted on 08/03/2017 6:34:36 AM PDT by madprof98
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They assume that if Trump can do it then anybody can. Wrong! They will be eaten alive! The dems will run a black in 2020 anyway. Imagine Zucker trying to get the black vote. That would be comical.


7 posted on 08/03/2017 6:38:45 AM PDT by McCarthysGhost
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Well, at least he has an easy name to mock.


8 posted on 08/03/2017 6:39:17 AM PDT by KosmicKitty (Waiting for inspiration)
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To: madprof98

Calexit is headed for the ballot. If it succeeds, Zucky will be ineligible to run for anything except the California legislature or “President” of California.


9 posted on 08/03/2017 6:39:43 AM PDT by Herodes
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This guy may be smart, but he has zero personality. I really don’t know how he will be able to keep up the Media manufactured illusion when he starts campaigning. He doesn’t have the street smarts to compete in the Cult of Personality. (Of course, neither did Obama......but he was protected from his stupidity by his sycophant Media)


10 posted on 08/03/2017 6:40:25 AM PDT by originalbuckeye ("In a time of universal deceit, telling the truth is a revolutionary act." - George Orwell)
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Will be fun watching the real truth about FB come out.


11 posted on 08/03/2017 6:41:01 AM PDT by bigbob (People say believe half of what you see son and none of what you hear - M. Gaye)
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Well, he would hold the title of the first little punk president in U.S. history. That’s something.


12 posted on 08/03/2017 6:43:07 AM PDT by HighSierra5
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To: rktman; Lazamataz; Jamestown1630; HarleyLady27
Mark Zuckerberg rubbing shoulders with common folk...roughnecks.

Notice the safety "X" is on the back of the real workers. Marky has his coveralls on BACKWARDS.

13 posted on 08/03/2017 6:43:55 AM PDT by ptsal ( Get your facts first, then you can distort them as you please. - M. Twain)
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How many tattoos does he have?

The millennials will never vote for one of their own who doesn’t have lots of tattoos.


14 posted on 08/03/2017 6:43:58 AM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum (Some people consider government to be a necessary evil, others their personal Ponzi scheme.)
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He might be able to get 10 million “likes” on his FaceBoob Page”
Mindless lazy drones unite!


15 posted on 08/03/2017 6:44:12 AM PDT by Leep (Less talk more ACTiON!)
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Z-man has got at $45 billion.

Perhaps there’s some amount of money - some large number - with which you can simply buy an office. By that I mean hire the best campaign people. Flood the airways with carefully crafted, effective ads (not like the stupid ones Hillary ran). Spend big money strategically.

None of that would impress the hard-core opposition. But it might get you enough of the squishy middle. Would spending, say, $5 billion be enough?


16 posted on 08/03/2017 6:44:50 AM PDT by Leaning Right (I have already previewed or do not wish to preview this composition.)
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“Mark Zuckerberg has reportedly hired Hillary Clinton’s pollster, Joel Benenson, as a consultant”

So...he hired a “yes man”.
The guy screwed up the biggest poll of his career, telling his billionaire client she’d win with a huge margin - and got a staggering loss instead.


17 posted on 08/03/2017 6:47:26 AM PDT by ctdonath2 (It's not "white privilege", it's "Puritan work ethic". Behavior begets consequences.)
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To: madprof98

I agree he should get behind Calexit. He could be king


18 posted on 08/03/2017 6:47:49 AM PDT by McGavin999 ("The press is impotent when it abandons itself to falsehood."Thomas Jefferson)
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The problem I see is that the cult of personality is reigning supreme in US politics again.

That's what gave us Obama, Al Franken & Jesse Ventura.

19 posted on 08/03/2017 6:48:06 AM PDT by ex91B10
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To: originalbuckeye

He has ton of moneies.


20 posted on 08/03/2017 6:52:27 AM PDT by Libertynotfree (Over spending, Over taxes, and Over regulation)
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