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Howard Schultz campaign narrative shaped by former Washington Post and CNN reporters
Washington Examiner ^ | Feb. 1, 2019

Posted on 02/01/2019 8:23:02 AM PST by deplorableindc

Howard Schultz, the former Starbucks CEO, has hired three ex-journalists as he prepares for a third-party presidential campaign.

The shadow campaign includes former senior Washington Post editor Rajiv Chandrasekaran, who joined forces with Schultz, 65, four years ago; Erin McPike, a consultant and former reporter at CNN, RealClearPolitics, and National Journal; and Joanne Gordon, a former Forbes journalist.

Chandrasekaran and Gordon have co-authored books with Schultz, a billionaire openly weighing a centrist third-party bid, rejecting both President Trump's agenda and ascendant Democratic policies, such as ending private health insurance in favor of a government system.

(Excerpt) Read more at washingtonexaminer.com ...


TOPICS: News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: District of Columbia
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1 posted on 02/01/2019 8:23:02 AM PST by deplorableindc
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To: deplorableindc

Two party system —

Major Media Party
Designated Loser Party


2 posted on 02/01/2019 8:26:52 AM PST by ClearCase_guy (If White Privilege is real, why did Elizabeth Warren lie about being an Indian?)
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To: deplorableindc

Now THAT THERE is a winning combo. /s if needed


3 posted on 02/01/2019 8:27:13 AM PST by rktman ( #My2ndAmend! ----- Enlisted in the Navy in '67 to protect folks rights to strip my rights. WTH?)
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To: deplorableindc

Everybody start a Howard 2020 movement in your state. Many disaffected rats out there


4 posted on 02/01/2019 8:29:25 AM PST by FatherofFive (Islam is EVIL and needs to be eradicated)
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To: deplorableindc

If you lie down with dogs you will wake up with fleas.

I did notice Schultz trying to not make it obvious he was trying to reach the back of his ear with his right foot. Itchy.


5 posted on 02/01/2019 8:30:45 AM PST by frank ballenger (End vote fraud,noncitizens & illegals voting & leftist media news censorship or we're finished.)
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To: deplorableindc

Another Anti-American Progressive(I). He will bleed off Dem votes. The Dems deserve it. :)


6 posted on 02/01/2019 8:34:02 AM PST by CptnObvious (Question her now.)
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To: deplorableindc

Maybe the best news I’ve heard on this subject!


7 posted on 02/01/2019 8:34:30 AM PST by Cincinnatus.45-70 (What do DemocRats enjoy more than a truckload of dead babies? Unloading them with a pitchfork!)
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To: deplorableindc

This clown is a life long Democrat billionaire claiming the party has gone too far left for his tastes. One would think that the first thing to try would be to see how his message flies with Democrat primary voters. They are a fickle bunch, maybe they could be convinced that the party has gone too far left for them as well.

Here is a Business Insider article that thinks that Shultz couldn’t win the Democrat nomination:
https://www.investors.com/politics/editorials/starbuck-howard-schultz-democratic-2020-elections/

People should realize that Democrat leadership do not necessarily hold the same views as their primary voters. Maybe their moderates should try to take back the party.


8 posted on 02/01/2019 9:09:07 AM PST by fireman15
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To: deplorableindc

Also Steve Schmidt, according to Tucker Carlson. And some Democrat equivalent.


9 posted on 02/01/2019 9:10:44 AM PST by bigbob (Trust Trump. Trust the Plan.)
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To: Cincinnatus.45-70

My guess is he is afraid his business we be boycotted by the dems through their media allies who will call him a spoiler at best or at worse a Trump shill. As soon as he began making noise about running, the left began an orchestrated move to warn him off. “nice business you have there, pity something bad should happen to it” will be whispered into his ear.


10 posted on 02/01/2019 9:12:31 AM PST by Mouton (The media is the enemy of the people.)
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To: bigbob

Schmidt, the nevertrump Palin-hating a-hole:

https://www.thedailybeast.com/howard-schultz-and-steve-schmidt-play-russian-roulette-with-2020-election


11 posted on 02/01/2019 9:12:43 AM PST by bigbob (Trust Trump. Trust the Plan.)
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To: frank ballenger

LOL.


12 posted on 02/01/2019 10:26:42 AM PST by Ann Archy (Abortion....... The HUMAN Sacrifice to the god of Convenience.)
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To: deplorableindc

13 posted on 02/01/2019 10:33:05 AM PST by 4Liberty (">"The Democrats are the Party of Crime." - Donald J. Trump)
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To: deplorableindc
The problem with running as a third party centrist is that President Trump already is a third party centrist. Even his court picks are mostly just "enforce the law, don't legislate from the bench" types, not idealogues.

One big reason the Democrats are going so far left is because they have to differentiate themselves from President Trump, who took away the center.

14 posted on 02/01/2019 10:57:17 AM PST by Vince Ferrer
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To: AdmSmith; AnonymousConservative; Arthur Wildfire! March; Berosus; Bockscar; cardinal4; ColdOne; ...
Jeff Bezos a.k.a. Doctor Evil wants to buy the gov't. Splitting the Demwit/RINO/NeverTrumper vote will be a public service. Thanks deplorableindc.

15 posted on 02/02/2019 2:00:16 PM PST by SunkenCiv (and btw -- https://www.gofundme.com/for-rotator-cuff-repair-surgery)
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To: 4Liberty

LOLOL!


16 posted on 02/02/2019 2:01:39 PM PST by SunkenCiv (and btw -- https://www.gofundme.com/for-rotator-cuff-repair-surgery)
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To: ClearCase_guy
Two party system — Major Media Party - - Designated Loser Party

Painful because there's a lot to truth to your comment.

17 posted on 02/03/2019 12:01:51 PM PST by GOPJ (Does anyone really want America to be more like Tallahassee, South Bend or Newark? - - Greenfield)
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