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applegrove

(118,744 posts) Tue Jan 29, 2019, 04:42 AM Jan 2019

An Open Letter To Howard Schultz - by Jon Lovett (good letter)

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Direct link:

https://crooked.com/articles/open-letter-howard-schultz/

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An Open Letter To Howard Schultz - by Jon Lovett (good letter) (Original Post) applegrove Jan 2019 OP

Great letter! Direct link for those not on Twitter: klook Jan 2019 #1

Excellent letter Achilleaze Jan 2019 #2

"You must believe that..." William Seger Jan 2019 #3

This. Martin Eden Jan 2019 #4

I hope it gets to him Perseus Jan 2019 #5

klook

(12,162 posts)

1. Great letter! Direct link for those not on Twitter:

Reply to applegrove (Original post)

Tue Jan 29, 2019, 04:54 AM

Jan 2019

https://crooked.com/articles/open-letter-howard-schultz/

Achilleaze

(15,543 posts)

2. Excellent letter

Reply to applegrove (Original post)

Tue Jan 29, 2019, 06:02 AM

Jan 2019

Pay attention Starbucky!

William Seger

(10,779 posts)

3. "You must believe that..."

Reply to applegrove (Original post)

Tue Jan 29, 2019, 06:37 AM

Jan 2019

"... a) there are tens of millions of people in America who are clamoring for your politics but b) you couldn’t persuade them to vote for you in a Democratic primary."

Exactly -- it's what I call the Nader Fallacy: He doesn't think he can win the nomination of either major party, but could somehow win the general election. Magical thinking.

Martin Eden

(12,874 posts)

4. This.

Reply to applegrove (Original post)

Tue Jan 29, 2019, 07:09 AM

Jan 2019

What needed to be said.

Perseus

(4,341 posts)

5. I hope it gets to him

Reply to applegrove (Original post)

Tue Jan 29, 2019, 07:41 AM

Jan 2019

I hope he reads it and understand it, I hope he leaves his ego on the side.

But even if he runs as an independent, Democrats need to fight hard to make sure he becomes just a bad memory.

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