Howard Schultz doesn't have a chance

[SHRED]

He will get zero electoral college votes.
He will be nothing but a "spoiler".

But that won't stop the Republican owned television media from broadcasting him ad nauseam.

[fescuerescue]

1. The same was said of perot and Trump

[Cattledog]

3. Ross Perot ran as an independent and got ZERO Electoral College votes.

Trump ran as a Republican and won because he got 306 Electoral College votes.

No Independent can win. Even Trump knew this, that's why he ran as a Republican.

[Gothmog]

2. Third party candidates are almost always spoilers

[Cattledog]

4. No "Independent" has ever become President except George Washington.

And this Billionaire asshole is no George Washington.

[Loki Liesmith]

5. Doubt he will even be a spoiler

[Cosmocat]

16. I can't see him running

he is already walking back his timeline.

We haven't seen many people throwing their hats into the POTUS ring who have been as harshly panned as he has been when they have floated the idea.

Hard to see how he will want to spent a year and a half taking the shit he is going to take, and blowing good coin to take it.

[Ms. Toad]

6. Neither did Trump.

And treating his candidacy as if it was a joke contributed significantly to where we are right now.

Please don't make (encourage others to make) that mistake again.

[SHRED]

8. Very different

Trump didn't run as an Independent.

[Ms. Toad]

10. Shultz may well not ultimately run as an independent, either. N/t

[SHRED]

11. Good. I hope so.

[Ms. Toad]

13. That's precisely the thinking that got us Trump.

Everyone treated him as a joke, who could not possibly win.

[SHRED]

14. I am saying...

...I hope he doesn't run as an Independent.

I'll still be against him but he won't be splitting votes.

[Ms. Toad]

15. I agree with you as to the hope he doesn't run as an independent -

as long as that means he's not running at all.

[Cosmocat]

17. Please

I told people 45 was no joke the moment he came down the escalator, that he was a real threat to win the R nomination, and I called it over when he put a sleeper hold on it a year out from the actual election.

But, the reason he was a threat was that he was living embodiment of what "conservatism" devolved into.

I am a racist, bigoted, hateful, immoral scumbag, here me roar!

After decades of mealy mouthed politicians winking at it all, the pods tripped over themselves to vote for the real deal.

This guy has no appeal anywhere.

Policy wise he is more libertarian than anything else.

That is the 3% electoral market he appeals to policy wise. And, he has no policy he is a few days into merely floating the idea and is already acting like a churlish douche.

[guillaumeb]

7. I understand your need to venti.

And you will get a latte of sympathy here.

[SHRED]

9. Clever 😂

[tenderfoot]

12. Everything that has come out of his mouth is right wing bullshit!

And that he's gotten free air time.