Spoiler

Oh I see, he’s doing it on purpose. Stupid of me not to realize.

https://twitter.com/mattyglesias/status/1089907949148012545

Bloomberg is one of those critics.

Andrew Ross Sorkin at the Times:

Mr. Schultz, in an interview with The New York Times on Sunday, said he planned to crisscross the country for the next three months as part of a book tour before deciding whether to enter the race to challenge President Trump in 2020.

No need for that. Decide not to right now. Being a CEO is not a good apprenticeship for being president, even before we get to the electing Trump issue.

“We have a broken political system with both parties basically in business to preserve their own ideology without a recognition and responsibility to represent the interests of the American people,” Mr. Schultz said in the interview.

“Republicans and Democrats alike — who no longer see themselves as part of the far extreme of the far right and the far left — are looking for a home,” he added. “The word ‘independent,’ for me, is simply a designation on the ballot.”

“The far left” – what is he smoking. The Democratic party is to the right of Nixon. It’s a million miles from anything that could be called the far left.

Mr. Schultz said he was well aware of the criticism, but said it was misplaced.

“I am certainly prepared for the cynics and the naysayers to come out and say this cannot be done,” he said. “I don’t agree with them. I think it’s un-American to say it can’t be done. I’m not doing this to be a spoiler.”

Asked if he would consider changing his mind and run as a Democrat, he said, “I feel if I ran as a Democrat I would have to be disingenuous and say things that I don’t believe because the party has shifted so far to the left.”

“When I hear people espousing free government-paid college, free government-paid health care and a free government job for everyone — on top of a $21 trillion debt — the question is, how are we paying for all this and not bankrupting the country?” Mr. Schultz said.

In other words, he doesn’t want to pay higher taxes on his billions of dollars. He’s rich, therefore the Democratic party is Far Left. We already have one of those but hey let’s have another. Real estate fraud meets syrupy coffee: who will prevail?

“It’s as big of a false narrative as the wall,” he added. “Doesn’t someone have to speak the truth about what we can afford while maintaining a deep level of compassion and empathy for the American people?”

Deep compassion and get your fucking filthy hands off my billions.

Mr. Schultz’s success or failure may lie in who emerges as a top contender in the Democratic Party. If Joseph R. Biden Jr., who is seen as a moderate, decides to run, it would probably make it difficult for Mr. Schultz. However, he said he sees a clear opportunity if a far-left candidate emerges.

“If you have a choice between President Trump and a far-left progressive Democrat,” he said, “many people think President Trump will get re-elected.”

They’re not far left. Let go of the damn Overton window.

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