Powerful Men Can't Stop Complaining That They're Being Bullied

[workinclasszero]

Howard Schultz isn’t being treated unfairly. He’s being treated just as any presidential aspirant should be.

Sarada Peri 02.01.19 5:10 AM ET

It's hard to be Howard Schultz. After a successful career persuading commuters to mainline burnt coffee and cake pops, the poor guy just wants to “bring the country together” and fix our “broken political system.” And though he himself would never complain—at least not explicitly—others will say he has to put up with people trying to “bully” him out of even running for president.

What does this bullying look like?

Well, many responded to his flirtation with a “centrist independent” presidential bid by arguing that both history and math suggest he would lose while siphoning votes away from the Democratic nominee, thereby guaranteeing Donald Trump’s reelection. Others have pointed out his plutocratic, elitist views, his un-sophisticated understanding of the American political system, and his unrealistic, untenable political philosophy.

New York magazine’s Eric Levitz neatly summed up his incoherence: “Schultz is promising to reduce inequality by keeping taxes on corporate shareholders lower than they were under Obama, to reduce the deficit by slashing taxes on the middle class, and to end poverty by cutting two of the most effective anti-poverty programs in American history.”

It was the Wall Street Journal editorial page, which has frequently railed against liberal “snowflakes,” which called the treatment of Schultz bullying.

https://www.thedailybeast.com/powerful-men-cant-stop-complaining-that-theyre-being-bullied

[marybourg]

1. I can't understand why a person with his ideas would

siphon votes from the Dems. Quite the opposite, I would think. Pubs looking for an alternative to tRump might be attracted

[workinclasszero]

4. Probably because he claims to be a "centrist"

He isn't running as a rethuglican. He is trying to sucker working class dem voters it seems to me.

Anyone paying close attention to his BS political screed will not be fooled but tRump suckered many former Obama voters so therein lies the danger IMO.

[Johonny]

9. He won't. He sounds like a warmed over Ross Perot and we know who he appealed to

He appealed to people like Dennis Miller. They vote GOP or third party Gary Johnson anyway. He's not a threat.

[dalton99a]

2. "No politician in history has been treated worse or more unfairly"

Different face, same old shit

[tanyev]

3. Why do thin-skinned people think they can run for public office and not be criticized for anything?

They want it to be exactly like their experience as a wealthy CEO: lots of sycophantic suck-ups ready to indulge their every whim and the ability to fire anyone who looks at them crossways.

[smirkymonkey]

13. They are too used to having their pasty asses kissed by everyone.

They aren't used to things in the real world where everyone else has to suffer consequences for what they say and do.

Talk about snowflakes!

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[calimary]

5. Hey, if one cocky billionaire businessman "savior" wasn't already enough

I know what let’s do! Let’s find ANOTHER ONE! A DIFFERENT cocky billionaire businessman “savior”!

How’d that old song go?

Roll me another one...

Just like the other one...

[workinclasszero]

7. The Who: meet the new boss....same as the old boss...

[calimary]

12. Yeah. That one, too!

[Mc Mike]

6. Their feelings get hurt. Don't discount their feelings.

[2naSalit]

8. I think we could give them something to cry about

as my mom would advise.

[struggle4progress]

10. Won't someone think of our poor suffering billionaires?

[workinclasszero]

11. IKR?

Those poor babies, it must be tough going through life never ever one time even worrying about paying your bills or scared to death of medical expenses, student loans, etc.