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Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin

(107,757 posts)
Tue Jan 29, 2019, 04:02 PM Jan 2019

Howard Schultz sold our Sonics, now selling himself as president

The man who sold the Seattle SuperSonics out of town is facing a landslide of hostile comment as he raises the trial balloon for an independent run for president in 2020.

Ex-Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz is getting exactly the opposite reaction on the home front than California Sen. Kamala Harris, who announced her bid for the presidency before 20,000 people Sunday in her hometown of Oakland, Calif.

"The guy who sent the SuperSonics to Oklahoma," wrote Todd Donovan, Western Washington University elections expert and member of the Whatcom County Council.

"I didn't think my opinion of Howard Schultz could get any lower after he stabbed our entire community in the back and sold the Sonics: But I guess he could stab the entire country in the back," Derek Richards, chair of the King County Young Democrats, wrote on his Facebook page.

Even Sonics "flop " Vin Baker"thought you were a joke," Seattle sports columnist Art Thiel tweeted at Schultz. "What would you do when Bad Vlad Putin takes you down low? Walk away? It's a habit with you."




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Howard Schultz sold our Sonics, now selling himself as president (Original Post) Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Jan 2019 OP
so HE made that stupid decision? now I really hate him. demigoddess Jan 2019 #1
Oh, but he's sooooo sorry for doing that now, donchaknow ? Haggis for Breakfast Jan 2019 #2
He needs to run for Seattle city council first, Sawant's position RainCaster Jan 2019 #3

Haggis for Breakfast

(6,831 posts)
2. Oh, but he's sooooo sorry for doing that now, donchaknow ?
Wed Jan 30, 2019, 01:06 AM
Jan 2019

He "truly regrets" it, so he says as he pitches his new book. And he feels bad about it. Yeah, tell that to Seattle. Tell your story walking, Howard.

Please. Go away, you were a corporate greed-whore then and you're still one now.

You'll NEVER get a vote out of this state for anything.

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