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Not the only person saying this, but while it's true that Howard Schultz is saying a lot of stupid things, they're the same stupid things all the Very Serious People were saying in 2010-2011, the era of peak Simpson-Bowles 1/ vox.com/policy-and-pol…
Debt as the biggest problem we face? Check. Both parties equally to blame? Check. The public is disgusted with partisanship and wants a businessman/centrist? Check. (Luckily Bloomberg was smart enough to do some homework before believing his boosters.) 2/
What's distinctive about Schultz is that he seems to have spent all the time since in a stasis pod -- unaware of all the ways, economic and political, in which the Very Serious consensus came crashing down 3/
If he goes through with his run, he'll look like a fool. But he could siphon off enough votes to reelect Trump. And history will never forgive him for this vanity project 4/
