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MineralMan

(146,351 posts) Mon Jan 8, 2018, 12:10 PM Jan 2018

Anyone can run for President. Mark Zuckerberg, for Example

http://people.com/politics/facebook-mark-zuckerberg-team-2020-presidential-campaign/

Facebook’s Mark Zuckerberg Is Hiring a Team Worthy of a 2020 Presidential Campaign
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg‘s latest hire is further fueling speculation that he could be planning a 2020 presidential bid.

Zuckerberg and wife Priscilla Chan have hired Democratic pollster Joel Benenson, a former top adviser and longtime pollster to President Barack Obama and the chief strategist of Hillary Clinton’s 2016 presidential campaign, as a consultant, Politico reported, citing a person familiar with the hire.

Benenson’s company, Benenson Strategy Group, will conduct research for the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative, a philanthropy run by the couple and endowed with their estimated $45 billion Facebook fortune — 99 percent of which they’ve vowed to give away.

I don't want him on the ticket, either. Not everyone who wants to run should be considered seriously as a presidential candidate. Truly!

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Anyone can run for President. Mark Zuckerberg, for Example (Original Post) MineralMan Jan 2018 OP

He's worse than Oprah! alarimer Jan 2018 #1

I totally agree, and yet, he's exploring that possibility. MineralMan Jan 2018 #3

Ugh. Ugh. Ugh. irisblue Jan 2018 #2

Exactly. MineralMan Jan 2018 #4

Why not? It's a walk up. pangaia Jan 2018 #8

What is all this crap about celebrity/CEO presidents? The Velveteen Ocelot Jan 2018 #5

I don't know. I wonder sometimes if people MineralMan Jan 2018 #9

Trump is golfing every week NewJeffCT Jan 2018 #20

The idiocracy is staring us right in the face. misanthrope Jan 2018 #23

No way. Yuck. Tipperary Jan 2018 #6

Oh sure catrose Jan 2018 #7

A wise decision. MineralMan Jan 2018 #10

I didn't think you were catrose Jan 2018 #15

He didn't do enough for us last election? Corgigal Jan 2018 #11

Oh, yes indeed he did. MineralMan Jan 2018 #12

Fuck him. I'm sorry, did I say, "Fuck him?" I meant to say "FUCK ZUCK!" His 2020 Opposition Slogan. TheBlackAdder Jan 2018 #13

Yes. Absolutely. MineralMan Jan 2018 #14

He'll rue the day if he does run. The truth will come out that he KNEW what the Russians were doing, OnDoutside Jan 2018 #16

Fuck that disgusting thief. we can do it Jan 2018 #17

I assume he'd run, but later than 2020 Johonny Jan 2018 #18

No no and no. cwydro Jan 2018 #19

Fuck celebrity candidates. milestogo Jan 2018 #21

This is the pandoras box Trump opened D_Master81 Jan 2018 #22

alarimer

(16,245 posts)

1. He's worse than Oprah!

Reply to MineralMan (Original post)

Mon Jan 8, 2018, 12:14 PM

Jan 2018

Facebook and the fake news bots (which Zuckerberg refuses to do anything about) are why we have Trump!

MineralMan

(146,351 posts)

3. I totally agree, and yet, he's exploring that possibility.

Reply to alarimer (Reply #1)

Mon Jan 8, 2018, 12:14 PM

Jan 2018

irisblue

(33,055 posts)

2. Ugh. Ugh. Ugh.

Reply to MineralMan (Original post)

Mon Jan 8, 2018, 12:14 PM

Jan 2018

I want to climb Mt. Fuji, but that won't happen either.

MineralMan

(146,351 posts)

4. Exactly.

Reply to irisblue (Reply #2)

Mon Jan 8, 2018, 12:15 PM

Jan 2018

Not everyone who could be President should be President.

I use Zuckerberg as an example.

pangaia

(24,324 posts)

8. Why not? It's a walk up.

Reply to irisblue (Reply #2)

Mon Jan 8, 2018, 12:19 PM

Jan 2018

The Velveteen Ocelot

(115,985 posts)

5. What is all this crap about celebrity/CEO presidents?

Reply to MineralMan (Original post)

Mon Jan 8, 2018, 12:15 PM

Jan 2018

NO! It's a real job! It's probably the most difficult job in the world. Having been a tv personality or a wealthy entrepeneur is NOT an adequate background. Trump has lowered the bar to a subterranean level and now everybody seems to have bought into the notion that the presidency does not require any particular experience (other than, maybe, being rich). Please stop! Make these people go away! Do not vote for them!

MineralMan

(146,351 posts)

9. I don't know. I wonder sometimes if people

Reply to The Velveteen Ocelot (Reply #5)

Mon Jan 8, 2018, 12:19 PM

Jan 2018

actually know what being President is all about. It's depressing. It truly is.

I chose Zuckerberg as an example, because he, like many others, is totally unsuited for the job. The man allowed Facebook to be used as a propaganda engine for the Russians, for Pete's sake.

NewJeffCT

(56,829 posts)

20. Trump is golfing every week

Reply to The Velveteen Ocelot (Reply #5)

Mon Jan 8, 2018, 06:40 PM

Jan 2018

and putting in 7 hours days that start at 11am... and he's getting away with it while collecting bigly money from Mar-A-Lago and the Trump hotel in DC. Sounds like just the thing to attract a wealthy entrepreneur - get rich while hardly working

misanthrope

(7,436 posts)

23. The idiocracy is staring us right in the face.

Reply to The Velveteen Ocelot (Reply #5)

Mon Jan 8, 2018, 06:51 PM

Jan 2018

How sad we've fallen to this level.

Tipperary

(6,930 posts)

6. No way. Yuck.

Reply to MineralMan (Original post)

Mon Jan 8, 2018, 12:16 PM

Jan 2018

catrose

(5,079 posts)

7. Oh sure

Reply to MineralMan (Original post)

Mon Jan 8, 2018, 12:17 PM

Jan 2018

After his FB management helped give us the current WH resident. Not voting for him ever, not for anything.

MineralMan

(146,351 posts)

10. A wise decision.

Reply to catrose (Reply #7)

Mon Jan 8, 2018, 12:20 PM

Jan 2018

I'm certainly not proposing him. I'm using him as an example.

catrose

(5,079 posts)

15. I didn't think you were

Reply to MineralMan (Reply #10)

Mon Jan 8, 2018, 05:03 PM

Jan 2018

But I was marveling that he could imagine himself elected, although I guess now anyone can.

Corgigal

(9,291 posts)

11. He didn't do enough for us last election?

Reply to MineralMan (Original post)

Mon Jan 8, 2018, 12:20 PM

Jan 2018

Save his money and just stop. Unless under the republican/Russian ticket.

MineralMan

(146,351 posts)

12. Oh, yes indeed he did.

Reply to Corgigal (Reply #11)

Mon Jan 8, 2018, 12:23 PM

Jan 2018

And yet, he's exploring the possibility. As I said, anyone can run for President. It's our decision who wins. We need to be very careful about our choice, don't you think?

TheBlackAdder

(28,253 posts)

13. Fuck him. I'm sorry, did I say, "Fuck him?" I meant to say "FUCK ZUCK!" His 2020 Opposition Slogan.

Reply to MineralMan (Original post)

Mon Jan 8, 2018, 12:30 PM

Jan 2018

MineralMan

(146,351 posts)

14. Yes. Absolutely.

Reply to TheBlackAdder (Reply #13)

Mon Jan 8, 2018, 12:31 PM

Jan 2018

And yet...

OnDoutside

(19,986 posts)

16. He'll rue the day if he does run. The truth will come out that he KNEW what the Russians were doing,

Reply to MineralMan (Original post)

Mon Jan 8, 2018, 05:54 PM

Jan 2018

through Facebook, and did nothing.

we can do it

(12,218 posts)

17. Fuck that disgusting thief.

Reply to MineralMan (Original post)

Mon Jan 8, 2018, 06:27 PM

Jan 2018

Johonny

(20,956 posts)

18. I assume he'd run, but later than 2020

Reply to MineralMan (Original post)

Mon Jan 8, 2018, 06:37 PM

Jan 2018

cwydro

(51,308 posts)

19. No no and no.

Reply to MineralMan (Original post)

Mon Jan 8, 2018, 06:40 PM

Jan 2018

No way.

milestogo

(16,829 posts)

21. Fuck celebrity candidates.

Reply to MineralMan (Original post)

Mon Jan 8, 2018, 06:42 PM

Jan 2018

One of the lessons of Trump is - no more celebrities with zero government experience.

And Fuck You anyway, Zuckerberg.

D_Master81

(1,823 posts)

22. This is the pandoras box Trump opened

Reply to MineralMan (Original post)

Mon Jan 8, 2018, 06:50 PM

Jan 2018

its not his fault, rather the people that took him seriously and voted for him have now made anyone who's famous think about running for Pres. and then have the media take them seriously.

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