Mark Cuban is thinking of running for president
Source: USA Today
If I ran as a Dem, I know I could beat Hillary Clinton, Cuban told the financial news network. And if it was me vs. Trump, I would crush him. No doubt about it.
No word on whether Cuban would consider an independent candidacy, or whether he is talking about 2016 or some future election.
Read more: http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation-now/2015/09/14/mark-cuban-run--president/72257278/
I'd take him easily over Hillary but I'm still #FeelingTheBern
Erich Bloodaxe BSN
(14,733 posts)Every billionaire out there is going to start wondering if they need to keep bankrolling pols now, or if they should just run directly
Vinca
(50,347 posts)Yachts, polo and the Riviera must get boring after awhile.
yeoman6987
(14,449 posts)He might be a decent president.
pnwmom
(109,031 posts)R. Daneel Olivaw
(12,606 posts)to loose.
Codeine
(25,586 posts)His gave money to Orrin fuckin' Hatch.
yeoman6987
(14,449 posts)Can't get anymore democratic then that.
muriel_volestrangler
(101,445 posts)"Not so much libertarian as much as I'd like to be libertarian," Cuban told Hansen of his beliefs. "When I think libertarian, it's 'as small of a government as we can get, right now you just cut right through it and you make it (smaller) right now.' That's not real. There's got to be a process. There's got to be a transition. As a country, we make decisions. We make decisions that we're going to provide healthcare, right? We don't just let people die on the street. You can go into any hospital and they have to treat you."
Last week, Cuban mused about his desire to join the Republican Party, but he thought the party was too rigid and too unwelcoming to candidates who deviate from its orthodoxy. Cruz told WFAA that, like the case with the Libertarian Party, he supports more government intervention than mainstream Republicans.
"I'm a Republican in the respect that I like smaller government and I like less intrusion in some areas. But there's sometimes where I think we have to intrude. I think there's sometimes when you have to do things," he said.
http://uk.businessinsider.com/mark-cuban-politics-philosophy-2015-8?r=US&IR=T
He's not as bad as many Republicans or libertarians, but he's no Democrat. But mainly, he thinks the sun shines out of his ass.
Faux pas
(14,729 posts)Get all the jackasses up and running, maybe it'll cause an earlier end to them all. lolol Maybe peewee herman can get on the ballot too.
JustAnotherGen
(32,115 posts)jtuck004
(15,882 posts)need a visa. They'll be buying admission tickets from booths on the borders.
Greatest Show on Earth.
PoliticAverse
(26,366 posts)SoapBox
(18,791 posts)Sheesh...they steal their billions from the little people and it's still not enough for them...then they want to rule us too.
Hell no!
oberliner
(58,724 posts)Always good to find an excuse for more snarky Hillary bashing, right?
Roland99
(53,342 posts)Cuban would be less likely to vote in favor of more wars and bigger defense...one of my biggest concerns.
muriel_volestrangler
(101,445 posts)passiveporcupine
(8,175 posts)really...you should read wiki on him. Sooooo many red flags.
Roland99
(53,342 posts)Just know of him from his drive to push HDTV to the forefront like 15 years ago. He's done a lot of work on that with HDTV and he hired on Dan Rather right after that CBS mess.
passiveporcupine
(8,175 posts)in this season of elections.
Roland99
(53,342 posts)passiveporcupine
(8,175 posts)At least for you.
I'm a Bernie supporter, but I'd much sooner vote for Hillary than another billionaire randian.
Roland99
(53,342 posts)I wasn't trying to get anyone else to think he's better than any other candidate out there.
Additionally, I said I'm still in it for Bernie. Bernie is the best presidential candidate we've had in my lifetime!
passiveporcupine
(8,175 posts)Codeine
(25,586 posts)Absolutely nothing whatsoever, so far as is evident.
HERVEPA
(6,107 posts)I'm a Bernie guy, but would certainly prefer Hillary over a libertarian.
former9thward
(32,217 posts)pnwmom
(109,031 posts)HERVEPA
(6,107 posts)you are being disingenuous.
former9thward
(32,217 posts)Which means the Democratic primary. A libertarian might run in the Republican primary but never the Democratic. That is not being naive just real world.
HERVEPA
(6,107 posts)A lover of Ayn Rand, among other things.
muriel_volestrangler
(101,445 posts)He boasted that if he ran as a Dem, he would beat her. He also said he'd beat Trump. The story also says he has no plans to run. Certainly not this time (ie against Hillary), anyway. He says it would be 'fun', though. He is just talking about how fucking brilliant he thinks he is.
Yes, he's a libertarian - from the story:
http://www.cnbc.com/2015/09/14/mark-cuban-i-could-beat-trump-and-clinton.html
Following Wikipedia links, we find:
The books famous people loved in college.
Mark Cuban, owner, Dallas Mavericks
The Fountainhead by Ayn Rand. It was incredibly motivating to me. It encouraged me to think as an individual, take risks to reach my goals, and responsibility for my successes and failures. I loved it. I don't know how many times I have read it, but it got to the point where I had to stop because I would get too fired up.
http://www.slate.com/articles/news_and_politics/college_week/2005/11/my_first_literary_crush.html
and, again from Wikipedia:
former9thward
(32,217 posts)He gives 6k to Hatch and 1k to Lofgren, both of which are about as far from being a libertarian as you can get. But you use that to condemn him as a libertarian. Your detective skills are outstanding! People who are libertarians generally are not shy about saying so. Has he ever said he was? If he has, fine, let's see it.
muriel_volestrangler
(101,445 posts)http://www.theadvocates.org/libertarianism-101/libertarian-celebrities/mark-cuban/
"Not so much libertarian as much as I'd like to be libertarian," Cuban told Hansen of his beliefs. "When I think libertarian, it's 'as small of a government as we can get, right now you just cut right through it and you make it (smaller) right now.' That's not real. There's got to be a process. There's got to be a transition. As a country, we make decisions. We make decisions that we're going to provide healthcare, right? We don't just let people die on the street. You can go into any hospital and they have to treat you."
Last week, Cuban mused about his desire to join the Republican Party, but he thought the party was too rigid and too unwelcoming to candidates who deviate from its orthodoxy. Cruz told WFAA that, like the case with the Libertarian Party, he supports more government intervention than mainstream Republicans.
"I'm a Republican in the respect that I like smaller government and I like less intrusion in some areas. But there's sometimes where I think we have to intrude. I think there's sometimes when you have to do things," he said.
http://uk.businessinsider.com/mark-cuban-politics-philosophy-2015-8?r=US&IR=T
My 'detective skills' have, of course, including spotting the bit where he says he has no plans to run, while you managed to think he's going to run against Hillary. I did that by reading the proper source article, and looking at the video, which wasn't exactly hard, but apparently beyond you. You're in no position to make sarcastic remarks.
LeftOfWest
(482 posts)rocking.
aceofblades
(73 posts)Why bother spending millions funding candidates and hope they'll do everything you want, when you can just do it yourself and cut out the middle man
Liberalagogo
(1,770 posts)Libertarian. Fail.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Cuban#Political_activity
Elmer S. E. Dump
(5,751 posts)That is all I need to know..
KamaAina
(78,249 posts)florida08
(4,106 posts)No thanks. I prefer someone who can relate to the working class
Elmer S. E. Dump
(5,751 posts)Marty McGraw
(1,024 posts)Skittles
(153,428 posts)so he was invited to work as one to see how "easy" it was - so he did.....yeah he's a schmuck but he's no Donald Trump
muriel_volestrangler
(101,445 posts)and he was happy to give lots of hypothetical answers. The word 'would' appears throughout the CNBC article.
Non-story.
groundloop
(11,545 posts)tammywammy
(26,582 posts)They reported this last week on the radio and he's not talking about running.
mountain grammy
(26,693 posts)and rule us through the political process. Now they want to rule us hands on. What could possibly go wrong?
Kelvin Mace
(17,469 posts)it will split the GOP vote even further. I am hoping JEB! will get the nomination after Trump flames out, then runs an independent campaign.
Dawson Leery
(19,348 posts)Really? You would have for your President someone who admires a kook who in turn admired a serial rapist of little children?
Last month Cuban said he wanted to a Republican (because they are against Net-Neutrality and Mark is invested in a high end streaming business).
Shark Tank is crap.
louis-t
(23,322 posts)dicks in the air.
Capt.Rocky300
(1,005 posts)He never said anything to give me reason to think he is anything but a narcissistic control freak.
bluedigger
(17,091 posts)I need better media outlets.
Adenoid_Hynkel
(14,093 posts)yeah, there's someone we want as our candidate
sarisataka
(18,981 posts)if Sharknados are going to be more common
passiveporcupine
(8,175 posts)Cuban is an admirer of author and philosopher Ayn Rand.[106] About Rand's novel The Fountainhead, he said, "[It] was incredibly motivating to me. It encouraged me to think as an individual, take risks to reach my goals, and responsibility for my successes and failures. I loved it.
from wiki
MrScorpio
(73,631 posts)herding cats
(19,569 posts)d_legendary1
(2,586 posts)as an informed voter I would STILL not vote for Mark Cuban.
PSPS
(13,655 posts)Journeyman
(15,052 posts)or maybe run to be your local congress critter. Show us you have the wherewithal to be a little humbler, that you have a desire to help people and not just aggrandize your own ego.
TBF
(32,196 posts)haven't they done enough damage to this country? smh.
lunasun
(21,646 posts)shanti
(21,675 posts)Eleanors38
(18,318 posts)kacekwl
(7,035 posts)This is what has become of American government.
silvershadow
(10,336 posts)I've seen from him.
LanternWaste
(37,748 posts)I imagine many people would rather vote for a libertarian than a Democrat, though I doubt any of them are Democrats.
A possible side effect of getting burned, perhaps?
vadermike
(1,417 posts)He is not a Dem or repub.. he said he leans" toward liberatarianism.. but he is different in that he said the most patriotic thing you can do is pay taxes.... so i wouldnt call him a true libertarian in that sense or a repub.. FWIW he supported Pres Obama in 08 and i beleive 12.. at the end of the day he is not voting Repub He seems like he wants Biden.. maybe he will support Hillary or Bernie at the end of the day.. i don't think he supporting any of the clown car that i know of and he later said he isnt running for Pres.. he is an interesting individual
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