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2016 Postmortem

former9thward

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2. Once a Harsh Critic, Mark Cuban Now Says Trump Is Our No. 1 Draft Pick

Reply to mtnsnake (Original post)

Fri Dec 9, 2016, 02:06 PM

Dec 2016

Billionaire Dallas Mavericks owner Mark Cuban has made a sharp reverse, from being an attack dog for the Democrats to giving Donald Trump his full-throated endorsement.

“Donald Trump is our No. 1 draft pick,” Cuban told CNBC Wednesday. Sticking with the basketball metaphor, he explained: “He’s who we put our hopes and dream with. Now it is easier because we haven’t played a game yet. No reason to rush to judgment or come to any conclusions now. Let’s see what happens starting January 21st and we’ll go from there. I hope he’s a superstar.”

http://forward.com/news/breaking-news/356530/once-a-harsh-critic-mark-cuban-now-says-trump-is-our-no-1-draft-pick/

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Maybe we should tap into the "non-politician" pool in 2020 ourselves, someone like Mark Cuban [View all] mtnsnake Dec 2016 OP

You really think that we didn't win the election? WhiteTara Dec 2016 #1

I haven't heard anyone refer to Hillary as President-elect Clinton. Have you? mtnsnake Dec 2016 #8

Once a Harsh Critic, Mark Cuban Now Says Trump Is Our No. 1 Draft Pick former9thward Dec 2016 #2

its neutral uponit7771 Dec 2016 #3

Mark Cuban doesn't think outside the billionaire bubble at all. He is a corporatist that JCanete Dec 2016 #4

Why would I want him? Because winning is better than losing mtnsnake Dec 2016 #7

Well shit, if we have that barest criteri(on) for what winning is, I guess he'd be awesome. nt JCanete Dec 2016 #10

Clinton got millions more votes. This isn't the beat down some are trying to make it out to be. nt. NCTraveler Dec 2016 #5

And we gained seats in the senate and house Yupster Dec 2016 #13

Clooney! bettyellen Dec 2016 #6

It would be nice to have someone six feet two and articulate who looks like Robert Redford at age 40 DFW Dec 2016 #9

Uch - no business billionaires for President! We moonscape Dec 2016 #11

But we have a Business Billionaire President-elect as we speak mtnsnake Dec 2016 #16

I was kinda hoping he'd run for governor of Texas in 2018 Rstrstx Dec 2016 #12

Mark Cuban is a jackass who wanted to be Trump's running mate at one point oberliner Dec 2016 #14

At 1 point he said he'd be EITHER Trump's or Hillary's VP, not just Trump's. He voted for Hillary mtnsnake Dec 2016 #15

Howard Schultz would be better than Cuban. dawg Dec 2016 #17

I won't argue with you there. Schultz would be an excellent choice, quite possibly better than Cuban mtnsnake Dec 2016 #18

He is an anti-regulation libertarian. nt tblue37 Dec 2016 #19

That is his downside GummyBearz Dec 2016 #20

Yup, all the positives you mentioned far outweigh any negatives mtnsnake Dec 2016 #21