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DonCoquixote

(13,616 posts)
Sun Oct 22, 2017, 10:08 PM Oct 2017

Mark Cuban I'll Take On Trump as a Republican If I Run for Prez in 2020

https://www.tmz.com/2017/10/22/mark-cuban-run-for-president-republican-donald-trump-2020/

BARF

Look , I like anyone making life hard for Trump, and a split GOP can be fun, but all this guy has done is prove that like so many in the "center" he has now problem with the Billionaire screwing over everyone as long as he is one of them.
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applegrove

(118,696 posts)
1. Anything is better than corrupt Trump or Mike Pence. But if Trump loses the
Sun Oct 22, 2017, 10:09 PM
Oct 2017

nomination I bet he runs as an independent.

NYC Liberal

(20,136 posts)
5. I dunno about Cuban, but sure, its possible. FDR and JFK were among the 1%
Sun Oct 22, 2017, 10:16 PM
Oct 2017

and although they were far from perfect, I think they helped improve the country.

mucifer

(23,553 posts)
6. FDR and JFK were insanely wealthy and did some great work. But, that said it feels like we are
Sun Oct 22, 2017, 10:19 PM
Oct 2017

becoming little pawns in the games of the billionaires.

 

Wwcd

(6,288 posts)
9. Well if he is still Pres in 2020 there won't be an election, at least not
Mon Oct 23, 2017, 12:04 AM
Oct 2017

like any we've known in America.
By then our "election" will look just like Russia's election under Putin.

How long has Vlad ruled Russia now?

If trump is still in office in 2020, we'll never have another one.

So yup, I am seriously wishing

 

stevenleser

(32,886 posts)
10. Cuban at least seems to have a brain in his head. Unfortunately for him that means he would not win
Mon Oct 23, 2017, 12:10 AM
Oct 2017

the Republican nomination. Anyone with brains is disliked by their grassroots.

Phentex

(16,334 posts)
16. Well, fine!
Mon Oct 23, 2017, 10:39 AM
Oct 2017

I was about to post this exact thing. Not saying I like him, but Cuban is too smart for the position since the standards have been dropped. Intellectualism frightens many voters.

Vinca

(50,279 posts)
14. Cuban seems intelligent enough, but doesn't he tend toward the libertarian side of things?
Mon Oct 23, 2017, 07:49 AM
Oct 2017

Anything would be better than Trump, but the last thing we need is someone who might give less support to the least among us. The old "pull yourself up by your bootstraps" doesn't work if you don't have boots.

hatrack

(59,587 posts)
15. He can win a House seat, work, and then check back in ten years . . . .
Mon Oct 23, 2017, 08:13 AM
Oct 2017

Tired of the "We need a businessman!" bullshit, and that fact that he's Not-Trump is not enough.

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