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oberliner

(58,724 posts)
Mon Dec 12, 2016, 01:07 PM Dec 2016

Mark Cuban, who repeatedly dissed Trump as unfit for office, now says he's 'our number 1 draft pick'

Billionaire investor Mark Cuban said Wednesday it's probably best to wait until Donald Trump takes the Oval Office before judging him, calling the president-elect America's "number one draft pick."

"He's who we put our hopes and dream with. Now it is easier because we haven't played a game yet," Cuban said on CNBC's "Fast Money Halftime Report." "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://www.cnbc.com/2016/12/07/mark-cuban-donald-trump-is-our-number-one-draft-pick.html

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Mark Cuban, who repeatedly dissed Trump as unfit for office, now says he's 'our number 1 draft pick' (Original Post) oberliner Dec 2016 OP
A billionaire turning to kiss the Orange Anus SHRED Dec 2016 #1
yikes.... think Dec 2016 #2
Has Cuban ever read a Resume? GeorgeGist Dec 2016 #3
Too late. He was #1 daft pick decades ago, but got out of it. nt pinboy3niner Dec 2016 #4
I don't know if your use of... 3catwoman3 Dec 2016 #14
I'm guessing like Ryan Leaf. nt Tommy_Carcetti Dec 2016 #5
Might be one of the best examples of what can happen...nt Wounded Bear Dec 2016 #7
Meet the new Ryan Leaf: After football failure, drug abuse, suicide attempt and prison... oberliner Dec 2016 #11
A lot of talent. Glad to see he is working on staying healthy. jalan48 Dec 2016 #16
And, like a #1 draft pick in sports... Wounded Bear Dec 2016 #6
If the "draft" was "Most Unqualified Candidate In History". HughBeaumont Dec 2016 #8
He's pretending that we don't already know who and what Trump is... Orsino Dec 2016 #9
Mark Cuban is a jackass who wanted to be Trump's running mate at one point oberliner Dec 2016 #10
Sometimes the number one draft turns out to be a lemon. boston bean Dec 2016 #12
Most of us didn't, Mark world wide wally Dec 2016 #13
Translation: "I haven't had time to position my own stocks for the coming crash, so everyone... Schema Thing Dec 2016 #15
Or - I'm Deathly Afraid Of What Trump Can Do To Me - Now That He Is In Control Of Everything.... global1 Dec 2016 #18
meh, plenty of people far more exposed than Mark Cuban are openly resisting. Schema Thing Dec 2016 #20
Hell no. There is no time for that. We're wounded Chimichurri Dec 2016 #17
Perhaps one of our NFL teams will draft him for the MineralMan Dec 2016 #19
I want Trump to fail. SamKnause Dec 2016 #21
 

SHRED

(28,136 posts)
1. A billionaire turning to kiss the Orange Anus
Mon Dec 12, 2016, 01:11 PM
Dec 2016

Not surprising.
Probably Cuban is running scared now. No courage of his convictions. Sad but again not surprising.

3catwoman3

(23,820 posts)
14. I don't know if your use of...
Mon Dec 12, 2016, 01:27 PM
Dec 2016

..."daft" is your usual pinboy punster brilliance, or a typo, but it works either way!

 

oberliner

(58,724 posts)
11. Meet the new Ryan Leaf: After football failure, drug abuse, suicide attempt and prison...
Mon Dec 12, 2016, 01:23 PM
Dec 2016

NFL’s biggest draft bust now telling his story to help others

Ryan Leaf, the second overall pick in the 1998 NFL Draft, arrives at a five-story walkup building on West 71st Street, a sober living home that stands two doors down from a dead end, as night falls over Manhattan. There are street signs emblazoned with "QUIET ZONE," and his laugh is audible above the city's din. He unfolds his 6-foot-5 frame, hops out of a black Camry — an Uber X — that he took from the InterContinental in midtown. A black Fitbit wraps his left wrist over a scar where he once slit open a vein, and counts each footfall. Inside, he takes a measure of the framed serenity prayer that sits above the fireplace, the drawn blinds and an exposed brick wall. It is his space as he readies to address a den of 10 addicts and alcoholics at Transcend, a recovery community that he has worked with for a year.

http://www.nydailynews.com/sports/football/ryan-leaf-nfl-biggest-draft-bust-turned-life-article-1.2624679

Wounded Bear

(58,440 posts)
6. And, like a #1 draft pick in sports...
Mon Dec 12, 2016, 01:16 PM
Dec 2016

pick the wrong one and it can destroy the franchise for years on end.

I didn't pin MY "hopes and dreams" on Trump. I'll be very surprised if Trump is any good for anybody beyond Wall St and the 1%.

Orsino

(37,428 posts)
9. He's pretending that we don't already know who and what Trump is...
Mon Dec 12, 2016, 01:20 PM
Dec 2016

...that Trump at the age of seventy is suddenly capable of being anything other than an addled, solipsistic rapist.

 

oberliner

(58,724 posts)
10. Mark Cuban is a jackass who wanted to be Trump's running mate at one point
Mon Dec 12, 2016, 01:23 PM
Dec 2016

I don't understand why people like him.

Schema Thing

(10,283 posts)
15. Translation: "I haven't had time to position my own stocks for the coming crash, so everyone...
Mon Dec 12, 2016, 01:31 PM
Dec 2016

else hold tight for a while".

global1

(25,169 posts)
18. Or - I'm Deathly Afraid Of What Trump Can Do To Me - Now That He Is In Control Of Everything....
Mon Dec 12, 2016, 01:41 PM
Dec 2016

I don't want to be on his enemies list - so I better start kissing up.

Trump though likes to get even. Let's watch what happens to Mark Cuban going forward.

Chimichurri

(2,911 posts)
17. Hell no. There is no time for that. We're wounded
Mon Dec 12, 2016, 01:40 PM
Dec 2016

Already. Once they take our rights away, it's near impossible to get them back if ever

MineralMan

(146,192 posts)
19. Perhaps one of our NFL teams will draft him for the
Mon Dec 12, 2016, 01:42 PM
Dec 2016

blocking dummy position. He's probably qualified for that and would be good for offensive linemen to use for practice.

SamKnause

(13,043 posts)
21. I want Trump to fail.
Mon Dec 12, 2016, 02:21 PM
Dec 2016

I want the Trump administration to fail.

If they succeed, this country is done and will never recover.

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