Wednesday, August 12, 2015

Mark Cuban: I'd like to be a Republican, but ... Says party has 1 big problem that'll crush it in every election



Mark Cuban: I'd like to be a Republican, but ...
Says party has 1 big problem that'll crush it in every election
 
Mark Cuban
By Joe Kovacs
Mark Cuban, the billionaire owner of the NBA’s Dallas Mavericks and star of TV’s “Shark Tank,” says he would prefer to be a Republican, but the GOP has one big problem that will “crush” it in every presidential election until it’s solved.

In a Tuesday post on his Cyber Dust social-media app, the famed investor explained, “I would prefer to be a Republican. I want smaller government. I want smarter government. Just like most Republicans.”

“Put aside that I disagree with Republicans on most social issues,” Cuban continued.

“The Republicans have a much bigger problem that will crush them in every presidential election until this changes. The Republican Party requires that all their presidential candidates conform to consensus.”

Cuban complained, “If you don’t agree with every platform of the party not only are you called a RINO, a ‘Republican in Name Only.’ You are considered unelectable in primaries and become a source of scorn on Fox News. That’s a problem.”

His lament continued:

Leaders don’t conform to the consensus. They create consensus to their vision and goals.

Leaders don’t change their positions mid debate. They welcome scorn from the masses because it creates the opportunity for dialogue.

Leaders don’t look backwards to condemn what has already been done, they look forward to create a better future.

Leaders are not dogmatic. They are principled and know that change is never easy, but when it’s necessary, they must lead.

The Republican Party does everything possible to discourage leadership.

They want dogma.

They want conformity.

They want to conserve their romanticized past.

That’s a shame. I wish they wanted to conserve the best of what America is today and find a leader that can take us to new places that make our future better.

I realize that’s not the way politics work in this day and age. And that just proves the point.

Cuban’s complaint does not mean he’s a Democrat, as he forcefully pointed out in his conclusion.

“And btw (by the way), I know a lot of the same can be said about the Democrats, but I don’t want to be a Democrat.

“Until things change, I’ll sit in the middle and think for myself. Unlike the Republicans.”

Mark Cuban
Mark Cuban was an advisory board member for Unity08.

Note: Peter Ackerman was a director at Unity08, and is a director at the Atlantic Council of the United States (think tank).
Open Society Foundations was a funder for the Atlantic Council of the United States (think tank), and the Human Rights First.
George Soros is the founder & chairman for the Open Society Foundations, a member of the Bretton Woods Committee, a director emeritus at Refugees International, was the chairman for the Foundation to Promote Open Society, and William D. Zabel was his divorce lawyer.
Foundation to Promote Open Society was a funder for Refugees International, the Human Rights First, Media Matters, and the Brookings Institution (think tank).  
Madeleine K. Albright is an honorary director for the Atlantic Council of the United States (think tank), a member of the Bretton Woods Committee, a professor at Georgetown University, an advisory board member for the Truman National Security Project, and was the president of the Center for National Policy.
Chuck Hagel was the chairman for the Atlantic Council of the United States (think tank), and a professor at Georgetown University.
Nicco Mele is an advisory board member for the Truman National Security Project, an advisory board member for the Center for National Policy, and was a founder's council member for Unity08.
Dale Mathias was an advisory board member for Unity08, and is a director at Refugees International.
Sam Waterston was an advisory board member for Unity08, is a director at Refugees International, and a trustee at the Public Theater.
Faith Elizabeth Gay is a trustee at the Public Theater, and was an attorney at Sidley Austin LLP.
R. Eden Martin is counsel at Sidley Austin LLP, and the president of the Commercial Club of Chicago.
Commercial Club of Chicago, Members Directory A-Z (Past Research)
Tuesday, December 17, 2013       
Newton N. Minow is a member of the Commercial Club of Chicago, and a senior counsel at Sidley Austin LLP.
Michelle Obama was a lawyer at Sidley Austin LLP.                    
Barack Obama was an intern at Sidley Austin LLP.
Unity08
Speculated candidates
Actor and spokesperson Sam Waterston acknowledged in an April 25, 2007, interview on washingtonpost.com's "PostTalk" show that Unity08 would need an appealing candidate at its center to succeed. This was in response to speculation that Unity08 was pursuing New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg, or Nebraska Senator Chuck Hagel.[11][12]
Neither Bloomberg nor Hagel chose to run for president. Former Senator Sam Nunn of Georgia, a one-time prospective Unity08 nominee,[13] also chose not to run and instead endorsed Democratic candidate Barack Obama.
James D. Zirin is a senior counsel at Sidley Austin LLP, and was a director at Human Rights First.
Mark A. Angelson was a partner at Sidley Austin LLP, and a director at Human Rights First.
William D. Zabel is the chair for the Human Rights First, was a trustee at the Foundation to Promote Open Society, and George Soros’s divorce lawyer.
Gail Furman is a director at Human Rights First, Jason L. Furman’s mother, and was a donor for Media Matters.
Media Matters monitors Fox News.
George A. Vradenburg III was a director at Human Rights First, and an advisory board member for Unity08.  
Mark Cuban was an advisory board member for Unity08.
Jason L. Furman is Gail Furman’s son, was a senior fellow at the Brookings Institution (think tank), and an assistant to the president for economic policy for the Barack Obama administration.
Cyrus F. Freidheim Jr. is an honorary trustee at the Brookings Institution (think tank), and a member of the Commercial Club of Chicago.
Newton N. Minow is a member of the Commercial Club of Chicago, and a senior counsel at Sidley Austin LLP.
R. Eden Martin is the president of the Commercial Club of Chicago, and counsel at Sidley Austin LLP.
Michelle Obama was a lawyer at Sidley Austin LLP.                    
Barack Obama was an intern at Sidley Austin LLP.

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