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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