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TeamPooka

(24,229 posts)
Wed Nov 23, 2016, 06:10 PM Nov 2016

Mark Cuban meets with Steve Bannon

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"A secret meeting between billionaire Hillary Clinton supporter Mark Cuban and Satan-admiring Trump adviser Steve Bannon took place on Tuesday afternoon at the King Cole Bar in Midtown’s St. Regis Hotel. TMZ broke the news when it published this creeper shot of the duo on Tuesday night. ... Cuban has yet to comment on the meeting and told one reporter that he would not be doing so."

Mark Cuban can go away now.
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white_wolf

(6,238 posts)
1. I don't know why the Left became so enamored of Cuban anyway.
Wed Nov 23, 2016, 06:14 PM
Nov 2016

He's always been an Ayn Rand-admiring Libertarian. He was the enemy of the enemy, but that didn't make him our friend.

spooky3

(34,457 posts)
7. Because he repeatedly stood up for Clinton when
Wed Nov 23, 2016, 07:03 PM
Nov 2016

Talking to journalists and pundits. Didn't pull punches.

I'm not sure I saw anyone who was "enamored" of him, but some people did appreciate his support for her, esp. when there seems to be little gain to him personally in doing so.

Bucky

(54,020 posts)
3. Don't jump to conclusions. We don't know what this is about.
Wed Nov 23, 2016, 06:15 PM
Nov 2016

I'll judge Cuban, like I do everyone else, by his actions and his words. There's nothing wrong with talking to someone.

 

bettyellen

(47,209 posts)
6. I think he's trying to co-opt everyone to place them under suspicion ....
Wed Nov 23, 2016, 06:56 PM
Nov 2016

Make it appear that they are all sell outs. He's pretty good at working the NDAs and off the record stuff and then lying about it.
He's trying to manipulate both them and us at the same time.

global1

(25,252 posts)
5. How Do You Know He Wasn't Threatened By Bannon...
Wed Nov 23, 2016, 06:54 PM
Nov 2016

under orders from Trump who likes to get even?

Cuban was a big thorn in Trump's side during the campaign. Cuban like all of us thought that Hillary was going to win.

I'm thinking he really got sick to his stomach when he heard that Trump won.

What could Trump possibly do to Cuban? Audit's, Investigations of his business dealings. Etc. Who knows. But I don't know if I'd like to be Mark Cuban right now.

 

Generator

(7,770 posts)
9. Why do fools want to believe anything
Wed Nov 23, 2016, 07:14 PM
Nov 2016

that comes out of these cretins mouths? They think they can "reason" with evil?? Bannon said what he wants. He wants to destroy the state like Lenin using endless nationalism and all the racism money can buy. Chamberlain! Pick up a goddamn history book instead of listening to a word out of these scum's mouth. I cannot get over how stupid humanity is.

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