Mark Cuban willing to meet with Donald Trump, Hillary Clinton about VP spot

[polychronopolous]

Interesting pick. After years of high dollar facials and botox, he still has a somewhat youthful look. Charismatic, savvy guy who knows how leverage social media and modern technology to his advantage better than just about anybody. Great speaker but not sure how his political chops would play out on a debate stage versus a seasoned politician.

The fact that he is willingly to be VP for EITHER candidate is a bit disconcerting though.



Dallas Mavericks owner Mark Cuban says he is willing to work with either side of the aisle if approached for a possible vice presidential run.

In his appearance on NBC's "Meet the Press" on Sunday, Cuban followed up saying he "absolutely" would listen to the Hillary Clinton campaign by adding that he would give the same time to presumptive Republican candidate Donald Trump.

"You know, I'm an independent. And I'm fiercely independent and think for myself. And I'd have the same conversation for Donald," Cuban said. "I think Donald has a real chance to win, and that's scary to a lot of people."

Cuban also made his pick for NBA champion, saying he was taking "a little bit of a long shot" by picking the Oklahoma City Thunder.

Mark Cuban, who says he is "fiercely independent" politically, is open to hearing from either major party about running for vice president in 2016.

Cuban's hypothetical interest in being the country's next vice president comes a week after he told The Washington Post that a group of conservative politicians had asked him to run as a third-party candidate this year.

The band of Republican politicians, according to the Post, was attempting to block Trump and believed that Cuban would resonate with voters.

Like Trump, the 57-year-old Cuban is a billionaire with a reality television show.

Although he said he would "put [Trump] in his place," Cuban told the Post that he does not anticipate running for president this year. He reiterated that Sunday.

"It's too late for this election," Cuban said. "I mean, just to try to wing it, just to try to shake things up, you know, the law of unintended consequences tends to create a lot more problems than it solves."

Cuban did praise Trump on "Meet the Press" by saying that he opened the door to nontraditional candidates, calling that a "great thing."

Asked by ESPN.com last week if he would consider running for president four years from now, Cuban replied, "No comment."

[240 is Back]

The fact that he is willingly to be VP for EITHER candidate is a bit disconcerting though.

their positions and political ideologies are darn near identical.

Nobody really thinks Trump beileves in this neocon drivel/names he's been READING this week for the cameras tto secure the donations.  any time you see trump reading, it's not his own.   He's amazing at sharing his own thoughts without a teleprompter.  when he's doing what he's told, he's reading it word for word.

cuban fits with either because they're both forms of chickenhawk dem, let's all be honest here.

[polychronopolous]

their positions and political ideologies are darn near identical.

Nobody really thinks Trump beileves in this neocon drivel/names he's been READING this week for the cameras tto secure the donations.  any time you see trump reading, it's not his own.   He's amazing at sharing his own thoughts without a teleprompter.  when he's doing what he's told, he's reading it word for word.

cuban fits with either because they're both forms of chickenhawk dem, let's all be honest here.

Cuban fits better with Hillary rather than Trump.

He salvages some of the hipster millennial vote lost by Sanders as soon as he gets on stage and throws some trendy-clever type counter shots at the typical elder politician or general Trump is likely to bring on board.

The fact that Cuban will probably be wearing a tight fitting Mavs t-shirt, sitting courtside among NBA players during most of the interviews will only help to highlight the difference in coolness factor between the VP selections.

With a Trump/Cuban ticket you would have 2 political outsiders and 2 billionaire. Something like that would be much easier to attack than if he was linked up with Hillary.

[chaos]

their positions and political ideologies are darn near identical.

Nobody really thinks Trump beileves in this neocon drivel/names he's been READING this week for the cameras tto secure the donations.  any time you see trump reading, it's not his own.   He's amazing at sharing his own thoughts without a teleprompter.  when he's doing what he's told, he's reading it word for word.

cuban fits with either because they're both forms of chickenhawk dem, let's all be honest here.

At least he can read a teleprompter

[chadstallion]

why not?
this election is a joke already.

[bailey]

Are you all saying that the Clinton's are not billionaires ??