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CUBAN: 'I was dumb enough to think I would be able to talk people out of voting for Donald Trump'
Business Insider via Yahoo ^ | November 28, 2016 | Allan Smith

Posted on 11/28/2016 4:19:22 PM PST by Eddie01

Billionaire businessman Mark Cuban recently laid out on his blog how he believes President-elect Donald Trump utilized the mainstream media to pull off a huge upset and win the election. Cuban added he was "dumb" for thinking he could convince people to not vote for the bombastic real-estate magnate.

In a post published earlier this month on Blog Maverick, Cuban said the Trump campaign was "a lot smarter and able to rally" mainstream media "haters" and turn them into Trump "believers and voters" in key states like Wisconsin, Pennsylvania, and Michigan.

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"We were the bad guys," he wrote. "We didn't get it. We represented everything they wanted to change. We were the forces behind the corrupt media. The elites. The establishment. The suckers getting paid off by George Soros and foreign corrupt interests."

"I was dumb enough to think I would be able to talk people out of voting for Donald Trump by detailing what I thought were his weaknesses," he continued. "The Trump campaign had to be laughing at me and thanking me at the same time. I approached my choice of candidates by consuming information literally. That was my hammer and I tried to use it to make everything else look like a nail. I obviously was wrong."

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TOPICS: Culture/Society; Politics/Elections; US: Texas
KEYWORDS: 2016issues; cuban; deplorables; iamwearingadiaper; markcuban; moron; nevertrump; nevertrumper; nevertrumpers; oopsicrappedmypants; shark; tank; texas; trumptransition
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To: HokieMom

Not really.He said the stock market would tank if Trump was elected.Saving face-giant fail.


81 posted on 11/28/2016 5:45:38 PM PST by fatima (Free Hugs Today :))
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To: Eddie01

Scott Adams got it from day 1.


82 posted on 11/28/2016 5:48:50 PM PST by Stentor
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To: Ace the Biker

Cuban was quoted recently as saying (if he sold the team):

“What would I do with 3 billion dollars”?

I actually thought that was pretty funny


83 posted on 11/28/2016 5:56:12 PM PST by A_Former_Democrat ("Liberalism is a mental disorder" On FULL Display NOW BOYCOTT PepsiCO)
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To: VanDeKoik

Exactly what came to my mind, too.


84 posted on 11/28/2016 5:56:13 PM PST by SueRae (An election like no other..)
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To: Eddie01

Couldn’t stand Cuban on Shark Tank and he’s done nothing to change that opinion.


85 posted on 11/28/2016 5:58:40 PM PST by bgill (From the CDC site, "We don't know how people are infected with Ebola")
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To: Eddie01

I think has a job for Cuban .... “Water boy, fetch yourself over here ASAP”!


86 posted on 11/28/2016 6:00:53 PM PST by RetiredTexasVet (The Mofia is a private crime family; whereas, the DOJ is the gov't's political crime family.)
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To: Eddie01

First 3 words are enough.

“I was dumb.”


87 posted on 11/28/2016 6:01:10 PM PST by sauropod (Beware the fury of a patient man. I've lost my patience!)
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To: sauropod

I don’t think he’s improved!
I think he’s dumb in the present tense as well as the past tense!


88 posted on 11/28/2016 6:02:44 PM PST by Reily
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To: Eddie01
Headline on Reddit: "Ban Shot First"

89 posted on 11/28/2016 6:06:03 PM PST by ReaganGeneration2
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To: Eddie01

‘Cuban added he was “dumb”’

Just end it there and we can agree on something, Cuban.


90 posted on 11/28/2016 6:07:32 PM PST by Boogieman
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To: Godebert

Amen to that! I enjoyed the show before Cuban foolishly fell in with Hillary. I’ll wait until he’s no longer involved before I ever watch again. And the strangest thing is, I don’t hold grudges (maybe one - but my heavens - I’ve been around a few decades) in my personal interactions. But when an actor or tv personality insults me or my beliefs, I write them off forever. One day you’d think they learn to just shut up.


91 posted on 11/28/2016 6:12:29 PM PST by Quilla
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To: Eddie01

Cuban is a 2-faced delusional idiot.

Hillary? Fer cryin’ out loud she’s a marxist.


92 posted on 11/28/2016 6:13:18 PM PST by Oldeconomybuyer (The problem with socialism is that you eventually run out of other people's money.)
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To: fungoking
“I was dumb enough...”

Should have just stopped there.

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I think "I was dumb..." sufficed. He's take a 40-year career criminal over a successful businessman. "Dumb" doesn't begin to describe it.

93 posted on 11/28/2016 6:14:36 PM PST by ProtectOurFreedom
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To: Eddie01

Is this asshole in the news because Castro kicked the bucket?

He Mark, Fu<( @ff... You are “dumb” pot cheese!


94 posted on 11/28/2016 6:15:14 PM PST by BatGuano (You don't think I'd go into combat with loose change in my pocket, do ya?)
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To: Conserv

Jealous, yes and what else was he “consuming?”

A real live asshole, Mark Cuban...suffer Markie, you are a loser.


95 posted on 11/28/2016 6:18:02 PM PST by BatGuano (You don't think I'd go into combat with loose change in my pocket, do ya?)
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To: Eddie01

Cuban was dumb enough to believe he is among those with the only correct opinions.


96 posted on 11/28/2016 6:19:06 PM PST by pfflier
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To: Eddie01

the liberal elite...they think they are so smart for bringing out all the people on welfare to vote for them


97 posted on 11/28/2016 6:21:37 PM PST by ari-freedom (The Social Justice War is over and we won!)
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To: TheNext
Cuban sold Yahoo before the market burst.

I'd say he made a shrewd decision.

Cuban had no interest in running Yahoo anyway. He wanted to run a basketball team.

98 posted on 11/28/2016 6:24:19 PM PST by okie01 ( The MainStream Media: IGNORANfCE ON PARADE)
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To: A_Former_Democrat

He must think he owns the Cowboys. LOL


99 posted on 11/28/2016 6:27:06 PM PST by Ace the Biker (I wasn't born in Texas but I got here as fast as I could.)
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To: tiki

You are STILL the bad guys, and STILL dumb.


100 posted on 11/28/2016 6:28:35 PM PST by unixfox (Abolish Slavery, Repeal the 16th Amendment)
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