LOL Marc Cuban just offered Trump via Twitter $10 million for a 4 hour policy interview..

[Princess Turandot]

between just the two of them. He offered to pay it to either a charity or to Trump himself.."If you need it, I'll write you the check and you can keep the money."


@mcuban 50m50 minutes ago
.1) @realDonaldTrump $10mm to the charity of YOUR choice if you let ME interview you for 4 hrs on YOUR policies and their substance.

@mcuban 48m48 minutes ago
2) @realDonaldTrump groundrules are that you cant mention the Clintons or discuss anything other than the details and facts of yr plans and

@mcuban 47m47 minutes ago
3) @realDonaldTrump and no one else is in the room to help. Just me, you and a broadcast crew

@mcuban 41m41 minutes ago
4)@realDonaldTrump I'll add an option. If you need it, I'll write you the check and you can keep the money rather than give it to charity

@mcuban 31m31 minutes ago
5) @realDonaldTrump In the inmortal words of YOU. "What do you have to lose ?"

https://twitter.com/mcuban

[DURHAM D]

1. He should offer him $1M for his tax returns. nt

[CherokeeDem]

2. Who is this Marc Cuban???

I don't know what he did with the other one, but this version I like!!!!!

[catbyte]

4. He's still a jackass, but now he's being a useful jackass, lol. I'm sure he would reduce The

Yammering Yam to a quivering mass of jelly within 5 minutes. It would be Must See TeeVee.

[CherokeeDem]

5. No doubt he's still the old Marc Cuban....

and you are so right... Must See TV!!!!

[FreeState]

11. He has impressed me lately - he basically funded additional police in the gay area of Dallas

He has impressed me lately - he basically funded additional police in the gay area of Dallas that has been having a lot of problems. He is pro-choice, pro-marriage and pro-Hillary.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/mark-cuban-dallas-police_us_576aa031e4b0c0252e77d39f

[MynameisBlarney]

16. Pretty much what I was gonna say.

[politicaljunkie41910]

7. He's been supporting Hillary for a while now. I like him. But I wouldn't give Trump 5 cents.

He can't be allowed to profit from his ignorance and that of the media. It would just encourage more of the same.

[BlueStreak]

30. He won't have to. Trump is a coward. He can't talk 2 minutes on anything of substance

And no way he takes this offer.

This reminds me of one 0f the great Twilight Zone episodes called "The Silence"

http://putlocker.is/watch-the-twilight-zone-tvshow-season-2-episode-25-online-free-putlocker.html

Both Trump and Cuban are frauds, each in his own way.

[underpants]

8. Cuban is a truly self made billionaire who now owns a basketball team.

He's on a CNBC show called Shark Tank

Cuban as a teen got a great deal on trash bags and went selling them door to door. At Indiana U he couldn't make tuition so he sent outlet a chain letter and made what he needed.

After school he pitched himself as a tech guy though he didn't actually own a computer. He made a sale to write software for a company, got an advance and went and bought a computer and coding books. He stayed up all night learning how to write code and made good on his contract on the software. From there he just kept going.

He and his buddies - yes he's a jock type- couldn't stand that they weren't able hear the radio call of IU basketball. He created the ability to put radio on the Internet. It became broadcast.com. Buyers came calling (Yahoo?) and he famously took their first offer. $800million. "why negotiate?" He asked.

He went on to buy the Dallas NBA team and has rolled the near billion into much more.

[DinahMoeHum]

12. Unlike TrumpleThinSkin, one can believe Cuban's business acumen. . .

. . .and any quoted figures on his net worth. He built his business from scratch.

[tammywammy]

25. After he sold Broadcast.com to Yahoo

He started HDNet (now HDTV) and 2929 Entertainment which purchased Landmark Theaters and Magnolia Pictures

2929 Entertainment made the films Enron: Smartest Guys in the Room and Good Night and Good Luck among others.

[underpants]

32. I remember the movies but didn't know about HDNET

Thanks. I actually watch Shark Tank.

[tammywammy]

34. I don't like all his politics, but I respect Cuban as a businessman

The other big difference between Cuban and Trump is Cuban doesn't stiff and fuck over the small businesses / mom & pops / contractors he works with.

[busterbrown]

17. His IPO made him very very wealthy.

Up to this point, I had very mixed feelings about Cuban.. Big Libertarian..

However hearing from him lately he might have changed.. Realizing how important govt is if run by smart well intentioned people.. He is definitely very fearful that a trump Presidency would crash our economy..He’s mentioned that several times..

[Malbrownluna8708]

46. Yes this is surprising to me too.

He is usually a complete butt. I like what he has been doing lately too. Saying the con can keep the money and not have to give it to charity. He is taking Trump's extortion...oops...College transcript challenge of Oct. 2011 and tying him up in it.....AWESOME.

[annabanana]

3. "charity of his choice"?

Well we all know what THAT one is, don't we. . .

[toddwv]

6. Does it start with a "T"

and end with a "rump"?

[geek tragedy]

9. serious, serious, serious shade

@mcuban 41m41 minutes ago
4)@realDonaldTrump I'll add an option. If you need it, I'll write you the check and you can keep the money rather than give it to charity

[sarae]

29. LOLOLOL

[Little Star]

10. Rebub vs Rebub this is getting good....

http://www.nbcchicago.com/entertainment/entertainment-news/Cuban-Offers-Trump-10-Million-For-One-on-One-Interview-393715761.html

I just linked this to my facebook page so all my nutty repub relatives can watch this repub vs repub take down. My money's on Cuban.

[NewJeffCT]

13. Cuban also thinks the real reason that Trump won't release his tax returns

is that they'll show that the Clintons are wealthier than Trump.

[bettyellen]

15. I've no doubt it will show they pay loads more taxes too.

[NewJeffCT]

19. The Clintons have also donated a lot to charity

Weren't most of her speaking fees donated?

[bettyellen]

48. A huge portion of them were. It kills me when people trash the foundation as a slush

Fund. It was pretty much he opposite. They worked for free and funded it themselves. If they "used influence" to get people to be on the board of directors for free or donate time or money I think that is awesome.

[Thinkingabout]

27. I like your reasoning.

[jeanmarc]

14. Rec this

Love what Cuban is doing to Don the Con. And Hillary would easily handle this challenge. She's the most well versed on policy of any of the earlier candidates on either side.

[Oldem]

18. Oh,

this is rich (sorry). An appeal to the sob's greed must be a real temptation. Hit him where he lives, Cuban! Btw, Brooke Baldwin has just played back a string of T-rump's musings on how our President "might" have been born in Kenya. A lot of people think so.

No, some do; most do not.

[CrispyQ]

20. Mark Cuban who recognized that there is a new kind of politician,

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the billionaire class politician, who can fund their own campaigns. Cuban 2020?

~edited to correct spelling of Cuban's first name.

[LiberalLovinLug]

21. If anyone other than Trump were the nominee, Hillary would be the enemy

He's just a greedy capitalist .1% that is looking out for his own money. If it were an establishment Republican that had won the primaries that would have been preferable, as they don't 'waste' money on programs for the great unwashed, but Hillary is a better choice for his wallet than Trump as at least she is more predictable and the economy would be stable for his businesses.

[Loki Liesmith]

26. So what

He's entitled to look after his own interests, and liberal compassion is not mandatory.

I have no problem with fiscal conservatives, if they are up front about their beliefs.

[LiberalLovinLug]

31. The enemy of my enemy...

Sure, that's fine. For now, money trumps Trump. It was just a reminder of where his real concerns are. Once he helps Hillary get in it will back to, as Bush Jr. put it, money trumps peace, and he'll be one of those pushing Hillary to pass the TPP, as one example.

[Dark n Stormy Knight]

38. Just what I was thinking. Cuban seems a lot like Trump in his rich guy cockiness.

Doesn't matter that he may be much richer than Trump, both of them are way richer than any one ought to be. And that rich dude punk attitude they share is not an appealing characteristic to me.

[TexasBushwhacker]

39. Well at least Cuban is self made

He didn't get hundreds of millions from his daddy.

[Dark n Stormy Knight]

40. Oh, sure, he definitely is better than Trump in many ways!

But, still...

[moonscape]

22. Also liked this:

Mark Cuban ?@mcuban
MSM is being suckered into chasing birther stories. Force Trump to respond to questions he cant answer rather than those he won't answer

[Shankapotomus]

23. Only mistake Cuban is making

is offering to fund this nut job. The last thing Trump should be given is more resources to spread is garbage.

[stevenleser]

47. He's not. Its like offering Rush money if he can come up with the unified theory of everything in

Physics. He's offering Trump something so beyond his capability he will never have to pay him.

[PatSeg]

24. Oh, I love the snark

Trump can even keep the $10 million himself - after all it is just chump change to Cuban. He's rubbing it in that Trump is not nearly as rich as he claims to be.

[Wounded Bear]

28. One important point, Marc...

remember don't pay him until after the event.

[ooky]

33. Sounds like Cuban has given Trump a quick opportunity to help

some of the people he pretends to care about. He could split it and give 5 million apiece to the residents of Flint and to homeless vets. Or others he says cares so much about.

Too bad for them he's a coward and they will never see a dime of that money. I still have my reservations he will show up for a one on one debate with Hillary - still waiting for his last minute excuses.

[duncang]

35. Here's Marc on with Colbert

[lark]

36. Love, love Cuban.

Oh, drumpf will want to get the money so bad, but he knows he can't do a 4 hr policy interview, he has nothing at all that in=depth and would look so stupid. He won't show us the truth, the emperor has no clothes.

to Cuban

[Botany]

37. In the inmortal words of YOU. "What do you have to lose ?"

[flying-skeleton]

41. Trump is a chicken

He will never go for it despite his greediness simply because if there is one thing he hates more than anything else, it's making a fool of himself which he does more often than he realizes.

[0rganism]

42. he should offer Hillary $1 mil to paint herself orange and take the same interview

would love to see that

[fierywoman]

43. she'd only need ...

... just an orange pants suit.

[LiberalLovinLug]

45. funny, but that raises a good point

He should, in all fairness, offer both candidates, say, $5 million each for a one on one, same deal to answer policy questions. Why should Trump be rewarded simply because he's a greedy pig and money is all that is important to him.

Of course it would also be fun to watch the comparison. Something like this actually should have happened already with the MSM, minus the $. I'd love to see this, as it would differentiate them on such a scale. And the MSM would be aghast as they watch their carefully constructed horse race crumble. Removing the Trump handicap he is awarded everytime he's on air, and without the obligatory preamble of "emails...foundation...Benghazi...etc.." on Hillary. treating them both the same...allowing them both ample time to explain their policies (or not) and also why they are the better direction etc. No way Trump could claim it was rigged, or biased either.

But like I say, the MSM would do their best to not let it happen. It would expose their utter ineptitude so far in exposing the vast differences between them.

[radius777]

44. Cuban is a big asset for our side, he helps with moderates

and apolitical swing voter types who are wow'd by a cool celebrity businessman - prevents them from even considering Trump.

As a moderate Dem I have no problem with ethical business people like Cuban who is self made, entrepreneurial, innovative, charitable, socially liberal, etc.

The fact that he is so strongly against Trump and so strongly for Hillary/Dems (who have promised to be tougher on big business and the rich) in this election cycle shows that he is an ethical and decent guy who puts people over profit.