This has got to be a joke

[ProSense]

Howard Dean Supporters Readying to Back Donald Trump

By BRENDAN COFFEY

The California-based political action committee best known for sending Howard Dean to victory in the 2004 cycle Democratic primaries – and more recently has worked in support of Barack Obama and the repeal of California’s gay marriage ban – is readying to come out in support of potential 2012 Republican candidate, real estate mogul and reality TV star Donald Trump.

Eugene Hedlund, head of TruthandHope.org and political consulting firm D Media has registered the domains YoureHired2012.com and TrumpForAmerica.com as part of a plan to possible gear up and throw support behind Trump, worth $2.7 billion in the Forbes World Billionaires ranking, released today.

“I am really attracted to the personal story – even though it is at a different level – having built something, lost it and the personal life story of rebuilding it even stronger. Having weaned himself off of credit, I think that is a powerful story,” Hedlund told me by phone last evening. Trump famously suffered in the late 1980s real estate bust, with some properties entering bankruptcy protection. He rebuilt his fortune by, among other deals, buying Manhattan’s 40 Wall Street building for $1 million. Later as real estate rebounded, the deal was a steal, with the building alone estimated to be worth at least $200 million.

Hedlund’s group is, at first blush, an unusual backer of a potential Republican party nominee. It’s best known for its ad campaign that won Howard Dean the Vermont primary in the 2004 cycle despite the fact Dean had dropped out of the race well ahead of the Green Mountain State’s election. With Dean’s blessing it then shifted support to work on behalf of Senator John Kerry’s bid to win the presidency and in the last election cycle, it threw its weight in support of then-Senator Obama. More recently the group has campaigned for the repeal of the California state gay marriage ban.

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:wtf:

[LeftyAndProud60]

1. isn't Trump against gay marriage? LOL. NT

[JuniperLea]

2. Good God...

I certainly hope it's a joke.

[LaurenG]

3. Well Trump is a joke to me and I'll not be voting for him no matter how disappointed I am. nt

[Fuddnik]

9. Is the dead muskrat on his head going to be his running mate?

[LaurenG]

10. lol

nice visual

[krawhitham]

18. So you are saying if the right rethug runs you will vote for him?

[LaurenG]

20. You don't know me well do you?

I love Howard Dean but I'll not vote for a freaking republican (even if the story was true). Feel better? :D

[William769]

4. This guy must be smoking something from tea bags!

[BrklynLiberal]

5. ? Must have been a different Howard Dean they were backing then...

:crazy: :crazy:

[Pharaoh]

6. Consider the right wing source

http://blogs.forbes.com/brendancoffey/2011/03/10/howard-dean-supporters-readying-to-back-donald-trump/

[Vicar In A Tutu]

7. Just another greedy, bigoted, homophobic group

You can say you've been campaigning against Prop 8 and that shot as much as you like, but your choice of candidate says a lot more. Eugene Headcase appears to be a homophobe.

[Fuddnik]

8. The frst sentence blows it.

What victory did Howard Dean have in the 2004 primaries?

[former9thward]

11. His only victory was in Vermont where he got 54%.

[MissDeeds]

12. BS n/t

[rug]

13. You mean the people that produced this Obama ad?

http://truthandhope.org/

[tekisui]

17. Haha. Busted!

[WolfoftheWild]

14. now I know what vomit bags are for.

:puke:

[craigmatic]

15. This would be damaging to Obama if trump was actually running. Also there hasn't been

a better president for gay rights than Obama.

[CakeGrrl]

16. Talk about not being able to see the big picture

Gee, you like this guy's "pull himself up by the bootstraps" story?

Don't be surprised when he implements policy that tells the rest of the country to do the same or else.

People just don't THINK.

[Phx_Dem]

19. Sounds about right. The lunatic fringe.