A website that wants to draft millionaire and celebrity Donald Trump for the 2012 Republican nomination is now in full swing. Their email says: “Donald Trump is the only potential candidate for President with the courage to demand Barrack Obama produce his birth certificate.” And the website begins with this paragraph:
The Draft Trump 2012 committee is an independent grass-roots citizen’s efforts to make Donald Trump President. We are neither funded nor directed by Donald Trump but we are encouraged by his public indications that he is seriously considering the race.
It is our intention to recruit leadership in Iowa, New Hampshire, South Carolina, Nevada and other early primary states to place Donald Trump’s name on the ballot in those states to begin the process of electing the strong President we need in these difficult times. We are encouraging Donald Trump to enter the debates in 2011 and run in 2012.
The Draft Trump Committee is an all-volunteer effort which must rely on contributions fron individual Americans to fund our efforts to Draft Trump. To join the Draft TRUMP 2012 Committee fill out the form to the right.
And the long pitch for him begins with these paragraphs:
Donald Trump is one of the most successful business leaders in the world; he would bring a unique perspective to a Republican primary field populated with has-been and never-were politicians eager to curry support with traditional political horse-trading and backroom favors. As a global manager and executive, owing no favors to any political boss or party, Trump would bring needed credibility and independence to a presidential campaign.
His candor and honesty are never in question; Trump is famous for saying what he believes and has decades of phenomenal success in business to validate his judgment, eye for talent, and ability to manage people, which are the key qualities required in a Commander-in-Chief.
It most certainly sounds like Trump intends to run since he’s making birther noises.
An independent committee? Really? Perhaps.
It could indeed be true.
But if they all have bad comb-overs, it might be suspect.
Joe Gandelman is a former fulltime journalist who freelanced in India, Spain, Bangladesh and Cypress writing for publications such as the Christian Science Monitor and Newsweek. He also did radio reports from Madrid for NPR’s All Things Considered. He has worked on two U.S. newspapers and quit the news biz in 1990 to go into entertainment. He also has written for The Week and several online publications, did a column for Cagle Cartoons Syndicate and has appeared on CNN.