Matt Collins
07-18-2010, 10:22 PM
Fred Karger is apparently considering a run for President:
Fred Karger (born January 31, 1950) is a top Republican (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Republican_Party_%28United_States%29) political consultant (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Political_consultant) turned gay rights activist (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gay_rights_activist) and watchdog (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Watchdog) in the United States. Karger’s corporate political career spanned three decades, including work on nine presidential campaigns and serving as a senior consultant to the campaigns of Presidents Ronald Reagan, George H. W. Bush and Gerald Ford.[1] (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fred_Karger#cite_note-Mencimer-0)[2] (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fred_Karger#cite_note-fk-1)[dead link (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Linkrot)] Karger was a partner of one of California's premier campaign consulting firms, the Dolphin Group.[1] (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fred_Karger#cite_note-Mencimer-0)[2] (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fred_Karger#cite_note-fk-1) He retired after 27 years and has since used his skills in working as an activist on gay causes, from protecting the landmark gay bar The Boom (http://www.savetheboom.com/) to aggressively investigating the Mormon Church (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mormon_Church)’s and the National Organization for Marriage (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Organization_for_Marriage)’s campaigns to repeal gay marriage (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gay_marriage) through his organization, Californians Against Hate (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Californians_Against_Hate).[3] (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fred_Karger#cite_note-Morain-2)
On April 10, 2010, Fred Karger held a press conference at the Southern Republican Leadership Conference (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Southern_Republican_Leadership_Conference) (SRLC) in New Orleans (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Orleans), to announce that he is “seriously considering becoming a candidate for President of the United States in 2012 as an Independent Republican.”[20] (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fred_Karger#cite_note-S_Mencimer-19) He attended the SRLC with other potential Republican Presidential hopefuls such as Sarah Palin (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sarah_Palin), Ron Paul (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ron_Paul), Rick Santorum (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rick_Santorum), Newt Gingrich (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Newt_Gingrich) and Gary Johnson (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gary_E._Johnson).[21] (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fred_Karger#cite_note-Montopoli-20) Since making his announcement, Karger has been to Iowa (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iowa) and New Hampshire (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Hampshire) several times, holding Town Hall Meetings (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Town_Hall_Meetings), talking to voters, as well as meeting with political, LGBTQ , AIDS organization leaders and the media.[22] (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fred_Karger#cite_note-New_Hampshire-21)[23] (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fred_Karger#cite_note-K_Ocomb-22)
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fred_Karger
Fred Karger (born January 31, 1950) is a top Republican (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Republican_Party_%28United_States%29) political consultant (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Political_consultant) turned gay rights activist (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gay_rights_activist) and watchdog (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Watchdog) in the United States. Karger’s corporate political career spanned three decades, including work on nine presidential campaigns and serving as a senior consultant to the campaigns of Presidents Ronald Reagan, George H. W. Bush and Gerald Ford.[1] (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fred_Karger#cite_note-Mencimer-0)[2] (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fred_Karger#cite_note-fk-1)[dead link (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Linkrot)] Karger was a partner of one of California's premier campaign consulting firms, the Dolphin Group.[1] (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fred_Karger#cite_note-Mencimer-0)[2] (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fred_Karger#cite_note-fk-1) He retired after 27 years and has since used his skills in working as an activist on gay causes, from protecting the landmark gay bar The Boom (http://www.savetheboom.com/) to aggressively investigating the Mormon Church (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mormon_Church)’s and the National Organization for Marriage (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Organization_for_Marriage)’s campaigns to repeal gay marriage (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gay_marriage) through his organization, Californians Against Hate (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Californians_Against_Hate).[3] (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fred_Karger#cite_note-Morain-2)
On April 10, 2010, Fred Karger held a press conference at the Southern Republican Leadership Conference (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Southern_Republican_Leadership_Conference) (SRLC) in New Orleans (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Orleans), to announce that he is “seriously considering becoming a candidate for President of the United States in 2012 as an Independent Republican.”[20] (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fred_Karger#cite_note-S_Mencimer-19) He attended the SRLC with other potential Republican Presidential hopefuls such as Sarah Palin (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sarah_Palin), Ron Paul (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ron_Paul), Rick Santorum (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rick_Santorum), Newt Gingrich (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Newt_Gingrich) and Gary Johnson (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gary_E._Johnson).[21] (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fred_Karger#cite_note-Montopoli-20) Since making his announcement, Karger has been to Iowa (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iowa) and New Hampshire (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Hampshire) several times, holding Town Hall Meetings (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Town_Hall_Meetings), talking to voters, as well as meeting with political, LGBTQ , AIDS organization leaders and the media.[22] (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fred_Karger#cite_note-New_Hampshire-21)[23] (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fred_Karger#cite_note-K_Ocomb-22)
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fred_Karger