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Longshot Presidential Hopeful Fred Karger Gearing Up in Iowa
Sunshine News ^ | 11/24/2010 | Kevin Derby

Posted on 11/24/2010 4:46:04 AM PST by speciallybland

Veteran Republican political operative Fred Karger took a large step toward announcing a presidential campaign on Tuesday, unveiling a television commercial and hiring staff in Iowa for a possible longshot bid at the White House. If he runs, Karger will be the first openly gay candidate for a major party’s nomination in American history.

A political operative who served as an adviser to presidential candidates John Connally, Bob Dole and Paul Laxalt, Karger also worked with the presidential campaigns of Ronald Reagan and George H.W. Bush.

(Excerpt) Read more at sunshinestatenews.com ...


TOPICS: Politics/Elections; US: Iowa
KEYWORDS: 2012; 2012gopprimary; fredkarger; ia2012; karger

1 posted on 11/24/2010 4:46:09 AM PST by speciallybland
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To: speciallybland

A showboating jerk without the slightest prospect of winning anything but a good time at the late-night campaign parties he’s sure to be a flamboyant host of.


2 posted on 11/24/2010 4:51:59 AM PST by samtheman
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To: speciallybland
If he runs, Karger will be the first openly gay candidate for a major party’s nomination in American history.

Have we completely forgotten about John Edwards?

3 posted on 11/24/2010 4:58:58 AM PST by wideawake
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To: speciallybland

” ... longshot bid at the White House ... “


More like: “rearshot bid at the White House”


4 posted on 11/24/2010 4:59:10 AM PST by J Edgar
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To: speciallybland

“Fred Karger..............male prostitute.”
(I wonder if he has an elaborate series of trusses?)


5 posted on 11/24/2010 5:34:27 AM PST by Carl LaFong (Experts say experts should be ignored.)
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To: speciallybland

Listen to the first hour of this: http://traffic.libsyn.com/mickelson/mickelson-2010-11-23.mp3 if you want to be left with no appetite tomorrow.


6 posted on 11/24/2010 5:46:38 AM PST by Keith in Iowa (FR Class of 1998 | TV News is an oxymoron. | MSNBC = Moonbats Spouting Nothing But Crap.)
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To: speciallybland

IF Democrats, without a contested primary in 2012, cross-over and vote for this guy in the GOP Primary, things could get interesting.


7 posted on 11/24/2010 7:17:38 AM PST by trumandogz
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