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n2doc Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Apr-01-11 07:26 PM
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GOP Presidential Frontrunner: Fred Karger?

— By Stephanie Mencimer| Fri Apr. 1, 2011 11:09 AM PDT

Gay GOP presidential candidate Fred Karger has been heavily campaigning in New Hampshire and Iowa this year, having been the first Republican to officially declare his candidacy. He's been working the youth vote, putting forward a proposal to lower the voting age and other ideas that might lure in young people to his campaign. The effort seems to be working: On Thursday night at St. Anselm College, Karger participated in a Republican presidential straw poll organized by the school's college Republicans. He is the only candidate to have actually addressed the students, and he ended up winning 79 out of the 322 votes cast, which made him the night's big winner, over Mitt Romney, who took second, and Donald Trump, who garnered but 26 votes. (The night's big loser: Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul, who received a single vote.)

The win, however small, will no doubt help Karger's Federal Elections Commission complaint against Republicans in Iowa who refused to allow him to participate in an early presidential forum there last month. After a nice showing in the key primary state of New Hampshire, the GOP will have a hard time arguing to the FEC that Karger isn't a serious candidate.


http://motherjones.com/mojo/2011/04/gop-presidential-frontrunner-fred-karger
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bluestateguy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Apr-01-11 07:31 PM
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1. Fred Karger? Didn't he play 3rd base for the Twins a few years back?
???
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Scuba Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Apr-01-11 07:36 PM
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2. My favorite part was...


...."(The night's big loser: Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul, who received a single vote.)"
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monmouth Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Apr-01-11 07:40 PM
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3. Bet the donald was not thrilled either. His poor ego, coming in way
lower than a guy no one ever heard of....Karma is wonderful..
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