Fred S. Karger (born January 31, 1950) is an American
political consultant, gay rights activist and watchdog, former actor, and
former candidate for the Republican nomination for the 2012 US Presidential
election. Although he has not held elected or public office, Karger has worked
on nine presidential campaigns and served as a senior consultant to the
campaigns of Presidents Ronald Reagan, George H. W. Bush and Gerald Ford.
His running for the Republican nomination for president made
him the first openly gay presidential candidate from a major political party in
American history.
In 2006 Karger founded Save the Boom!!! a grassroots
campaign to save the oldest gay bar in the Western United States, the landmark
Boom Boom Room and Coast Inn in Laguna Beach, California. This got Fred active
in LGBTQ politics, and was the natural precursor to his starting Californians
Against Hate - now Rights Equal Rights
Karger sent out a press release Monday that said after
hanging up his career in politics, he’s looking to get into… punditry. “I think
there is a need for a moderate and very bipartisan Republican voice in the
discussions taking place on news shows today,” he said in the release (his
emphasis).
Why should you even care about this? Because
Fred Karger has a bigger agenda.
He states:
“On one side, social conservatives are clamoring to maintain
power amid a cultural climate which increasingly counters their views. On
another side, libertarians are making strides in blending social liberalism
with virtually unregulated free market capitalism. On yet another side,
traditionalists are seeking a return to what might be described as the
Eisenhower Era; utilizing various philosophies to achieve this end. According to him, the Republican Party is “in
transition”. Washington Times
In other words , as he states in an earlier piece:
“One of the major reasons for the GOP's potential demise is
that it has been hijacked by dangerous, bigoted and self-serving organizations
like the Family Research Council, the National Organization for Marriage and
the American Family Association. These are all "hate groups" who seem
hell-bent on cleansing the Republican Party of minorities, moderates, women and
anyone who supports full equality for gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender
Americans.”
I don’t know how many of you will actually read this piece and
keep this in mind, but what he is espousing is the “my way or the highway”
approach to your existence. If you don’t
accept whatever he is forwarding --- then you can leave the Party.
The last time I checked the composition of the Republican
Party, the percentage that belonged in the category of “moderate” or “establishment”
--- the group tending to be more “liberal” on social issues are quite the
minority.
People, I keep hearing you say “I’m tired”; “I can’t make a
difference”; “I don’t want to get involved”.
That type of “stinkin’
thinkin’” should not be allowed to permeate your psyche. Your very existence depends upon it.
Most of us have never cared one way or the other about
issues such as “gay marriage”. Some care
very deeply. It is your RIGHT to care
about the things that matter to you.
We have turned into a country so deeply divided that the
bully pulpit that controls the thought process uses RIDICULE in order to KEEP
ORDER. Be careful with quick acquiescence,
though, because once a bully is not able to get compliance by coercion, they
will use “whatever means necessary”.
Because at the end of the day, the you might end up being the piece
that Karger wishes to “saw off”.
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