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They would sooner hire a one-armed wallpaper hanger...

Posted: Sun Mar 27, 2011 10:15 pm
by Scooter
Fred Karger (R.) has announced he is running for the 2012 Republican nomination for president.

Karger is the first openly gay presidential candidate in the U.S. When CBS correspondent Nancy Cordes asked why he would run for a party that has historically opposed gays, he responded, “Being a gay Republicans is kind of an oxymoron,” but “I have been a fighter in my party, I have always been on the more moderate side but I’m also a protégé of Lee Atwater. We need to open up this party and that’s one of my reasons for running. The party should not be dominated by one faction or another. It should be open to all.”

Karger claims that the country needs fresh leadership.

I want to be a different kind of Republican. The kind of Republican I grew up with. I consider myself to be Progressive. The last Progressive Republican president was over 100 years ago; Theodore Roosevelt,” Karger told CBS.

Even though this is Karger’s first time running for political office, he served as an advisor to presidents Ford, Regan [sic], and George H.W Bush; he has be a behind-the-scenes player for 35 years.

Karger told CBS, “If I can get in one or more of these presidential debates, I will make history."
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The guy has a longer pedigree in Republican politics than most of those considered front runners at this point. Assuming that he actually has some reasonable ideas, any reason why even moderate Republicans won't be able to get past "gay" to listen to what he has to say?

Re: They would sooner hire a one-armed wallpaper hanger...

Posted: Sun Mar 27, 2011 10:22 pm
by @meric@nwom@n
I suspect that anyone we thought would pull us out of our current mess could get elected, even be he a cross dressing gay black man in a tutu.

Re: They would sooner hire a one-armed wallpaper hanger...

Posted: Sun Mar 27, 2011 10:22 pm
by rubato
Is he black and a Mormon too?

Not that even a centrist non-gay Republican would ever have the slightest chance of nomination. The Repugs are so far to the right they have fallen off the edge of the earth.

The Democrats deserve a better party of opposition than they have.

yrs,
rubato

Re: They would sooner hire a one-armed wallpaper hanger...

Posted: Sun Mar 27, 2011 11:59 pm
by Gob
More chance of the repubbies having a woman front runner...

Re: They would sooner hire a one-armed wallpaper hanger...

Posted: Mon Mar 28, 2011 1:28 pm
by MajGenl.Meade
he has been a behind-the-scenes player for 35 years.

'nuff said

Re: They would sooner hire a one-armed wallpaper hanger...

Posted: Mon Mar 28, 2011 11:11 pm
by Lord Jim
he served as an advisor to presidents Ford, Regan [sic], and George H.W Bush;
Yes, well that's a little bit misleading....

At least based on on his wikipedia bio:
Fred Karger (born January 31, 1950) is an American Republican political consultant, gay rights activist and watchdog, and the first announced candidate for the Republican nomination for the 2012 US Presidential election.[1] 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.[2][3]
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fred_Karger

Mr. Karger is not a person who served as an "adviser to presidents" like David Gergen, or even Pat Buchanan....

He's the owner of a political consulting and lobbying firm that was hired to work in a number of campaigns....

There's nothing wrong with that, but it's not the same thing....

There's no reason to believe that Mr. Karger ever even set foot in the White House, let alone served as an "adviser" to any President, let alone multiple Presidents....

Which goes to the issue of his qualifications, quite apart from whom he chooses to spend his evenings with....

Mr. Karger has never served as a "Presidential adviser" in any meaningful sense of that term, and has never served in or sought any elective or appointive office....

I wouldn't be inclined to support a person with his thin qualifications for the Presidency, gay or straight.....regardless of his ideology...

I suspect Mr. Karger is engaged in a publicity stunt....

On the larger question of supporting a "gay" Republican for the Presidency....

I have for a number of years been a supporter of South Carolina Senator Lindsey Graham, who I believe is one of the brightest bulbs in the US Senate. There have been rumors about him being gay for years, and if tomorrow he were to "come out", and the next day announce for the Presidency, I personally would have no problem supporting him.

But Graham would actually be qualified for the job, unlike Karger....

As far as gay Presidential candidates go who were suspected to be in the closet, Denis Kucinich probably headed the list....

Until he nailed this hottie:

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I don't care much for his politics...

But way to go Dennis... :ok

Re: They would sooner hire a one-armed wallpaper hanger...

Posted: Mon Mar 28, 2011 11:39 pm
by Scooter
Ok, he's either got to be hung down to his knees, or he has more money than god.

Because somehow she doesn't look the type to marry a guy for his great sense of humour.

Re: They would sooner hire a one-armed wallpaper hanger...

Posted: Tue Mar 29, 2011 3:15 am
by Sue U
Elizabeth Kucinich is a lefty commie pinko tree-hugging policy wonk, and they don't come any wonkier than Dennis Kucinich. Plus, she's, y'know, English.

Re: They would sooner hire a one-armed wallpaper hanger...

Posted: Tue Mar 29, 2011 3:22 am
by Scooter
Ah, so hung down to his knees it is then.

Re: They would sooner hire a one-armed wallpaper hanger...

Posted: Tue Mar 29, 2011 3:24 am
by Sue U
:lol: :lol: :lol: Well, you didn't hear it from me! :lol: :lol: :lol:

Re: They would sooner hire a one-armed wallpaper hanger...

Posted: Tue Mar 29, 2011 3:28 am
by Scooter
That's not the way it was told to me :nana

Re: They would sooner hire a one-armed wallpaper hanger...

Posted: Tue Mar 29, 2011 3:34 am
by Crackpot
Down to his knees? That would make it what ? A whole 2 inches?

Re: They would sooner hire a one-armed wallpaper hanger...

Posted: Tue Mar 29, 2011 5:23 am
by Lord Jim
I understand she also has a tongue stud...

That would be the only stud she has.... :P

Re: They would sooner hire a one-armed wallpaper hanger...

Posted: Tue Mar 29, 2011 5:27 am
by Gob
I'd bone her.

Re: They would sooner hire a one-armed wallpaper hanger...

Posted: Tue Mar 29, 2011 5:59 am
by Lord Jim
Well, he's either got a Milton Berle size dick, or she's such a hippie chick wannabee that she wants to be wedded to a leftie icon....

Re: They would sooner hire a one-armed wallpaper hanger...

Posted: Fri Apr 01, 2011 9:46 pm
by Sue U
Speaking of Miss Lindsey and would-be presidents:
HAWK PARTY!
Recent Gaddafi Fan Lindsey Graham Now Wants Him Dead

by Jack Stuef
3:21 pm April 1, 2011 67 Comments 844 Views




Hey look, it’s the three bestest friends ever, John McCain, Lindsey Graham, and Joe Lieberman! Who’s that fourth guy they’re with? Are they looking to add a member to this terrific team of winning policy minds? Oh, it’s Muammar Gaddafi. This must have been taken a million years ago, right, considering all of them now want to bomb this man into oblivion? No, it was 2009. How could they do something so evil? Did the evil dictator tempt Graham with ham biscuits (young cock)?
Here’s Graham at the Robert Gates hearing yesterday:

GRAHAM: Is Gadhafi the legitimate leader of the Libyan people in your eyes, legally? And if he’s not, would it be unlawful for a nation including ours to drop a bomb on him, to end this thing?

GATES: Well, President Reagan tried that.

GRAHAM: Well that doesn’t mean we shouldn’t try again. I’m asking this in all seriousness. I don’t believe this man is the legitimate leader of the Libyan people. I believe he’s an international terrorist, unlawful enemy combatant, then we’re within our bounds as a nation — and our coalition partners — to take the fight to him and his cadre of supporters. Is that on the table or not?

GATES: I don’t think so because I think it would probably break the coalition.

An international terrorist! The Lockerbie bomber! Killer of Americans! But that happened 20 years ago. Two years ago, Graham was eating ham biscuits on Gaddafi’s couch. Was he a terrorist then? According to a Wikileak, actually, he supported a warming in relations with Gaddafi.

But war is fun and should always be supported. If Lieberman became the leader of a foreign country and Lindsey and John had a chance to bomb him, would they go for it? It would be interesting! [Salon]
http://wonkette.com/442035/recent-gadda ... s-him-dead

Re: They would sooner hire a one-armed wallpaper hanger...

Posted: Fri Apr 01, 2011 10:21 pm
by BoSoxGal
You guys are disgustingly shallow!

Women of substance don't choose partners based on penis size - there is SO much more to a successful lifelong pairing than just sex.

Re: They would sooner hire a one-armed wallpaper hanger...

Posted: Fri Apr 01, 2011 10:30 pm
by Gob
bigskygal wrote:You guys are disgustingly shallow!

Women of substance don't choose partners based on penis size - there is SO much more to a successful lifelong pairing than just sex.

There is??????

Re: They would sooner hire a one-armed wallpaper hanger...

Posted: Sat Apr 02, 2011 3:41 am
by Jarlaxle
bigskygal wrote:You guys are disgustingly shallow!

Women of substance don't choose partners based on penis size - there is SO much more to a successful lifelong pairing than just sex.
You mean like...................[censored]

(OK, I'll be good, I won't swing at that hanging curveball you just tossed!)