Fred
Karger in New Hampshire
Fred
Karger
arrived
in
New
Hampshire
on
the
first
trip
of
his
improbable quest on Feb. 28,
2010. During 2010 he made a total of ten visits to the Granite
State, and he has continued
his intense activity throughout 2011. On May
7 Karger did his first precinct walk. In
July Karger took his efforts to the next level, leasing a
house in
Manchester. Karger's New Hampshire White House serves as the base
of
operations for his long-shot quest for the White House at 1600
Pennsylvania
Avenue in Washington, DC. |
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Photo: Fred Karger for President | ||
Iowa Visits |
New Hampshire
updated
December 26,
2011
[December
13-19, 2011 New York and Chicago]
>November 29-December 12, 2011
...November 28 - travel from
Ft. Lauderdale, FL to Manchester, NH.
November 29 -
Pinkerton Academy Speech to GSA - Derry.
November 30 - Editorial
board meeting with the Portsmouth Herald - Portsmouth.
World
AIDS
Day/AIDS
Memorial
Quilt
at
Franklin
Pierce
University
-
Rindge.
December 1 - Press Conference on release of Fred's Jobs Plan and new ad which begins airing statewide for one week - Manchester.
Editorial
board
meeting
at
Keene
Sentinel
-
Keene
At UNH will do a
"Stonewall Grads" speech and book reading, and dinner - Durham.
December 2 - Seacoast
Republican Women's holiday party at One Liberty Lane - Hampton.
UNH College
Republicans holiday party at Huddleston Hall - Durham.
December 3 -
Fundraiser for AIDS Services for the Monadnock Region at 401 Winchester
St. - Keene.
December 4 - Rye Republican
Committee holiday party - Rye.
December 5 - Filming a
commercial during the day; Rainbow
Network holiday party at Karger's New Hampshire White House -
Manchester.
December 6 - Visits
Stonyfield Farm - Londonderry.
Meeting
with
Pinkerton
Academy
GSA-Part
2
- Derry.
Town
hall
at
Franklin
Pierce
University
- Rindge.
December 7 - Mock
caucus at NH Institute of Politics, St. Anselm College - Manchester.
World
AIDS
Day
event,
Keene
State
College - Keene.
December 8 - Presidential
Straw Poll, Plymouth State University - Plymouth.
Private
meetings,
Dartmouth
College
-
Hanover.
December 9 - Commercial
filming - Manchester.
Meeting
and
Eggs
at
The Golden Egg - Portsmouth.cancelled
Private
meetings
at
UNH
-
Durham.
December 10 - Marriage Equality Forum hosted by GLSEN New Hampshire, UNH School of Law - Concord.
Participate in patch.com live debate blogging of Iowa GOP Presidential Debate - Manchester.
December 11 - Private
meetings - Manchester.
December 12 - Commercial filming - Manchester.
Every
Child
Matters
Presidential Forum at UNH, MUB - Durham.
Volunteer
meeting at the New Hampshire White House
- Manchester.
>November 18-21, 2011
November 18 - Marriage Equality Matters, Student Center, Keene State College - Keene.
November 20 - Meet and Greet, Granite State Candy Shoppe - Concord.
November 21 - On the Issues, interview at WMUR - Manchester.
Tide
Pride
GSA,
Concord
High
School
-
Concord.
>October
31-November
10,
2011
October
31 - Karger NH White House Halloween candy distribution -
Manchester.
Attends Portsmouth Halloween
Parade, Prescott Park - Portsmouth.
November 1 - Attends
Presidential Primary Club meeting at Concord High School - Concord.
November 2 - Private
meetings - Hanover.
November 3 - Concord
Monitor ed. board - Concord.
Interview with New
Hampshire Capitol Access at Concord High School - Concord.
Attends Durham/Lee Republican
Meeting at Durham Police Station, Community Room - Durham.
November 4
November 5 - Attends
26th annual Hampstead Mothers' Club Craft Fair at Hampstead Middle
School - Hampstead.
November 6
November 7 - Campaigning and Fred frisbee giveaway at UNH
Memorial Union Building - Durham.
Private
meetings
-
Portsmouth.
Dinner speech at the Alpha
Gamma Rho fraternity at UNH - Durham.
November 8 - Ed. board meeting at the Monadnock
Ledger-Transcript, followed by a lunch meeting - Peterborough.
Meeting
of the Deerfield Republican Town Club at Deerfield Library - Deerfield.
Meeting
of the Bedford Republicans at Bedford Public Library - Bedford.
November 9 - Volunteer
lunch meeting at St. Paul's School - Concord.
Campaigning and Fred
frisbee giveaway at The Green at Dartmouth College, followed
by volunteer meeting - Hanover.
Michigan Debate viewing
party at the NH White House - Manchester.
November 10 - Granite
State Patriots Liberty Political Action Committee's
"Constitutional Conversation" - Hampton.
>October 19-20, 2011
October 19 - The
Patch forum at The Draft - Concord.
October 20 - Keene Sentinel - Keene.
Equality
Event
with
AIDS
Services
for
the
Monadnock
Region
and
Miss
New
Hampshire,
Central Square - Keene.
>October 7-17, 2011
...October 6 -
travel L.A. to Manchester, NH.
October 7 - Gay Straight Alliance Dinner, St Paul’s
School - Concord.
October 8 -
Precinct Walk - Nashua.
Stop
Youth
Bullying,
Laconia High School -
Laconia.
October 9 - meetings.
October 10 -
Grafton County Republican Dinner, Speech and Straw Poll, The Common Man
Inn - Plymouth.
October 11 -
National Coming Out Day, Speech at St Paul’s School -
Concord.
Dartmouth
Debate
-
Hanover
October 12 - private
meetings all day in Boston.
October 13
- Nashua Telegraph Editorial Board, New Hampshire Press Association
Conference, 2500 North River Rd. - Manchester.
October 14 -
Speech at Concord High School, 170 Warren St. - Concord.
October 15 -
Precinct Walk - Manchester.
October 16
- Rockingham GOP Octoberfest, The Stone Church, 5 Granite St. - New
Market.
October 17 - Files to be a
candidate with the Secretary of State at the State House - Concord.
October 18 -
Concord High School Presidential Primary Club - Concord.
UNH-
The
Alliance
Meeting,
The
Memorial
Union
Building
-
Durham.
...to New York from
afternoon of October 17 through much of the day on October 19.
>September 9-10, 2011
...September
8
-
travel
L.A.
to
Manchester,
NH.
September 9 -
Attend meeting of Capital Gay Men, Wesley United Methodist Church, 79
Clinton St. - Manchester.
September 10 -
Precinct Walk with Bagpiper & Fred Frisbee Giveaway - Concord.
12th
Annual Seacoast Republican Women's Chili Fest, Scamman Farm (Rte. 108)
- Stratham.
Hampton
Beach
Seafood
Festival,
off
Rte.
27
East
-
Hampton.
...September
11
-
travel
Manchester,
NH
to
Tampa,
FL.
>August 19-21, 2011
...August 18 -
travel NYC to Manchester, NH.
August 19 - Manchester.
August 20 - Precinct
walk - Dover.
NH Young Republican Annual Presidential Straw Poll, The Great Island
Common - New Castle.
August 21 -
Strafford County GOP Picnic, Guppey Park - Dover.
>August 2-6, 2011
August 2 - National
Night Out with Concord Police Dept. at Rollins Park
on Broadway Ave. - Concord.
August 3
- Beach Cleanup with Blue
Ocean Society - Jenness Beach at Route 1A - Rye.
August 4
- The New Hampshire White
House - Open House, 377 Highland St. - Manchester.
August 5
- Fred as Guest Host at
“Keene Idol” Finale at 12 Emerald St. - Keene.
August 6
- Weekly Precinct Walk +
Bagpiper starting at The Gazebo in Central Square - Keene.
...16 total visits prior to leasing house
>July
13-17, 2011.
On July 13 he viewed
a house on Highland Street near the Derryfield Country Club in
Manchester; and was the
featured speaker at the
Bellknap County Republican Committee meeting at 331 South Main Steet in
Laconia.
On July 14 he met with Mayor Gatsas; and
attended Seacoast Republican Women Luncheon at
One
Liberty Lane in Hampton.
On July 15 he was
interviewed on the Mike Pomp Radio show on WTSN; and guest
hosted
"Keene Idol" (benefit for AIDS Services for the Monadnock Region of New
Hampshire) at McHue's Billiards & Sports Lounge in Keene.
On July 16
he manned a booth at the American Independence Festival
at Swazey Parkway in Exeter; and led his third big precinct walk,
starting from 55
Bay Street in Manchester.
On July 17 he
signed the lease for the house; and participated in the Karger for
President Tea
Dance at Club
313 in Manchester.
>June
10-15, 2011.
On June 10
he appeared on NHPR's "The Exchange;" went house hunting in Manchester
and Bedford; and attended a house party at the home of Gary DeVost in
Manchester.
On June 11 he went to
Portsmouth Market Day; and started a
precinct walk and frisbee giveway
in Manchester, then due to the rainy weather moved to the Mall of New
Hampshire to meet voters.
On June 12 he spoke
at the
Hillsborough County Flag Day Picnic at the Barbara C. Harris Center in
Greenfield (Cain and Pawlenty also spoke at this event).
On June 13 he held
press conference at Hilton Garden Inn in Manchester to announce filing
of formal complaints with Massachusetts officials over Romney residency
issues and released and screened his ad "Tyrannosaurus Rex." In
the evening, after the debate, he was active in the spin room at Saint
Anselm
College.
On June 14 he did an
interview on the
George Russell Experience, WYCN TV Nashua/WSMN Radio; met with Ovide
Lamontagne at his office Devine Millimet in Manchester; and attended a
Manchester Chamber luncheon.
On June 15 he taped
WMUR's "Conversation with the Candidate" at WMUR in Manchester.
>May 6-7,
2011.
On the evening of May 6
he attended
the annual Dartmouth College Gay Pride Dinner.
On May 7 he led his
first precinct walk. Karger
and volunteers gave away hundreds of Fred
Frisbees to registered voters in Hanover and Lebanon as
they campaigned door-to-door.
Leaves May 8.
>March
28-31, 2011.
First full week as a declared candidate.
March 27 arrives and overnight in Manchester.
On March 28
he did house
viewings in Manchester; a stop at St. Anselm College; met with staff
and volunteer at the Greater Manchester AIDS Project;
did meet and greet with Saint Anselm students; had dinner with
volunteers in
Manchester; and did a radio interview with OUTspoken.
On March 29 he did
an interview with Hippo Press in Manchester; private meetings in
Manchester;
attended the NH GOP's First in the Nation reception and dinner at
Grappone Center in Concord.
On March 30 he met
with NARAL Pro-Choice New Hampshire; delivered a guest
lecture
at Saint Anselm's Presidential History class; private meetings in
Concord; and in the evening spoke to the Political
Students Club and College Republicans at Keene State.
On March 31
he did private
meetings; in Concord visited the Capitol during demonstrations
over budget cuts, had
lunch at Brown Bag Deli, and stopped at the Flag Works store; and in
the evening was at Saint Anselm College for the
announcement of the Saint Anselm College Republicans' Straw Poll
results. [press release]
April 1 leaves NH.
>February
17-18,
2011.
On February
17 he testified at the State House in Concord in support of same
sex marriage at a hearing by the Judiciary Committee of the House of
Representatives on HB 437 and 443, two bills aimed at repealing the
state's same sex marriage law. In the evening he spoke at
Dartmouth College in Hanover at a student rally in opposition to
HB 176, a bill which would prevent non-resident college students
attending from voting in state and local elections.
On February 18 he was
in Portsmouth, including an interview with New Hampshire Primary 2012's
David Anderson.
>January 24-28,
2011.
January 24 was a
travel day, L.A. to Boston.
On January 25 did
meetings and press activities and in the evening spoke
at the UNH Gay Straight Alliance Pizza Night at UNH in Durham.
On the afternoon of January
26 at Dartmouth College in Hanover he appeared at a
Dartmouth College Republican meeting at Rockefeller Center; and gave a
Rockefeller Center speech "Where Have All the Moderates Gone." In
the evening he held a town hall
meeting at Margaritas in Keene.
On January 27 he
appeared on the Charlie Sherman Show at WGIR in Manchester;
released a new commercial by Rights Equal Rights; attended the Save
Sagamore Bridge meeting at The Golden Egg in Portsmouth; attended a
town
hall meeting at the home of Norm Patenaude in Portsmouth; and held
a town hall meeting at The Element Bar in Manchester.
On January 28 he
appeared on the Dan Mitchell radio show on WKBK in Keene.
2010 ...10 visits
In 2010 (+),
exploratory
candidate
Fred
Karger
spent
more
time
in
Iowa
and
New
Hampshire
than
any
of
the
other
potential
presidential
candidates.
Because
he
is
not
well
known,
Karger
has
had
to
do more foundational work than better known prospects.
Lessons he has learned in his decades of experience working on
campaigns, were seen in his activity on the early trips. His
meetings
with gay
activists, politicos and journalists in the two states provided a
solid basis for a campaign. He
spent a lot of time at major
campuses, and could benefit from the energy and enthusiasm of students
attracted by his message. His "coveted" Fred Frisbees and
tee-shirts
and early advertising started to spread his message to a wider
audience.
>December
8-13,
2010.
On December 8 he
drove
up from New York.
Schedule called for "a series of meetings, holiday parties
and visits to Manchester, Durham, Portsmouth, Hanover and ending up in
Keene Sunday night." Among the highlights of this trip, he met
with Andy Smith and Dante Scalia of UNH, enjoyed breakfast with former
Senate candidate Bill Binnie at the Golden Egg in Portsmouth, and
(December 13) was
interviewed by WKXL Concord talk radio.
>November
3-6, 2010.
...The focus of this trip was filming
a second NH commercial (
"Frisbee"... "It has a science fiction theme and took four days to
shoot.").
On November 4 and 5
Karger was at Dartmouth in Hanover.
On November 6 he went
to UNH in Durham.
>October
12-15, 2010.
On the evening of October 12
he attended the Rainbow Network meeting and happy hour at the Breezeway
in Manchester.
On October 13 he
visited UNH in Durham for UNH LGBTQA Coming Out Week (National Coming
Out Day Oct. 11) festivities and in the evening
saw former
Air
Force Captain Reichen Lehmkuhl speak at the MUB.
On October 14 he
again visited University of New Hampshire in Durham,
speaking to UNH College Republicans over lunch in the MUB; and in the
evening he spoke
to the Dartmouth Political Union at Rockefeller Hall at Dartmouth in
Hanover.
On October 15 he did
a radio interview on the Dan Mitchell Show, "Open Mic" on WKBK in
Keene; appeared on Susan MacNeil's television show, "Speak Up" on
Cheshire TV; and attended the Keene Pumpkin Festival.
>September
18,
2010.
Karger was the guest speaker at
the New Hampshire Institute of Politics, sponsored by the St. Anselm
College Republicans, on Saturday afternoon.
Note: Karger's 60-second TV spot,
"Good Morning New Hampshire,"
aired statewide on WMUR-TV on September 18, went into six more NH
markets on September 20, and continued running through September 24.
>August 30, 2010.
After a week on Martha's Vineyard, a
day in New Hampshire.
Karger campaigned with several friends around campus and in front of
the
Memorial Union Building (MUB) at the UNH in
Durham on the first day of classes.
>August 20-21, 2010.
Two days in Manchester. Karger held several meetings and went car
shopping,
looking
for an SUV hybrid. He stopped by City Hall.
Also he
"became the first possible Presidential candidate for 2012 to ride a
Segway out of the brand new flagship Segway store."
August 22 drove to Woods Hole for the
Weekend Renewing America's
Promise (W.R.A.P.)
training retreat at Martha's Vineyard, MA.
>July 27-August 3, 2010.
He started in Wolfeboro and had "meetings including local journalists
[including editor of Granite State
News],
community leaders and even joined the Wolfeboro Chamber of
Commerce. We took a tour on the famous Belle all around the lake,
and hiked to the top of Mt. Major."
Weekend in Ogunquit, ME.
Back to New Hampshire for meetings "with
reporters, as well as political, business and religious leaders in
Concord and Manchester." Also stopped in
Peterborough to see his 97-year old Aunt Mimi Karger and
posed for a shot in front of the Peterborough Diner. Karger
stayed at the Centennial Hotel in Concord.
On August 2 in Keene,
at the Keene
Sentinel,
he met privately
with editor and president Jim Rousmaniere, Jr..
On the evening of August 3
at the Centennial in Concord he filmed his announcement that he was
officially forming the Fred Karger Presidential
Exploratory Committee.
August 4 to Baltimore, MD.
>June 20-25, 2010.
Arrived in NH on June 20.
On
June 21 he attended
the
fundraising
breakfast
featuring Newt Gingrich for
the
New
Hampshire
Republican
Party
at
wedu design in
Manchester; Karger also saw Gingrich speaking later at the New
Hampshire Republican
Party/NH House
Republican Victory PAC candidate training session at the New Hampshire
Institute of Politics
at St. Anselm College in Manchester.
At
the
Institute,
Karger
met
with
the
executive
director
and
had
a
tour.
On the evening of June
23 he held his second town hall meeting at The Element Lounge, a
gay club
in Manchester.
On the morning of June 25
he was a guest on
the Dan Mitchell Radio Show on WKBK Radio in Keene.
...also on this trip WMUR and a stop
at the Red Arrow Diner.
On to New
York City where on June 27 he rode in the New York Pride Parade.
>late April 2010-May 1,
2010.
Arrived in Boston on April 26.
On the
evening of April 29
after drive from Concord to Hanover, he
spoke
to a group at a PRIDE Week event at Haldeman Hall, Dartmouth; and in
the evening did his
first town hall meeting/meet and greet at Margarita's Mexican
Restaurant in Keene.
April 30 Attended
Pride
Week
final banquet at Dartmouth in Hanover.
May 1 Attended AIDS
Services for the Monadnock Region 20th Anniversary Dinner, which
honored Cleve Jones (founder of the AIDS Memorial Quilt) at Heberdon
Hall in
Keene.
...also on this trip Karger also met
with NH
Democratic chair Ray Buckley in Concord.
May 2
to New York City.
>Feb. 28-March 3, 2010.
February 28
Drive from New York City and
Karger family brunch. Overnight in Peterborough.
Based in Concord.
March 1 Met with NHGOP
exec. dir. Andy Leach at
the party headquarters in Concord; attended a Manchester
Chamber
of
Commerce luncheon.
March
2 Spoke to over
40 students at the UNH Alliance at UNH in Durham.
Coffee with Dante Scala, associate professor of political
science at UNH.
March 3 Met with nine
students at Dartmouth in
Hanover (finals week).
Iowa
...8 total
visits
>August 10-13, 2011.
August 9 Evening arrival in Des
Moines.
On August 10
he marched in the 2011 Iowa State Fair Parade.
On August 11 he was
at the debate site at Stephens Auditorium, Iowa State
University in Ames.
On August 12 he was
at the Iowa State Fair for much of the day including a speech from the
Des
Moines Register "Soapbox" and the Iowa Pork Producers tent.
On August 13
he ran a write in effort at
the Iowa Straw Poll in Ames. In
the evening travels to New York.
>July
27-29, 2011.
"...meeting with supporters to plan our activities around next month’s
Presidential Debate, The Ames Straw Poll and the State Fair."
>April
25-27,
2011.
On April 25 he did
private meetings in Des Moines; appeared on the Simon Conway Show at
WHO in Des Moines; and did a meet and greet with Iowa State
University students and faculty at Legends American Grill in Ames.
On April 26 he was
the guest speaker at a Drake University honors course on
presidential popularity; spoke at Pomerantz Stage in the Olmstead
Center at Drake; (drove to Cedar Rapids) attended the Republican Party
of
Iowa Chairman's Series reception with Rick Santorum at The Clarion
Hotel in Cedar Rapids; (drove to Iowa City) did a meet and greet at
Mark
Moen's at Plaza Towers in Iowa City; and spoke to University of Iowa
College Republicans at Schaeffer Hall, University of Iowa in Iowa City.
On April 27 he spent
the morning in Iowa City; (drove to Des Moines) did a meet and
greet at the home of Michael Simonson in Des Moines; and appeared on
the
Fallon Forum Radio Show from Urbandale.
>February 23-25, 2011.
On February 23 he arrived and made a brief
appearance at a dinner for sponsors of the LGBTA youth conference.
On February 24 he attended the 6th Annual Iowa Governors Conference on LGBTA Youth at Drake University in Des Moines.
On February
25 he held a press conference to announce he was filing a
complaint with the FEC charging that the March 7 IFFC forum violates
federal election law because it
constitutes a donation to those candidates who were invited; also at
the press conference he unveiled the LetFredIn.com website.
2010 ...5 visits
>November
23, 2010.
On November 23 in Des
Moines he appeared on "Mickelson in the Morning" at WHO for a full
hour; and held a press conference at the Embassy Suites Hotel to
unveil his first Iowa commercial "Independence Day" and name Nathan
Treloar as state
director of his Presidential Exploratory Committee.
Left on November 24.
Note: "Independence Day" was
scheduled to run November 23-29 on FOX News stations in Des Moines,
Cedar Rapids, Quad Cities, Mason City, Ames, Burlington and Fort Dodge.
>October
25-28, 2010.
...A focus of this trip was filming
the Iowa
spot "Independence Day."
On October 25 he
arrived in Des Moines and made the drive to Iowa City.
On October 26 he did
three events at the University of Iowa in Iowa
City. He spoke at a meeting of Outlaws,
the LGBTQ law students at U of I; was a guest lecturer in
Professor Angela Onwuachi-Willig's family law class
at the
University of Iowa Law School; and spoke to a meeting of College
Republicans at Schaeffer Hall.
October 27 "was filled
with meetings, a drive to Cedar Rapids, then Des Moines and
finally up to Ames to attend and speak at a fun Halloween party at Iowa
State University."
>August
16-19, 2010.
On August
18 he spent all day at the Iowa State Fair, including
"Mickelson in the Morning," a couple hours in front of the Iowa
Republican Party booth in the Varied Industries Building, partaking of
plenty food on the Grand Concourse, and interviews with Dave Price and
Kathie Obradovich.
>May
9-14, 2010.
May
9 Overnight in Iowa City.
May
10 Meetings with
business owners and LGBTQ activists in Iowa City. To Des Moines;
stopped in at One America's
First Annual Business Symposium at Embassy Suites on the River in Des
Moines.
May 11 Reception and
meet and greet at Dos Rios, a Mexican
restaurant in downtown Des Moines.
May 11-12 Meetings
with
political reporters, LGBTQ leaders and politicos.
>April
2-7, 2010.
....lots of
meetings; among
others
Karger met with Jonathan
Wilson of the Davis Brown Law Firm and later in the day with Steve
Roberts of Davis Brown.
April 3 Attended
One
Iowa's
banquet
celebrating 1st
anniversary of gay marriage at the Temple for
the
Performing Arts in Des Moines.
April 5
Pride week at
Iowa State and Drake.
April 6
Still in Des
Moines.
South Carolina ...2 visits
>May 4-6, 2011.
Karger was in Greenville for
the debate: "I will be in Greenville Thursday
evening to either be in the
Debate or watch it from the audience."
On May 5
he held a press conference at the Courtyard Marriott Downtown
Greenville (across from the Peace Center) to announce what he would say
if he were in
the debate and release the "Demon Frisbee" ad; and he watched the
debate
from "front row center of the upper, upper balcony" at the Peace Center.
>April
21-24, 2011.
On April
21 he met with SC Equality; had a private lunch meeting; met
with Joel Sawyer, executive director of the South Carolina Republican
Party; did an interview with the Greenville
News; visited the Peace Center in Greenville, site of the
debate; spoke at the University of South Carolina's Aamco
lecture hall in Columbia, sponsored by the B.G.L.S.A. and The Safe Zone
Ally Project; and followed that with diner with USC students and the
director of the Safe Zones program.
On April 22
he did an interview with the Free
Press in Columbia; made a stop in Orangeburg; and in the evening
did a reception hosted by South Carolina Log Cabin Republicans at Fish
In Charleston; and had dinner with South Carolina Log Cabin Republicans
and College of Charleston students.
On April 23 he
enjoyed Charleston including the Pantheon and the farmer's market; and
had dinner with a board member of the National Log Cabin Republicans;
and visited Patrick's Bar, where he spoke and campaigned.
On April 24 he
enjoyed Charleston including brunch at Jestine's Kitchen.
2010
...0 visits
>On
the
morning
of September
4,
2010
he had planned to appear at Gay
Pride 2010 at Finlay Park in Columbia.