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Fred Karger is not your average Republican candidate for president in2012. For one thing, he's moderate. For another, he's Jewish. Andfor another, he's gay. While he never hid his politics or religionfrom the world, he did keep his homosexuality a secret for years. Hewas 41 when he finally came out to his family. And in his 27 years atone of the most highly regarded political consulting firms in theU.S., he never told his peers. Only after Karger retired in 2004 didhe reveal himself.The revelations coincided with a new found social activism thatblossomed in 2008 when Karger became involved in the effort to savesame sex marriage in California (the battle over Proposition 8). In"outing" the Mormon Church's secret funding of the campaign toeliminate same sex marriage, Karger found himself the subject ofinternational headlines; vitriolic condemnation by the Church and itsfront, the National Organization for Marriage; and even received adeath threat. He also received numerous messages from gay men andwomen--many of them young--thanking him for his efforts.Having worked on hundreds of political campaigns, including ninepresidential races, Karger was energized to run for president.As he makes clear in this book, crashing the party is nothing new tohim. In his youthfully exuberant days, he crashed the stage at theAcademy Awards twice, Hubert Humphrey's campaign plane, and, yes, eventhe White House. "When you are a closeted gay person, you learn to becreative," he explains.In FRED WHO, Karger--with uncommon candor and poignant humor--answersthe question that everyone from Sir David Frost to Rachel Maddow, fromthe New York Times to Politico, has been asking for the last severalmonths: Who the hell is Fred Karger? He painstakingly relates what itis like to live in the closet, afraid to tell family, friends,colleagues, and the candidates for whom he works. He shares thelessons learned working for the likes of Ronald Reagan and George H.W.Bush. And he offers wonderful stories about life on the politicaltrail and in Hollywood (where he was an actor before turning topolitics. Sound familiar?)By the end of this memoir, the reader will indeed know who Fred Kargeris and have new insights into the many worlds that he has inhabited.You may even want to support his candidacy.