GAY GOP CANDIDATE REBUFFED

The one remaining Republican presidential challenger to Mitt Romney got a rude awakening when he visited Utah last week.

Fred Karger, who happens to be gay, is running an issues-based presidential campaign in hopes of changing attitudes within the GOP about same-sex marriage.  So he took his message to the Mormon heavy State of Utah, which holds the nation’s last primary election on June 26th.

During his 4 day visit, Karger met with local Republican leaders and the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, urging both to stop funding efforts against gay marriage. Karger also met with Washington County Republican Party Chairman Willie Billings, who Karger called “welcoming” and “friendly.” The meeting was so smooth, Karger gave Billings some campaign paraphernalia, including a Frisbee and a T-Shirt. But when Billings brought the souvenirs home, his wife, Nanette Billings, threw them in the trash, then immediately fired off an email to call Karger “a radical idiot” and to say “thank goodness” he “cant procreate.”

When asked about the email, Nanette Billings didn’t back down and swiftly confirmed that she had indeed sent it through Karger’s website.

“My feeling is the only reason he’s running for president is to find more [sexual] partners,” Nanette Billings said in a phone interview. “To get more people on his bandwagon.”

“All I did was go on his site and say, ‘You’re pathetic,'” she continued. “We’re a very conservative state in Utah, very family-oriented. So he’s picked a state just to cause ruckus. He’s not thinking of family, he’s thinking of himself. He’s not running for president to fix something in the country — he’s thinking of his own personal agenda, period. And I was just letting him know that I think he’s an idiot to think of running.”

Ouch!