Fred Karger

Fred Karger has released the first ad in history for a presidential candidate that includes a gay kiss.

Karger is one of four Republicans left in the presidential race. Six names, including Karger’s, will appear on the California ballot.

He is kicking of his California campaign with a press conference in Sacramento on Wednesday. A 30-second version of the ad begins airing in three southern California counties — Los Angeles, Orange and San Diego — on Thursday.

“This is our biggest and most exciting commercial to date,” Karger wrote in an email. “It ends with a gay kiss, a first for a Presidential campaign commercial. My friends Andrew Reynolds and Michael Aguirre have been together for 7 years and I really appreciate their history making smooch.”

Below is the one-minute online version of the ad dubbed “Sexy Frisbee.” The Karger campaign has been giving out frisbees as campaign mementos.

UPDATE: On Wednesday morning I received this message from Fred Karger:

Thanks for the coverage of our commercial, you’re the best.

Guess what? YouTube pulled it as “inappropriate.” Going to do battle with them to put it back up. Crazy. Was it the kiss? Will keep you posted.

All the best,
Fred Karger