Confused GOP candidate Newt Gingrich surprised absolutely no one when he told gay voters to back Obama. According to the Des Moines Register, an Iowa gay asked the former U.S. House Speaker how he would support gay Americans if elected.

“I asked him if he’s elected, how does he plan to engage gay Americans. How are we to support him? And he told me to support Obama,” Scott Arnold, an associate professor at William Penn University told the publication, adding: “When you ask somebody a question and you expect them to support all Americans and have everyone’s general interest...It’s a little bit frustrating and disheartening when you’re told to support the other side. That he doesn’t’ need your support.”

This represents the latest devolution of Gingrich's campaign, one that he initially promised would maintain a "positive" tone. "Gingrich's rhetoric and tone have grown increasingly angry in repeated broadsides against Romney and his other rivals," notes HuffPo. "Each time that Gingrich complained about the ads being run by his opponents' campaigns or by the independent electoral groups called super PACs supporting them, his fury seemed to grow."

Gingrich, if you recall, has a gay half-sister, Candace Gingrich, who once served as the Human Rights Campaign's National Coming Out Project Spokesperson.

[via SFGate]