The presidential hopeful who recently called gay marriage a "perfect example of what I mean by the rise of paganism," set off a Boystown brouhaha last night when his Newt 2012 campaign bus broke down in West Hollywood.

Newt Gingrich's bus, missing a tire and flashing its hazards, was stranded half in a lane of traffic near Sunset and Crescent Heights for hours. It was unknown if he was on the bus at the time of the incident. Calls to Newt's headquarters were not immediately returned.

Gingrich, who is in Los Angeles campaigning, did not receive much sympathy for his vehicle's mechanical difficulties. Instead, locals took to Twitter with red-white-and-blue language, unsolicited advice, claims of voodoo, musings on karma, and at least one mention of a glitter-bomb: