On a somewhat related note, I have suspected for the longest time that the hateful fungi that comprises the Mister Phelps' Westboro Baptist Church from Topeka were posers. (A check with Wiki shows that among a truly schizo resume, Mister Phelps ran for Kansas office five times as a DEMOCRAT; supported Algore, and openly supported Saddam Hussein.)
As a Military Dad, I'm especially alert and suspicious for this kind of shameless posing.
The Ron Paul guy in Connecticut said in a Libertarian convention in Connecticut that LIBERTARIANS MUST INFILTRATE THE GOP
What the Tea Parties are not telling you about Peter Schiff:
Libertarians need to infiltrate the GOP
http://belowthebeltway.com/2009/06/02/peter-schiff-libertarians-need-to-infliltrate-the-gop/
http://www.facebook.com/note.php?note_id=110955225375
http://www.campaignforliberty.com/blog.php?view=19285
http://www.godlikeproductions.com/forum1/message808505/pg1
http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20090707200009AAzSQfB
So, quite literally, it was a conspiracy the whoile time to have people like Schiff and Kokesh infiltrate the GOP and run as candidates