the phelps/gore connection:
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1453806/posts
"During the 1992 presidential election, Fred Phelps and Fred Phelps Jr. led the members of Westboro in campaigning around the state of Kansas for Bill Clinton and Al Gore; Fred Phelps Sr. would later state in fliers that he did so with the belief that Gore would fall under WBC's political influence should he and Clinton win the election."
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rev._Fred_Phelps
AS MY GRANDFATHER USED TO SAY,"YOU ARE KNOWN BY THE COMPANY YOU KEEP".