Reply #7: He often runs as a Democrat, especially ...

[Philostopher]

if he can find an uncontested Republican. This gives him a place on ballots and may well entitle him to campaign funding, for all I know. He was running for some state office when I lived in Illinois back in 1984-1985, I remember asking someone about him then and getting a real education.

He subscribes to -- and if he can't find one, makes up -- various conspiracy theories, largely about royalty. I think he's just rebranded Robert Anton Wilson's 'Illuminatus Trilogy' as a political philosophy, frankly. He may very well sincerely believe that the world is being run by a shadowy man living in a submarine.

I'm quite sure he's comfortable with the concept of 'fnords' -- I think he is one, though I'm not sure he knows it.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fnord

(wikipedia entry on fnords, for those who aren't familiar with the Illuminati)