He stood as a republican party candidate :eek:   The leader of the republican party if George Bush no less :eek:   Thats like Nick Griffin standing or having stood for the Tory party :eek:  Also, my thread below does show that people are well aware of the Beacon nazi salute fiasco (so much for me being a liar)   Actually democracy in the USA is very different, sometimes the only way you can stand is to stand for the republicans or democrats(from what I can gather)