It is my personal opinion, that you cannot pigeonhole him, and that he adheres to no particular ideology.

BUT. I've heard he has made friends with Tom DeLay. He has written on the blurb of Grover Norquist's new book about libertarianism/capitalism. I would like to know what this comment is.

Of course, associating yourself with right-wingers, doesn't automatically make you one. Anyone who suggests so is resorting to 'ad hominem'. But does he have a newfound belief in capitalist economics? Or does he believe in a throwback to his democratic socialism in terms of economics?

Is his military policy liberal interventionism, or neo-conservatism? Does his atheism reflect the more diluted agnosticism of the Left, or perhaps a materialist atheism of the Ayn Rand types?

He supports gay marriage, the ICC, Kyoto treaty, Palestine, drugs legalisation.

He had a pseudo-pacifism before 1991, but not is supportive of military intervention.

He is an ardent critic of Israel, but an equally ardent critic of Islamic extremists.

He is a republican, not in that he hates poor people and lesbians, but is an anti-monarchist. But, on that front, he hasn't really ever supported Democrats. Or has he.

Some say in 2004 he was supporting Kerry, others say Bush. This year, he may have voted for Edwards or Giuliani. Who did he support in years before that?

Is he left-wing, right-wing. Let's not get distracted by the policies he may or may not support, but I'm trying to come to a conclusion of whether he adheres more to any particular side of the political spectrum. I know I am in danger of resorting to platitudes of dichotomies here, and his contrarian nature is evident proof, of being able to come from a different ideology in supporting an argument traditionally supported by the opposite ideology.