The rationale for the Fred candidacy

It is looking increasingly likely that our own contributor was right about the Fred candidacy. From Hot Air:

I don’t quite believe it, but Cameron mentioned something about this yesterday too on FNC. Can it be? Can the whole Fredhead phenomenon be nothing but a lark spun off from a stunt aimed at raising Fred’s profile to the point where he’d be viable as John McCain’s number two?

Question: Will the Fredheads who adored the man still respect him if Maverick picks him as his veep? Or better yet, will they support a Maverick-Fred ticket? One would hope all the rhetoric about secure borders, federalism and small government conservatism would preclude them from doing so.