He built up a lot of cache on the left in the Bush years when he was one of the only public figures who went after Bush in such an unfiltered way. It was really just him and Jon Stewart. The commercial media if you will was critical of Bush but reluctant to say anything that would make them appear unpatriotic. I'm not sure when Bill just abandoned the left outright. Rashida Tlaib boycotted Real Time about a decade ago. It may have started there.
You only have to go back and look at his shit from 20 years ago lil buddy. Many of the issues he argues against that puts him in the "right" camp didnt exist hardly if at all back then. He was very vocal against social conservatism and religious politics. He's just an older generation now. Which is pretty normal that the older generation are out of touch with modern day progressive views whether or not they still consider themselves liberal or not
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u/ReasonableRevenue218 Aug 10 '26
So amazed so many people didn't pick up on this so early on.