Interesting that. According to Wikipedia, he characterizes himself as "a cranky liberal Democrat". Another quite non-rightist position cited in the W article:

Interesting that. According to Wikipedia, he characterizes himself as "a cranky liberal Democrat". Another quite non-rightist position cited in the W article: "the use of the word "thug" was becoming code for "the N-word" or "black people ruining things" when used by whites in reference to criminal activity."