I got caught in the flag thing along with my sons Father in law, we served in Nam together in the earlies, Alabama Redneck once removed, he still has problems pronouncing Massachusetts.
No, but he is an "artist" (thank God, not an "intellectual" though) and all that implies. The kid (ha!) is in his early forties and is pretty apolitical. He has the philosophy of whatever chiquita he's shagging at the moment.
And he shags a LOT of 'em.