[US Navy Vet]

The Waltons WERE and ARE EXTREMLY LIBERAL “Grandpa Walton(Will Geer) Was BLACKLISTED and was a Communist!
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Will_Geer
Geer was also rumored to be “Bi-Sexual”.

[Adams]

True about Geer, but let’s not confuse the actors with the characters.