She was. And I think the Dorothy character was as well.
However, in my defense, I was watching Maude between the ages of 9-15. LOL I wasn’t thinking politics back then; I just liked her ‘don’t take no crap’ attitude. So in that way, she was probably an influence on me.
You turned out ok in spite of it, lol. I watch shows that I know some conservatives probably wouldn’t watch, but the plot and acting are good, I’ll watch it. I grew up in the bay area close to Berkeley during the Vietnam War and my parents were big lefties, and the closest I came to being a leftie was making a “what if they gave a war and nobody came” poster. I had friends drafted right out of High School, and if they didn’t want to go that was traumatic.