Somebody who didn’t vote during the Reagan years, who never bothered to register until he was 37, isn’t exactly a diehard conservative. His interest in politics only coincided with his opportunity to make money off of it.
I’m guessing the no-voting thing was during the years he was an AM radio jock and an ad flunky with the sports team.
He definitely isn’t stupid by any means. That doesn’t make him the genuine article.