"The funny thing is, his schtick is so obvious, it is laughable that so many are blind to it."
Hobbes, the "Harvardheads" and the east coast intelligentsia don't see through it. I have told several of my friends that Moore doesn't even believe the left wing venom he spews. I do think it is possible that some day (after he has accumulated about 100 million), he will announce to the world that he is a moderate, and was merely picking the pockets of left wingers with too much time and money on their hands!!
No, unlike David Brock who gained attention by coming out, as it were, Moore likes the spotlight far too much,and will never give it up, .... eventually the inherent contradiction will soak in, and he will end up a doddering old fool like Walter Cronkite.