[Mannaggia l'America]

"When Joel came out,"

I guess "coming out" as a conservative in Hollywood is like "coming out" gay in the regular world.

suddenly our show became this propaganda machine

It must be - there's one conservative on staff. When shows have all liberals on staff there is no propaganda, such as Left Wing.

[Watershed]

"When Joel came out," Gordon says, "and declared his politics, or allowed his politics to be declared, suddenly our show became this propaganda machine. And I do think it hurt us."

So, this is what he thinks led to lower ratings, not the plot.

[EdnaMode]

People knew about Joel’s politics before last season. And Gordon calls himself a moderate but all of his donations have gone to liberal Democrats:)