I always wondered what Shatner’s real politics are. Probably liberal, but they guy has 4 daughters. That usually turns a man “conservative”, because he wants to protect them from guys with liberal attitudes about sex. Plus he was polite to Rush on his show, and genuinely seemed to like him. Shatner seems to have mellowed with age. He was truly shocked to find out what his Star Trek co-stars REALLY thought about him.
Yes, I like his current mellow self better than his “Galaxy Quest”-type arrogant star. He’s actually much more self confident.