Oh, yeah. Her role on Designing Women wasn’t really her.
From Wikipedia:
“Carter was a registered Republican, who described her political views as libertarian. She was interviewed by Bill O’Reilly along with Pat Boone at the 2000 Republican National Convention. Although her Designing Women character Julia Sugarbaker was known for her liberal political views and subsequent monologues for which she was nicknamed “The Terminator,” Carter disagreed with many of her character’s left-of-center commentaries. She made a deal with the producers that if Julia delivered a “Terminator” monologue, she would get to sing a song in a future episode. Carter once jokingly described herself as “the only Republican in show business”.”
You win.
I must have believed her acting on DW as I disliked her.