True, but that was never a part of his music so it never bothered me. His music always brought me back to those college/early 20s carefree days.
I could say the same about (very) early Springsteen. I still like those 70s albums and play the frequently. They were devoid of politics and captured the life and times and feelings of a NJ blue collar kid. Good stuff! But sometime in the mid 80s his music became political and he began lecturing people from the stage with his 15 minute rants. That's when I hopped off the Springsteen bus. Plus his music, with the exception of a small handful of songs, just got boring.
Saw Buffett in the early ‘90s running up to the ‘92 Election and he started to mention something about the election and Clinton and the crowd started booing in a true “Shut up and sing” moment. He abruptly cut his comments short, sheepishly acknowledged the crowd, apologized and quickly started into his next song to a raucous cheer. He got the message.
Also saw him in a smaller venue at Kings Dominion in Virginia one summer where he brought a Navy pilot from Norfolk on to play the harmonica foe a couple of songs and advocated for the support of Parrot Heads in uniform.
He was a good man and a fine entertainer.