From 1948, during his early fame, when he described himself as a "bleeding liberal":

This was before his film career petered out, he sold his soul to GE to keep the money flowing, and then spent the rest of his life reciting the facile maxims he first learned to repeat as G.E.’s hired shill.

Jarring thing to listen to.  (Hat tip the Red State Son.)

That would be like, I dunno, hearing Bush decry the idea of using the military in nation-building, warning against overextending the army because it hurts morale, and insisting that the exit strategy should always be obvious.

Oh, wait.  Right.