"Heinlein was a bit of a knob as well."
Ultra right wing politics with ultra capitalist economic leanings... I'd say so.

"You know, Biggus Dickus."
That was Mel Brooks.

"But, I grok his writing."
I too feel like A Stranger In A Strange Land, it takes me forever to fully understand some things and they come to me while unconscious curled up in a little ball.