Here's an article about a Bob Hope exhibit going up at the Library of Congress in Washington. There's also a little discussion in there about Mr. Hope's personal politics.
If anyone's interested in researching that topic, they oughta dig up a couple of interviews he did in the late sixties (I believe) with the late Lou Gordon, who ran a very smart political interview show out of Detroit. He quizzed and debated Hope about things like the Vietnam War and then-current topics, and it was quite interesting. I loved what Bob did in front of an audience to amuse but his knowledge of politics at that time sounded to me like he was just reading it all off cue cards held by Spiro Agnew.
One of Hope's writers told me that Bob, he thought, worked backwards from the belief that regardless of who was in the White House or how the country was going, he oughta be the Comedian to the President. It was a matter of importance, not worldview. So his stance was whatever would get him into that position and keep him there. The writer said he thought the only real conviction Hope had was that rich people shouldn't pay more taxes than their servants.
Anyway, read the article. And take a look at that great photo atop the Times piece and see how many stars in it you can identify. Laurel and Hardy are in there, though not together.