I believe Zappa was a Republican, although his politics seemed more libertarian. He certainly didn't espouse any "new age" philosophies as far as I know. (Lance whose garage band played covers of Freak Out songs in the 60s- which is not quite saying "I knew FZ and you're no FZ")
----- Original Message ----- From: "Allan Balliett" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Sunday, February 03, 2002 7:57 AM Subject: Re: Clinton not Bush > >I'm not certain change will come from politics and elected officials. I > >voted for Nadar too, really 'cause of his running mate, and I hated the > >thought of Gore in office...(being an old hippie (er' I mean a young one) > >it's hard to forget Tipper's censorship of rock' n' roll. > > Hey, when chairman Senator Al Gore lost his composure like a child > while telling > would-have-been-presidential-candidate-in-the-near-future-if-he-had-not-died -of-very-rapidly-growing-prostate-cancer > hearing witness Frank Zappa that he had been a 'fan of yours, Mr > Zappa, for my entire life,' I have to admit, I had more hope for ol' > Al than he ever deserved. > > I also heard him give a fine address on CSpan recently. In his > self-introduction he mentioned his life in politics with a line > something like this "You know, you either win or your lose and in > just a very few instances something other than that happens." > > Environmentalist he wasn't, but often there was a glimpse of a real > human being within the deepsea diving outfit he always seems to be > wearing under his suit. -Allan >
