Some of his songs, concert performances, interviews and public debates in the 1980s criticized and derided Republicans and their policies, President Ronald Reagan, the Strategic Defense Initiative (SDI), televangelism, and the Christian Right, and warned that the United States government was in danger of becoming a "fascist theocracy".
Nogle af hans sange, koncertoprædener og offentlige debatter i 1980'erne kritiserede spottede republikanere, og deres politik, præsident Ronald Reagans Strategic Defense Initiative (SDI), televangelisme og kristen lov, og han advarede om at USAs regering var i fare for at blive et "fascist teokrati".