I have often thought of DEVO as a conservative art band, perhaps the only ones. Thier biggest hit, Jocko Homo, claims that evolution is “just wind in sails” and you have already pointed out that Freedom of Choice has heavy pro-freedon lyrics. Whip-it is not about S&M, but about getting out there and getting it done...Larry the Cable Guy style. Space Junk just rocks, but seems to be a knock on the old USSR. I love DEVO and I can’t wait for the focus-group-tested album.
I can’t call them “conservative”, they certainly should have been smarter than to endorse Obama.
Mark Mothersbaugh is a “lifelong” member of the Church of Subgenius.
I will add though that the members of DEVO met at Kent State and there were members on both sides of the “issue” at the protests of the Vietnam war.