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Johnny was a Republican and Joey voted for Reagan but was less conservative. CJ Ramone put himself somewhere inbetween (possibly libertarian but that wasn't how he identified it).

Dee Dee wasn't active politically but I don't think that he'd call himself a Republican (I just finished his autobiography and he opposed a lot of things because he didn't get along with Johnny, who was the designated band leader and had to be a hardass at times to get the band in line).

You, weegee, have just made my day with that post! I love the Ramones and it is just far beyond cool that their politics are at least a little similar to mine. The Ramones have been on my "love this!" list since I was about 12 years old, so to hear this is -- well, it's a dream!!

*bear hugs to weegee*

Johnny had a list of his 10 favorite famous conservatives (or Republicans, I remember which word he used) on the Ramones website but the site is being reworked and I can't find it now.

I was surprised to learn that the actor Vincent Gallo (who is also a musician) is a conservative and friend of Johnny Ramone. Johnny didn't like Dee Dee's song "Bonzo Goes To Bitburg" and had the band change the title for one release; Dee Dee didn't agree with Johnny's appreciation of Ronald Reagan. As I say, Joey voted for Reagan but didn't agree witht the trip to the German cemetary.