I was going to post this, but you beat me to it. I saw the interview, linked to it off of the MST3K site. When I saw that the blurb for the interview said Nelson discussed the current political climate, I thought oh jeez, another tirade about the president and the war. Needless to say, I was pleasantly surprised. When I saw his comments about The Passion and about the dangers of radical secularism, I let out a cheer. I'm now a big Mike Nelson fan. Like everyone else I preferred Joel, but Mike had some very funny turns. Interestingly, during the Mike era they parodied a film called "The Starfighters," a cheesy, semi-documentary about Air Force Pilots that must've been commisioned by the Air Force. It's star was a young pilot who later went on to become a famous congressman from Orange County, California. You guessed it, it was none other than B-1 Bob Dornan. Anyway, it's a hilarious episode, particularly the "poopy suit" song. I wish they would release it on DVD. Incidentally, Frank Connif, who played Dr. Forrerster's dimwit henchman TV's Frank, recently signed on as a writer/performer for Air America, so I guess we know which way he leans. Too bad, he was funny.
He could just be apolitical and be doing it for a paycheck, but probably not. Of all the cast we've met (my wife and I had all but Joel & Josh Weinstein in to St. Louis for two different sci-fi conventions), Frank was the one we liked least...we both described him as 'surly.'
Mike was nice, but you could see he was uncomfortable with the crowd. Kevin Murphy is 'on' most of the time, and probably the best outgoing personality. Bill Corbett is constantly riffing, and seems to be writing all the time. Mary Jo Pehl is rather sweet, a little neurotic, maybe, and kind of shy. Trace Beaulieau is a very nice guy.
Frankly, if some or all of them are liberal, they certainly aren't the strident, in-your-face types. Good midwestern values, probably.