Was listening to an interview with him last night where he was trashing Nixon too. I really don’t listen to Zappa for his political views. I just appreciate his guitar work. That being said, “it” almost certainly can and will happen here but it isn’t going to be done by conservatives.
I think like many artists of that era, who were around in the 50s, it was Joe McCarthy that was the reason they pretty much hated all Republicans, and associated any Republican with McCarthy.