But because he does represent the administration, the message he gave was an establishment message: that because of Obama's great economic policies, the macro-economy is getting a lot better and things are looking up.
It is worth noting that the lyrics are in fact anti-Christian, just as Bruce Springsteen's Born in the USA and Eminem's White America, also claimed as torture tracks, contain anti-establishment messages.
Justin Sane, the lead singer of Anti-Flag, said the consolidation of the major record labels and the concentration of radio stations in the hands of a few companies had made it harder for songwriters who had anti-establishment messages to get record deals.
Despite their self-images, most stars – particularly the biggest US ones – tend to be extremely conservative in their choice of causes, acutely aware that anti-establishment messages put off paying fans who may sit on a different part of the political spectrum.
Musically in the same aggressive vein as American hardcore, they addressed different constituencies with overlapping but distinct anti-establishment messages.
At the time, the young poet and many of his friends were adherents of an anti-war and anti-nationalist current, which progressively accommodated anti-establishment messages.
And in a year when anti-establishment messages seem to be resonating, Gerston said, "you kind of wonder whether Honda, despite his past and close ties with the community…may get swept out in that same tide".
The anti-establishment message has been embraced by the Wall Street occupiers.
