Youtube Video of a Supercool Ronald Reagan hanging out with Frank Sinatra and Dean Martin

[pinochet]

Another link to the video:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BG5WAFzwlIA

[pinochet]

By the way, Nancy Reagan was Supercool in her own right.

An active link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BG5WAFzwlIA

[bimboeruption]

IMHO, Nancy Reagan is a nutcase. I don’t know what Ron saw in her.

[Duchess47]

What a great video, thanks. Not only fun but seeing again so many of my favorites enjoying the roast. :)

[Albion Wilde]

bump

[LS]

Sinatra was, like Reagan, a Dem much of his life. However, he supported RR, and soon gravitated toward him and the GOP. I don’t know if he ever changed his registration.

[pinochet]

GQ magazine agrees with my analysis:

http://www.gq.com/story/back-when-presidents-looked-cool-ronald-reagan

[USMCPOP]

I think Obama took a cue from Reagan. He chose Bonzo Biden as a running mate.

[uncbob]

IMHO, Nancy Reagan is a nutcase. I don’t know what Ron saw in her.

Not a big fan here either

[Larry Lucido]

I’m sure there were purist future FReepers in 1979 who would have questioned Reagan keeping such dubious company.

[MinuteGal]

Oh, how great to see the old familiar faces...probably most of these great stars are departed by now.

Thanks for the link to Memory Lane.

Leni

[spel_grammer_an_punct_polise]

“IMHO, Nancy Reagan is a nutcase. I don’t know what Ron saw in her.”

Well, according to peter lawford, the brit, socialist bitch, she gave the best “b******” in town. You were close.

[pinochet]

>>>Sinatra was, like Reagan, a Dem much of his life

One thing you need to remember, is that Democrats won the majority of seats in the US Congress in 1980 and 1984, years in which Reagan won the Presidency in a landslide.

Reagan won even pro-choice states like New York, Vermont, and Massachussets in 1984. He won all states in 1984, except for Minnesotta. Many Democrats voted for Reagan in 1980 and 1984. But Democrats won a majority of congressional seats. The supercool-ness factor did it.

[Norm Lenhart]

Considering every lib on that stage was far to the right of Mitt Romney and 99% of the GOP today, I sorta doubt it.

[basil]

l loved it!

tHanks for posting!

[Attention Surplus Disorder]

In 1980 I was certainly not as politically aware as I am now. I think the reason for RR’s win over Carter is much simpler. Carter had become associated with a pretty fetid decline in everything America. The gas crisis was big deal, the Iranian situation was very uncomfortable; and those things happened one after another right after the 1776 celebration which was of course a big deal....but right after that adrenaline shot came event after event that Carter got tattooed with. I was a Dem at the time, having been brought up in an East coast lib household. Even to me, Carter looked like such a fool and whatever the heck he was doing was not benefiting America, nor Americans.

The stark contrast with today is how all the miserable crap going on in the world is somehow never, ever the fault of 0bama. This, I find astounding. “He got us out of the worst financial crisis since the GD”. Yeah, right. “He got Bin Laden”.

[I cannot think of a name]

“One of the greatest mistakes conservatives make in analyzing the 1980 election, is to exaggerate the weakness of Jimmy Carter in the 1980 election. I am not a Carter-hater, and I think Carter was a better President and stronger leader than several American Presidents, including Obama, Clinton, James Buchanan, etc.”

Carter was elected in 1976 because no one knew who he was or anything about him. By 1980 we knew ALL about him. And I would have voted for a small brown spot of liquid on the floor over that Anti-American liberal idiot.

A lot of the messes we face today started with that sorry excuse for a President. While he may not have been quite as incompetent as “the bent one” or “zero”, he still deserves a special place in the toilet list of American Presidents.

[who_would_fardels_bear]

It would be nice if much of government work was just getting basic stuff done right. Then presidents would be chosen purely on organizational and inspirational qualities.

We were very fortunate to have a conservative candidate who also happened to be so telegenic and "supercool".

Here's hoping Cruz becomes a bit more lovable or Trump stays conservative.

[Fiji Hill]

In 1980, I attended a birthday rally for Reagan at the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles that featured several celebrities including Dean Martin, Wayne Newton and Frank Sinatra, who led the crowd in singing, “Happy Birthday.”.

[montag813]

Why is Reagan never seen with anyone else? Odd editing