Free Republic
Browse · Search
General/Chat
Topics · Post Article

To: morphing libertarian
"Sinatra was not shallow, he was being loyal."

How is getting miffed, and changing political parties because the President decided not to come to stay in the new wing in your house...being loyal? Friends don't let things like that affect their relationships, nor cause them to change political alliances.

78 posted on 10/08/2017 11:22:35 AM PDT by mass55th (Courage is being scared to death - but saddling up anyway...John Wayne)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 71 | View Replies ]


To: mass55th
I think Sinatra's change to a Republican was a gradual thing, certainly not overnight because of the JFK thing. Sinatra had basically been a New Deal Democrat all of his life.

Dean Martin, though, had been a Republican all of his life and did not like the Kennedy's. He told Sinatra he was wasting his time and would never be accepted at the White House. Martin, reluctantly, went along with Sinatra in the election, but I would be willing to bet he voted for Nixon.
He refused to come to D.C. for the big Inaugural Gala Sinatra put on for JFK. Dean was the smart & cool one m=, not Frank.

Read Nick Touches book, “Dino”, a great bio on Martin.

81 posted on 10/08/2017 11:33:13 AM PDT by Captain Peter Blood
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 78 | View Replies ]

To: mass55th

You missed my point or I didn’t make it clear. His “conversion” to republicans was because he was very loyal to the dems and felt BETRAYED. It was felling that his loyalty was not appreciated. This is not an atypical human response. look at employees who give their all and get their jobs cit or they are replaced after years and then they tell stories about things that went bad in the company. When you take people’s work, friendship, and they feel you dumped on them, any reaction might be expected. At least Sinatra did not tell stories. he could have blow the Kennedy image to hell had he wanted.


82 posted on 10/08/2017 11:33:40 AM PDT by morphing libertarian (Imprison Obama, Clintons, Holder, lynch now.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 78 | View Replies ]

Free Republic
Browse · Search
General/Chat
Topics · Post Article


FreeRepublic, LLC, PO BOX 9771, FRESNO, CA 93794
FreeRepublic.com is powered by software copyright 2000-2008 John Robinson