Was Dean Martin a Republican?

11/11/04 | self

[Sybeck1]

I ran across this picture and well considering Frank Sinatra was a democrat, I thought Dino was too.

[RockinRight]

I think he was a Pubbie.

[cripplecreek]

The democrats were a different party in the past.

[ambrose]

I believe the entire Rat Pack was Rat in the early 60's, but eventually became Republicans toward the end of the 60s.

[pgkdan]

Ain't that a kick in the head?

[Polybius]

Was Dean Martin a Republican?

Check the voting records.

If he voted on 2 November 2004, he was a Democrat.

[anniegetyourgun]

I suspect he hooked up with whatever party was serving drinks.

[lady lawyer]

John Wayne was a wonderful patriot and Republican.

[pgkdan]

Great photo. Thanks for posting it, I'm gonna steal it.

[eyespysomething]

I'll bet Sinatra wouldn't be a dem anymore, if he were alive.

[bushisdamanin04]

I think Frank leaned Dim in the 60s, but was a GOPer in his later, smarter years.

[ServesURight]

I love listening to Dean's roasts. That was comedy at its finest back then. When real Americans drank, smoke, and ripped on each other good-naturedly.

[Bikers4Bush]

Where he was born and raised was primarily steel plants, Steubenville, OH very blue collar and Democrat back then. Supposedly as the years wore on he became Republican.

[Sans-Culotte]

I believe Frank was a supporter of Reagan's, so if he was a democrat, he was a Reagan democrat. Also, Charlton Heston was once a democrat, who helped organize the Hollywood contingent that supported and accompanied Dr King on the Washington march. Heston was even approached about running as a democrat senator after Reagan was elected governor of California.

As you know, Heston ultimately wound up being a staunch Republican conservative and NRA spokesman. Hollywood types who were Kennedy democrats were often Reagan democrats or outright republicans after their party went to hell in a handbasket.

[Gator113]

ROFLMAO!!!!!!

[mafree]

Four good men- God rest their souls.

[crunchberry]

I believe Ronald Reagan and Frank were Democrats and then switched parties later.

[puroresu]

Frank Sinatra was all over the map. He was a Democrat in 1960, supporting John Kennedy. By 1980 he had become a Reagan supporter. But shortly before his death he came out for some leftist causes (Planned Parenthood and some environmental whacko stuff, if I recall).

I'm pretty sure Dean Martin was a lifelong Republican.

[HEY4QDEMS]

When was this picture taken? Back in the sixties, Reagan was a Democrat.