(Months and months ago, I posted an Alternate History Headline in the writer's forum about President Sinatra. I' thought it would be interesting to bring the idea here)
Every student of 20th Century America knows the story of President Sinatra.
He was a popular singer in the early 1940's, and was invited to the White House by FDR. FDR, who Sinatra worshiped and even named his son after him(named Franklin Albert Sinatra, Jr. rather than Francis like his father), spoke to him candidly. The president told the young singer to consider a career in politics when he was tired of singing to bobbysoxers. In 1948, as his popularity waned, Sinatra ran for Congress in New Jersey. The rest is history. The story of how he kept the White House in Democratic hands in 1968 is almost legendary. What if he had staged a comeback of his singing career in the late 1940's-early 1950's? Would he have had a successful showbusiness career? Would he eventually have made his way to politics anyway? What would the political climate of the late 60's-early 70's be like if he hadn't been president?
Every student of 20th Century America knows the story of President Sinatra.
He was a popular singer in the early 1940's, and was invited to the White House by FDR. FDR, who Sinatra worshiped and even named his son after him(named Franklin Albert Sinatra, Jr. rather than Francis like his father), spoke to him candidly. The president told the young singer to consider a career in politics when he was tired of singing to bobbysoxers. In 1948, as his popularity waned, Sinatra ran for Congress in New Jersey. The rest is history. The story of how he kept the White House in Democratic hands in 1968 is almost legendary. What if he had staged a comeback of his singing career in the late 1940's-early 1950's? Would he have had a successful showbusiness career? Would he eventually have made his way to politics anyway? What would the political climate of the late 60's-early 70's be like if he hadn't been president?
