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MADem

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7. Frank Sinatra's kid?

Reply to highplainsdem (Original post)

Wed Oct 16, 2013, 03:45 PM

Oct 2013

He'll be the best one of the lot.

Ol' blue eyes got a lot of glory down the years, but he really couldn't sing very well. He was frequently flat.

He was certainly no Billy Eckstine.

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It's Official: Ronan Farrow to Host MSNBC Show [View all] highplainsdem Oct 2013 OP

Is this the purported Sinatra son? nt grasswire Oct 2013 #1

Yes. highplainsdem Oct 2013 #2

Yes. My eyes tell me that he is very, very likely Sinatra's son. Little Star Oct 2013 #3

oh yes, Frank is there Skittles Oct 2013 #27

I saw that last week or whenever Scairp Oct 2013 #22

So Mia Farrow was furious with Woody Allen for having an affair with Mia's adopted daughter, JDPriestly Oct 2013 #28

Nancy Sinatra Jr. has all but claimed him as a brother carolinayellowdog Oct 2013 #23

I think it was a joke Renew Deal Oct 2013 #25

Did you see the pic of Ronan downthread? bunnies Oct 2013 #29

The first sentence needs a rewrite Sanity Claws Oct 2013 #4

Yeah, I noticed that, too. Very clumsy writing. highplainsdem Oct 2013 #6

I was trying to see if Woody Allen somehow snuck into the WhiteHouse, lol grantcart Oct 2013 #31

Thank you! CBHagman Oct 2013 #38

Ezra Klein: "If he's half as good on TV as he is on Twitter..." highplainsdem Oct 2013 #5

Frank Sinatra's kid? MADem Oct 2013 #7

Sinatra was known chiefly for his impeccable phrasing n/t markpkessinger Oct 2013 #19

I always thought Eckstine and Nat "King" Cole had him beat on that score, as well. MADem Oct 2013 #20

''will host a weekday program on MSNBC beginning early next year. The announcement came Wednesday" irisblue Oct 2013 #8

No...."weekday" means anytime during the day. Scarborough is a "MORNING" slot, not a WEEKDAY one. MADem Oct 2013 #21

shoot..... irisblue Oct 2013 #26

Jon Favreau: "A nation swoons" highplainsdem Oct 2013 #9

Old Blue Eyes is Back Tom Ripley Oct 2013 #10

MSNBC's press release: highplainsdem Oct 2013 #11

Wow! He's really impressive..... Little Star Oct 2013 #33

Good thing he stopped using "Satchel". Manifestor_of_Light Oct 2013 #12

He graduated college at 15, Yale Law School at 21. rug Oct 2013 #13

Wow, he's a dead ringer for Sinatra here: flamingdem Oct 2013 #14

Right?! No way that kid is Woody's eissa Oct 2013 #24

lmao. bunnies Oct 2013 #32

Did Frank know? ailsagirl Oct 2013 #36

Don't think so eissa Oct 2013 #37

Thanks ailsagirl Oct 2013 #39

Youre not kidding. bunnies Oct 2013 #30

Another young expert...is MSNBC a farm-league franchise building the future? HereSince1628 Oct 2013 #15

So when are they going to start filling EC Oct 2013 #16

Looking forward to it munster69 Oct 2013 #17

So where will they slot him in? Who is he replacing? calimary Oct 2013 #18

Another member of the lucky sperm club... blueclown Oct 2013 #34

There is NO resemblance between Ronan and Woody ailsagirl Oct 2013 #35