Plenty of sources dispute that widely-stated claim. Check Garry Wills, for starters.

It's tough to note exactly how liberal Sinatra was, vs. what he sort of seems pushed into becoming. I mean, being for Henry Wallace was a fucking kiss of death. Being anti-Franco was death for a high-profile Catholic. His views were so left-wing that the FBI viewed him as a socialist.

Also, they weren't exactly tossing people out of the Kennedy social circle for being super abusive and controlling toward women in those days…or later…

Gore Vidal said it was because Jack Kennedy received the word from his father that Frank was to be purged from the inner circle. For this reason, JFK had dinner with Bing fucking Crosby, not Frank, when he came to Palm Springs, shortly after the nomination. And before that, had skipped an inauguration party hosted by…

Well, you SHOULD! KEEP WALKIN', GRADDY!

I sometimes just wander around imitating him saying "Yamamotooo…" from 'Midway.' He has such fun chewing those vowels.

Hey! Why couldn't he talk to their famous spokesperson?

By golly, ain't we?

COUNTERPOINT: It is "alright!"

Whatta clohn!

In which she sings, "Heyyy Owwen…"

I HAVE HEARD THAT THIS IS A GOOD ALBUM.
Counterpoint: it is not!
Go!

A quick check of his IMDB page is hilarious. Just for the character names. Harry Steele, in the movie he was in where Yma Sumac shows up. Brad Braden, in "The Greatest Show on Earth," and The Least Effort Made Toward Naming A Lead Character. He played Moses, and God. And at least five presidents, and at least one…

Especially because MAN that guy did a lot of shitty movies! They don't detract from the awesome ones, but DAMN what a bunch of crap the man signed on for!

"Hugely important?" Vlastelic, yer off the case! Gimme yer badge and gun!

Now, when you were barely alive, were you also sick and dirty?

Yup. Can't get said enough. Plenty of fantastic music is ruined at first by some groany adult who not only wants you to hear it, but demands that you Love It the first time you hear it, which they probably didn't even do.
The entire ouevre of Bob Dylan springs to mind.

"Willie The Pimp," specifically.

FUNNY MONEY! But America wasn't in a funny mood that day…

I've wondered about that, too. Like maybe they were the King of the Garage Bands, rather than unlike anything that had come before.
As an imperfect comparison, Sleater-Kinney came along just as riot grrl was more or less dying out, and profited from it most. Certainly far more so than any of the progenitors.