At the time of his death, apparently so. According to his personal assistant, Fred Seaman, Lennon was a ‘closet’ Rethuglican and fan of Ronald Ray-gun. Mr. Seaman also says that Lennon was also a tad embarrassed over his ‘former radicalism’ and apparently, in 79 and 80, not the same guy who wrote “Imagine”. I’ll say! I guess he no longer believed the lyrics he wrote “Working Class Hero” as well. Lyrics, I believe, still hold true today.
In new documentary Beatles Stories, Seaman tells filmmaker Seth Swirsky Lennon wasn’t the peace-loving militant fans thought he was while he was his assistant.
He says, “John, basically, made it very clear that if he were an American he would vote for Reagan because he was really sour on (Democrat) Jimmy Carter.
Dear lord! This news came at a time when I recently found out many of my old favourites are rethuglicans, like Meatloaf and Alice Cooper; I can’t listen them anymore. I have a feeling it’ll be the same way with John Lennon. Perhaps Stevie Spiteful knew something when taking to playing and croaking out John Lennon tunes.