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Synopsis
The radio storyteller speaks his partisan piece in tender prose that will bring a tear to the eye of those of his fans (and perhaps a larger audience) who feel betrayed by their government. "Something has gone wrong with the Republican Party," Keillor writes. "Once, it was the party of pragmatic Main Street businessmen in steel-rimmed spectacles who decried profligacy and waste, were devoted to their communities, and supported the sort of prosperity that raises all ships." Now, he writes, "it's the No. 1 reason why the rest of the world thinks we're deaf, dumb, and dangerous." Keillor reclaims and brandishes the banner of liberalism—"the politics of kindness"—for Americans wondering what they can do to help make the nation a better, safer place for everyone. The book is not indexed. Annotation ©2004 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR
The Washington Post - Ted Van Dyk
Garrison Keillor's Homegrown Democrat: A Few Plain Thoughts From the Heart of America is a graceful, loving celebration of the old-time Minnesota liberalism of the heart that is so sorely missed in today's politics. His book is dedicated, appropriately, "to all of the good Democratic-Farmer Laborites of Minnesota."
Homegrown Democrat reads like a personal letter from an incorrigibly idealistic old friend. It is filled with personal stories, observations on people and events and unquenchable hopefulness.