Reply #9: not real sure about her politics but she is a very decent, [View All]

[scarletlib]

hardworking woman. She grew up dirt poor in the mountains of east Tennessee. Her song, Coat of Many Colors, about a coat made of rags for a little girl going to school is autobiographical. It was her coat made by her mother.

She took over Dollywood (Renamed for her) from a theme park going out of business in the Gatlinburg Tn Area. She kept a lot of people up there from losing their jobs. She has opened the park up to a lot of local craftspeople and musicians to help them make a living and still keep living in the area they love.

I lived in Nashville for many years and never heard any negative things about her.

I think she is a decent woman, probably leaning to the liberal side but as a true artist she has been more involved with her work than what is happening in the world.

I don't think she has ever forgotten her roots or the people she grew up with and among. She knows what it is to be poor, to see people work long hard hours and still just barely make it.