What are Dollys political leanings?
That is difficult to say, so I wont 🙂 Dolly herself refuses to discuss politics on most issues, saying she doesnt want to alienate or offend her fans of one political persuasion or another and knowing full well that her fan base is so large and diverse that it encompasses many members who are very liberal, many who are very conservative and many who are in the middle. Asked pointblank in 2003 by conservative talk show host Bill O’Reilly on his program if she was a conservative, she replied, “Not really.” When his response was a look of surprise, she quickly added that she’s “more patriotic than political.” She often purposefully aims to disarm political-themed questions by either avoiding a direct answer or turning the answer into a joke which wouldnt offend either side. For example, when prodded for an answer to a question about internal politics in Australia by an Australian journalist at Dollywood in 2006, she joshed: I dont get involved in our politics, much less yours! In todays
