Homegrown Democrat is Keillor's love letter to liberalism, the older generation, John F. Kennedy, the University of Minnesota, and the yellow-dog Democrat city of St. Paul. Deeply personal and intellectually savvy, Homegrown Democrat is a celebration of liberalism as the "politics of kindness."

In his inimitable style, Keillor draws on a lifetime of experience amongst the hardworking, God-fearing people of the Midwest and pays homage to the common code of civic necessities that arose fromt the left: Protect the social compact. Defend the powerless. Maintain government as a necessary force for good. Keillor asserts the value of his boyhood--the values of Lake Wobegon--that do not square with the ugly narcissistic agenda at work in the country today.   Unabridged; 4 hours on 4 CDs, read by Garrison Keillor.

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