tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14124551.post1507761133754240133..comments2024-01-02T09:27:42.418-08:00Comments on Keep The Wisdom: HILLBILLY ELEGYJudy Kruegerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11632346091869688862noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14124551.post-82769474383428247412017-02-25T14:54:46.365-08:002017-02-25T14:54:46.365-08:00Thank you Diane. Hopefully part of the answer is t...Thank you Diane. Hopefully part of the answer is to keep trying to understand ALL the people of our nation. The few who rise out of poverty and dysfunction are too few. I wish there was a way for more to do so. Still learning.Judy Kruegerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11632346091869688862noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14124551.post-83929437966311084362017-02-25T14:30:19.649-08:002017-02-25T14:30:19.649-08:00Judy, what a well written review. I think Cue Car...Judy, what a well written review. I think Cue Card covered all the bases in defining many of those who supported Trump. (I don't get it and it has definitely broken up families and friendships). I liked this memoir but, Vance is one of the very few who grew up as he did that have risen to his level. I don't know what the answer is either.(Diane) Bibliophile By the Seahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10519875632878992728noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14124551.post-27390792222827297342017-01-29T11:29:47.128-08:002017-01-29T11:29:47.128-08:00Thank you Anita!Thank you Anita!Judy Kruegerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11632346091869688862noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14124551.post-76881731088559573522017-01-29T10:55:27.310-08:002017-01-29T10:55:27.310-08:00I respect and understand your decision here. I rea...I respect and understand your decision here. I really do!Judy Kruegerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11632346091869688862noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14124551.post-43667002875976499252017-01-29T10:09:51.048-08:002017-01-29T10:09:51.048-08:00Interesting review. This book has been much praise...Interesting review. This book has been much praised and you appear to be firmly in the majority who really liked it. I don't think I'll be reading it though. I already know these people that he's writing about, because, like him, I grew up among them. They have many admirable qualities, including the fact that they will do anything to help a neighbor - but they define neighbor very narrowly. Like the president they elected, they are generally intellectually incurious and have an extremely constricted view of the world. Many of them are my relatives and, while I love them and respect their right to live as they choose, I know that they do not extend that courtesy to others.Dorothy Bordershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12441731296027227394noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14124551.post-2509008253444863642017-01-29T00:36:53.704-08:002017-01-29T00:36:53.704-08:00GREAT review, Judy. I will definitely add this on ...GREAT review, Judy. I will definitely add this on my list. I agree when you say "This is a story of hope leavened by the randomness of life."The Reader's Taleshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12701126931175725145noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14124551.post-16365449466706285282017-01-28T23:10:08.933-08:002017-01-28T23:10:08.933-08:00I admit that I may have come across that way in my...I admit that I may have come across that way in my review. I think many different kinds of people voted for Trump. I respect the right of anyone in a democracy to vote as they see fit. It is not a matter of political correctness for me. It is a matter of having a President who will uphold the Constitution and work intelligently to lead a government of the people, by the people, and for the people. All the people. I am aware that is a large order. Some presidents have done it better than others. President Trump does not have my confidence.Judy Kruegerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11632346091869688862noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14124551.post-3919068143249558582017-01-28T23:02:24.715-08:002017-01-28T23:02:24.715-08:00I think you pretty much covered the types. I would...I think you pretty much covered the types. I would add one more: the ones I just can't understand. Thanks for admiring my review.Judy Kruegerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11632346091869688862noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14124551.post-72437283884978356912017-01-28T21:09:32.920-08:002017-01-28T21:09:32.920-08:00I have seen this book being reviewed many times in...I have seen this book being reviewed many times in the blogosphere last year. While I don't think it is my cup of tea, it sounds like it makes its points very well.<br /><br />Are you suggesting that Trump's followers are uneducated and poor? Let me remind you that he swept by a wide margin with the electoral votes, not necessarily in areas associated with poverty. Just because they are not politically correct doesn't mean they should be considered any less educated, fit to vote and decide, or be any less than any liberal.Carmenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10242364668293349799noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14124551.post-78806313257220197832017-01-28T18:14:44.105-08:002017-01-28T18:14:44.105-08:00Great review Judy. A standout one. I'm on a ...Great review Judy. A standout one. I'm on a list at the library for this one; it sounds important! I think there are 5 types who voted for Trump: the greedy (who want no regulations & little taxes); the ignorant (who are self-explanatory); the bigots (who fear anyone unlike themselves); the religious right (who want to take away a women's reproductive rights); the misogynists who hated Hillary; and finally those who just want an obnoxious SOB to shake up everyone's sanity. Have I missed anyone? thecuecardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08870323589682197091noreply@blogger.com