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Tanuki

(14,893 posts)
Tue Feb 2, 2021, 01:39 PM Feb 2021

Dolly Parton twice turned down Trump's Medal of Freedom offer

Ever diplomatic, she didn't tell him to go pound sand, but.. ."I couldn't accept it because my husband was ill and then they asked me again about it and I wouldn't travel because of the COVID," she explained..."
I'm sure she could have arranged to accept the award remotely if she had wanted to have it bestowed by Trump. If he had offered it a third time, she probably would have said that she had to wash her hair!


https://www.today.com/popculture/dolly-parton-turned-down-presidential-medal-freedom-twice-t207752

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lpbk2713

(42,696 posts)
2. As Dolly has said before, she's not a dumb blonde ...
Tue Feb 2, 2021, 01:52 PM
Feb 2021


"I'm not offended by all the dumb blonde jokes because I know I'm not dumb... and I also know that I'm not blonde."


KarenS

(4,024 posts)
3. she also turned down the Biden White House,,,, said she does not want to appear
Tue Feb 2, 2021, 01:58 PM
Feb 2021

political. So that's that.

Tanuki

(14,893 posts)
5. If you watch the clip, she doesn't say she turned down the Biden offer,
Tue Feb 2, 2021, 02:07 PM
Feb 2021

but that she's "not sure," and as you mentioned, that she doesn't want to seem political. I have a feeling that she might very well accept after waiting a discreet interval. We will have to wait and see.

KarenS

(4,024 posts)
8. boy,,,, yes,,, you are correct,,,, She really just does not want to appear political,,,,
Tue Feb 2, 2021, 02:25 PM
Feb 2021

she really has an endearing personality. Thanks for 'making' me re-listen to that clip.

exboyfil

(17,857 posts)
7. It wasn't political until Trump got into office
Tue Feb 2, 2021, 02:22 PM
Feb 2021

Obama:

Jack Kemp
Sandra Day O'Connor
George H.W. Bush
Robert Gates
Richard Lugar

And I bet most of the others well less ideological than Trump's picks. Nancy Brinker is a Republican for example and worked as a campaign bundler for Bush and as his ambassador to Hungary.


Staph

(6,245 posts)
11. I'd like to see Biden invite her to perform in the White House
Tue Feb 2, 2021, 04:28 PM
Feb 2021

and then surprise her in the same way that Obama surprised him, with the Medal of Freedom.


Yeehah

(4,524 posts)
10. Dolly knows a skanky skeezer when she sees one
Tue Feb 2, 2021, 03:17 PM
Feb 2021

Kudos to Dolly for having nothing to do with traitorous slime.

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