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Sarah Palin, according to yesterday's New York Times, tried to get some morally bankrupt books removed from library shelves when she took office in Alaska as the mayor of Wasilla. Palin, it seems, went so far as to try firing Mary Ellen Emmons, a librarian in Wasilla who dared to resist Palin's vile censoring efforts.
The librarian, Mary Ellen Emmons, pledged to "resist all efforts at censorship,"... Ms. Palin fired Ms. Emmons shortly after taking office but changed course after residents made a strong show of support. Ms. Emmons, who left her job and Wasilla a couple of years later, declined to comment for this article.
Classy. And also: unconstitutional.
Palin is set to take center stage tonight at the Republican National Convention.
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The more I learn about McCain's VP pick Palin, the more I cringe about a politician who wants to take away freedoms (speech, religion, marriage, medical choices like abortion, etc.) from Americans. Then again, I think McCain probably screwed himself with this pick because independent voters will likely also gag at the thought of electing someone who advocates changing laws to eliminate individual freedoms.
Oh ... and don't mess with the librarians!
Pardon me while I vomit. If that's not yet illegal in Alaska because it might show an opinion.
Every time one of these stories surfaces, I have to laugh at John McCain's buffoonery. did he really believe the myth of the PUMA and think that women would vote for anything with a vagina, no matter how nutty/hypocritical her political stances were?
This pleases me.
bluecanary is spot on. Just because Sarah Palin has a vagina doesn't mean Hillary supporters are going to vote for her.
I would love to know what books she wanted banned! I'm voting for Catcher in the Rye.
And it looks like Sarah Palin is all about firing any one who disagrees with her or anyone who divorces her sister.
It just.
Keeps.
Getting.
Better.
I will vote for her because she has a vagina.
Burning books!! Hurry! Get a pale and go to the well...
'Cause a Palin hand is work two in the Bush.
Sorry. That was bad. I just couldn't resist.
Bookies are now giving McCain 8 to 1 odds he drops her as his running mate.
Down from 20 to 1 before the preggie daughter story!
She has lots of experience protecting our borders, Alaska is the closest part of America to Russia.
If it's good enough for Mrs. McCain, it's good enough for me.
deadbrother, and according to Jon Stewart she's also friends with Santa because Alaska is close to North Pole.
Maybe learn the details before you drink the KOOL-AID, folks.
I know some of you on the left are rabid for some evidence of her being a right-wing kook but maybe just wait for something real.
OH YEAH!
But she is a right-wing kook.
I think a lot of Hillary supporters may opt not to vote. I just can't see many of them voting for Palin.
@missiondweller:
Um, the fact that she threatened the librarian with termination if she didn't remove certain books from the shelves isn't real?
Or maybe the fact that she squawks anti-choice, abstinence only platitudes and then cuts funding for charities that support teenage mothers? and then forces her daughter into a shotgun marriage with a self-proclaimed "redneck" (whose myspace page says he doesn't want kids). She threw her daughter under a bus in her quest for the brass ring. Is that not real enough for you?
She tried to throw her political weight around and get her brother in law fired because he was in a custody battle with her sister? Is that not real?
All these "details" have been documented exhaustively. Are you suggesting that all this is somehow fake? What exactly is the "real" you want us to all wait for?
And also, WTF is the McCain-Palin "compliance fund" advertised at the top of this page?? What compliance will our dollars fund, exactly? Clearly not compliance with a thorough vetting process.
This is great news.
Question: Are you offended by the phrase "Under God" in the Pledge of Allegiance? Why or why not?
Sarah Palin's answer: Not on your life. If it was good enough for the founding fathers, its good enough for me and I'll fight in defense of our Pledge of Allegiance.
Mike Huckabee on Bristol Palin - "they never did this to Chelsea Clinton,"
John McCain in 1998 - "Why is Chelsea Clinton so ugly? Because Janet Reno is her father".
Maybe she'll fire everyone at the Office of the Vice President.
Also, Rush Limbaugh referred to Chelsea as the "white house dog."
No, they "never did this to Chelsea Clinton."
they were much, MUCH worse.
And o.m.g., Was that quote re the founding fathers really made by Palin? Oy, maybe instead of pushing creationism, she should be pushing a fucking history class. And sign herself up for it. Christ, what a moron.
what's unfortunate bluecanary - if you haven't heard about that little history idiocy, imagine what ma and pa kettle will actually hear about...
Unfortunately, Ma and Pa Kettle probably think the founding fathers did write the pledge of allegiance. And made the decision to stick "In God We Trust" on our currency.
I'd like to go back to a time when people WANTED their leaders to be smarter than them. What's so shameful about an education?
Bill and Hillary never preached about what your kids' physical appearance should be. However, Sarah Palin made her daughter's fetus a public issue because she ran on an abstinence only education platform when she ran for governor of Alaska. Her own daughter is proof that abstinence doesn't work, even for the governor's daughter. The rude pundit says it better than I ever could:
http://rudepundit.blogspot.com/