I think someone needs to do an ad on the book banning incident...

Based on the reactions from people I've been talking to today. They seem especially upset that her church could have been behind it.

Thoughts?

about the possibility and then threatening to fire her? Since there was no actual book banning?

Her church has a long history of banning books. She brought the issue up at several council meetings and was repeatedly shot down by the librarian.

Even the hint of this type of government censorship is enough to piss thinking people off.

If you are asking a question, I wrote what happened, and asked if that was what you meant since there has been a bunch of urban legends/false rumors going around and I thought you might be referring to what actually happened.

If you are jumping to a conclusion and accusing me of defending her, of somehow defending something that didn't happen, well, good luck with that.

Snopes Urban Legend page on Palin:
http://www.snopes.com/politics/palin/palin.asp

Specific page on book banning:
http://www.snopes.com/politics/palin/bannedbooks.asp

I know there is an e-mail going around, but that e-mail is false.

I'm referring to what actually happened. Palin asking the librarian if she would be open to banning books and well as Palin's church's long history of trying to have books removed and banned.

http://www.abcnews.go.com/gma

As VP she will have much more power to harrass and intimidate. We don't need another Cheney.

Not to mince words. I think she would be worse in a lot of small, petty ways.

New York Times:

"Shortly after becoming mayor, former city officials and Wasilla residents said, Ms. Palin approached the town librarian about the possibility of banning some books, though she never followed through and it was unclear which books or passages were in question.

Ann Kilkenny, a Democrat who said she attended every City Council meeting in Ms. Palin's first year in office, said Ms. Palin brought up the idea of banning some books at one meeting. "They were somehow morally or socially objectionable to her," Ms. Kilkenny said.

The librarian, Mary Ellen Emmons, pledged to "resist all efforts at censorship," Ms. Kilkenny recalled. 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."




http://www.nytimes.com/2008/09/03/us/politics/03wasilla.html?_r=3&hp&oref=slogin&oref=slogin&oref=slogin