We need to find out what books Sarah Palin wanted removed from the Wasilla Library.

[hedgehog]

I've seen several references to this including the fact that she fired the librarian becuae she refused to give in to this censorship. We need details!

[seabeyond]

1. i am curious, but i dont think it got that far. good question to ask her. bet harry potter

is one.

[hedgehog]

3. OH MY! I bet you're right!

:evilgrin:

[BrklynLiberal]

4. That was my first thought as well...

[mrreowwr_kittty]

2. Probably "An Inconvenient Truth" was one of them. nt

[Iris]

5. I want to know about this as well. This is serious.

Are we talking the PUBLIC library?

[book_worm]

6. A book burner one-heartbeat away from the presidency. This is beyond belief.

[RTFirefly]

10. Tell me about it.

McCain winning has become an extremely scary scenario, more so than it was just a few weeks ago.

[Bread and Circus]

14. No kidding. Book burning is so wrong on so many levels.

[chelsea0011]

7. Science books?

[Hugabear]

8. What are the typical books that fundies want to ban?

I'm sure "Catcher in the Rye" is up there.

[cwydro]

9. Do you have a link that this happened? nt

[EFerrari]

13. I read it too, over the weekend but don't remember where.

The librarian didn't want to be identified but said that her job was threatened because she wasn't cooperating with Palin's policy. It sounded a lot like the trooper story.

[hedgehog]

15. Here you go - this has as much info as I've been able to find

http://www.librarian.net/stax/2366/sarah-palin-vp-nominee/


LOL- I googled "Palin librarian" and came up with a lot of hits about Palin as a naughty librarian!

[Libby2]

11. oh! That's an excellent idea.

[gemlake]

12. She tried to fire the City librarian (with link)

Wasilla resident Anne Kilkenny:

"While Sarah was Mayor of Wasilla she tried to fire our highly respected City Librarian because the Librarian refused to consider removing from the library some books that Sarah wanted removed. City residents rallied to the defense of the City Librarian and against Palin's attempt at out-and-out censorship, so Palin backed down and withdrew her termination letter. People who fought her attempt to oust the Librarian are on her enemies list to this day."
andrewsullivan.com

[hedgehog]

16. Palin tried to pull books from the library, then put her town into debt

building a sports complex that isn't free to the public!

http://www.cityofwasilla.com/index.aspx?page=114


All together now:

TYPICAL REPUKE VALUES!