TYT Exclusive: Sarah Palin Gets Facts Wrong on Harry Potter

[ihavenobias]

Run time: 02:42 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rv26Zv__Ca0   Posted on YouTube: November 12, 2008 By YouTube Member: Views on YouTube: 0   Posted on DU: November 12, 2008 By DU Member: ihavenobias Views on DU: 2020

 
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[thereismore]

1. It wasn't yet written when she became mayor. I think that's what she meant. nt

[CherylK]

3. LOL, I can't pretend to know what she meant but why giver her the benefit of the doubt??

She is either a liar or an idiot and I put my money on both!

:evilgrin:

[thereismore]

14. Because the book-banning occured when she just became mayor. At that time,

Potter wasn't out yet, so it is possible she was referring to that time. That's all. I loathe that woman, but fair is fair.

[AtheistCrusader]

2. Obviously she only regurgitates information fed to her.

Apparently by idiots. Her reasoning is flawed, but here's snopes take on the matter: http://www.snopes.com/politics/palin/bannedbooks.asp

[ihavenobias]

4. The annoying thing is that the bogus banned book list is a straw-man

Yes, the book list is bogus BUT the conversation about banning books (if you accept the librarian's take, and I trust her a whole lot more than Palin) is true.

Unfortunately the average person (not you I'm referring to here, think average low-info voter) watches or reads a fact check that says 'FALSE: The banned book list is fake". Then they assume the *whole story* is fake, but that's not the point.

I'm actually very annoyed at whoever came up with that fake list. It reminds me of the McCain Vicki Iseman story. Why did the NY Times over-reach by suggesting an affair when the lobbyist connection was the more substantive and factual story?

Once the affair was seemingly debunked the baby (lobbyist connection) was thrown out with the bathwater and it became a dead issue instead of what could and should have become a relevant one.

[OhioChick]

5. K&R

:kick:

[Azlady]

6. K&R

[xotoxi]

7. Sarah Palin Gets Facts Wrong on Harry Potter?

Let me know when you find a clip of her getting something RIGHT!

Until then, I'll be napping....zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz.

[Piewhacket]

8. WHAT? No big deal? Bulls*t!!! Its a very big deal.

Its a very BIG Deal when ..
a pathological liar and ignorant and delusional nutcase runs for (and holds) high public office.
Why, people, we could even end up in a war over nonexistent WMD, for God sake!
A million people could die! WTF!

So this is Sarah's defense. I never tried to ban Harry Potter, and I can prove that
(the charge is ludicrous because... ) I couldn't have done it because Potter wasn't
even written yet! So there! (look of triumph).

Yikes. This isn't a mistake or "innocent lie". Palin knows she attempted to pressure
the Wasilla librarian into removing certain books in the library collection
(including Potter series)which had been placed there using procedures and standards
accepted by PUBLIC libraries throughout the US (in compliance with Federal Law), and when
the librarian declined (to unlawfully censor the books), Sarah made the librarian's life
miserable to the point where the librarian eventually left. Thems the facts, folks.

We all know Sarah Palin as an ignorant bigot. We know her as an abusive executive manager,
(and also have a serious concern there is abuse in the family). We know that she has NO
regard (not just little regard, or reckless disregard, but NO regard) for the truth, and she
has learned to delude herself into a state of suspended reality so she can tell the big
lie without blinking. A Pathological liar.

NO BIG DEAL? I BEG TO DIFFER! ITS A BIG DAMN DEAL.

[brindis_desala]

9. Cenk misses the real significance of Palin's comment.

It confirms that the conversation with the librarian about the mayor's authority to ban certain books indeed took place when Palin first took office.

[ihavenobias]

10. The tricky thing is that these youtube clips are just excerpts from the show

Often times the discussion on XM is much longer, but the clips are edited because, well, almost no one watches youtube clips if they're too long.

And per my comment above you can see that I agree the larger issue is that she had a serious discussion about book banning, regardless of if Harry Potter was specifically discussed or not.

[ProfessorPlum]

11. K&R to the greatest!

[progressoid]

12. Why won't she go away!!

[Kalifornia.Kid]

13. "Accio Brain"

"Avada Kedavra"

[intheflow]

15. ..

Accio Brain! :spray:

But I'm not into the Avada Kedavra; I don't believe in capital punishment. But Gitmo, er, Azkaban would be a good place for her!

[barbtries]

16. thing is,

that was no mistake on palin's part. it was just another fucking lie. the woman is uncomfortable with the truth and has absolutely no compunction about falsifying any and everything.

[Seldona]

17. Sorry Sara, I just don't believe a word you say.

She latches on to the fact that she only is accused of wanting to ban books BEFORE the Potter series came out, as if that makes the attempted ban acceptable because someone got a minor factoid wrong.

No remorse. Nothing to see here. Fundies truly scare me. In fact the most horrifying book I've ever read is "The Handmaiden's Tale."