Sarah Palin would ban books if she could...

[stevenleser]

and the best part of that statement is, unlike her lie about Obama banning guns, its true.

[BrklynLiberal]

1. Books would ban her too..if they could.

[MH1]

8. LOL - so true!

[marybourg]

2. I burst out laughing in the gym tonight when I looked up from my treadmill

and saw the banner on TV #4 (Faux News) announcing that Sarah Palin was opining on the Greek financial crisis. Fortunately everyone else had earphones on so they probably didn't hear me. I guess she can see Greece from where she lives now.

[stevenleser]

6. The Greeks would laugh if they knew she made any comment on their situation

On Friday I participated in an international town hall forum via Skype. A couple of dozen of us in Harlem skyped into a meeting with a couple of dozen people in Athens, Greece. We commiserated about the economic downturns we both experienced and we offered them some words of encouragement. They said they wished they had someone like Obama leading them.

[marybourg]

20. Sounds interesting! nt.

[mitchum]

21. "I have eaten one of them gyro thingies!"

"And Todd loves Kojak!"

[fishwax]

24. lol

I'd have to laugh out loud if I saw that too :)

[troubledamerican]

3. Sickening to see some DU Fifth Columnist un-recced this

[The Damned]

5. To the rescue!

K&R

[donheld]

4. I'd love to ban her mouth from opening.

[no_hypocrisy]

7. She's already tried.

http://abcnews.go.com/Blotter/story?id=5766173&page=1

[catgirl]

9. Good find n/t

[stevenleser]

23. That's what I meant by what I said. It's a true accusation

unlike the one about Obama.

[Sheepshank]

10. Litany of things she would ban

anything related to equality for everyone
anything related to reproductive choices
Science in the classroom
Anthropology, and paleontology
Carbon dating
Alternative energy
Leftie media, from her public appearances (oh never mind, that one is done)
Liberals
Political,ethical investigations
Anything outside of fundie christian religions
And to her credit, she'd ban death panels ;)

[ZombieHorde]

11. Has Palin endorsed the banning of books? nt

[Sheepshank]

13. Given Palin's lack of public honesty and narcissistic nature..I'd believe the librarian on this one

....Palin asked the librarian at a meeting "if she would object to censorship even if people were circling the library in protest about a book."

The report quotes the librarian as responding, "I told her clearly I will fight anyone who tries to indicate what books can go on the library shelves."

The same week that Palin raised the issue she fired Baker (then using her married name Emmons) as librarian, claiming she was not "loyal" to the new administration and had supported Palin's opponent in the election. She said the dismissal was not connected to questions of censorship, and that she had dismissed all city department heads and told them they could re-apply for their jobs.

After a public outcry, Palin rescinded the dismissal of the librarian.

The local newspaper reporter who covered the controversy, Paul Stuart, claims he was later told by the librarian that Palin wanted three specific books removed from the library.


From the article from above post

[ZombieHorde]

15. The average stranger does have more credibility than Palin. nt

[Sheepshank]

16. I disagree

Palin is a proven liar. Proven in a court of law even http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/us_and_americas/us_elections/article4924041.ece

Librarian is a public figure without that same proven record.

[ZombieHorde]

22. Your subject line disagrees with me, but the body of your post agrees with me. nt

[Jeff In Milwaukee]

19. I believe she actually attempted it as Mayor of Wasilla....

Tried to strong-arm the local librarian into dropping some titles, but the libarian wouldn't do it.

As the NRA loves to point out, Hitler demanded strict gun control. And Hitler was also a big fan of banning (and burning) books.

So the scorecard would seem to indicate that Sarah the Half-Governor of Alaska is also Half-Nazi.

[Uzybone]

12. Sarah Palin would order public executions of all college professors if she could

[Sheepshank]

14. But I think she's changed her mind about

public stoning for immoral women who are related to her.

[lunatica]

17. Well if she have to read them before banning them

They'd be safe

[otohara]

18. Good One

thumbs up!

[backscatter712]

25. She actually tried in Wasilla... n/t

[old mark]

26. I think she has been afraid of books since she went to high school

and found she was actually expected to read a few of them...


mark

[1620rock]

27. She went to high school?...who knew.

[old mark]

30. Sometimes it seems like she never left.....nt

[Paladin]

31. Beautifully Put, Mark. (n/t)

[nemo137]

28. This, alone, is reason to keep her out of the White House.

[Blue_In_AK]

29. She tried, that's for sure.