More dirt on Sarah Palin and her notorious quest to eradicate naughty words from Alaska’s libraries!
“Palin herself, questioned at the time, called her inquiries rhetorical and simply part of a policy discussion with a department head ‘about understanding and following administration agendas,’ according to the Frontiersman article.”
Ouch. Pretty harsh, Sarah, firing Mary Ellen Emmons, the city librarian—and then-president of the Alaska Library Association—over “rhetorical” questions.
Sure, all this happened over a decade ago, and Palin may very well have seen the error of her ways and now trusts people to make their own decisions regarding what they read (and realizes that it’s up to PARENTS to monitor their children’s reading habits, not libraries and library staff), but considering what I’ve read about her lately, I very much doubt it.
I could never trust anyone who would even consider banning books. Where does one person get off telling everyone else what they can and can’t read?
I don’t know why I’m so shocked; after all, Sarah Palin is one of those self-righteous, narrow-minded individuals, one of far too many, who wish to control what every American woman can or cannot do regarding their reproductive health.
McCain/Palin: Fresh Hell ‘08!
*This time, it’s personal.
Sarah Palin is Dogmeat, the loyal but damaged pitbull from Fallout — with any luck at all, she’ll take McCain down by accident.
By: grikdog on September 5, 2008
at 7:41 am
When I was in high school, the librarian refused to let me get Frannie and Zooey from the community college through inter-library loan.
My mom called her up and chewed her out and I never had any trouble getting any books from then on out.
It also inspired my 11th grade research paper on banned books and the librarian and I always had confrontational eye contact when I was checking that literature out.
By: notaclevername on September 6, 2008
at 7:36 am
We will also ban the word “sex”! And “rights”!
By: nadarine on September 6, 2008
at 2:22 pm
What America really wants to know is who did Sarah’s nose job?
By: Bert Parks on September 13, 2008
at 6:38 pm
It’s really fun isn’t it? Just use the filthiest language you can think of (there isn’t much but you can remember most of it since you use it all the time) and make sure your kids learn it too. Then you can use it to describe all the opponents you’ve ever had and never have to come up with a solution for anything…just cuss at them and people will vote for you!! I mean, her nose job (or lack of one) is really important to the national scene…makes it in the “qualifications” column along with being a first term governor, or a half term senator.
By: LeCorsair on September 18, 2008
at 11:44 am