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Thread #114180   Message #2435466
Posted By: WFDU - Ron Olesko
09-Sep-08 - 03:01 PM
Thread Name: BS: Alaska gov. Palin and banned books
Subject: RE: BS: Palin did have a meeting about book ban
That is partly true, but partly twisting the reports that are available.   

According to newspaper reports from the time in question, she ASKED the librarian at least three times what she would do if she were asked to ban books.   Technically you could say that is a discussion about banning books, but it is a very grey area. There are no reports of specific books being requested to be banned, so there is no way for any of us to "know what they were" or even IF the discussion got to that point, which it appears that it did not.

I hate to appear to be in a position where I am defending this person, because I feel she would be dangerous to put in the position of vice president. I'm strongly against her positions, but at the same time I do not want to resort to the erroneous accusations and downright lies that have become the hallmark of Republican politics.

Sarah Palin has enough flaws that we should be focusing on.