Obviously Doug, you make it a habit to never read anything but pablum which supports your view.   You really should read a bit more widely. And perhaps start to think. If it's not too much of a strain, of course.   A bit of friendly counsel.

AP 12 Sept 2008:

"Shortly after taking office in 1996 as mayor of Wasilla, a city of about 7,000 people, Palin asked the city's head librarian about banning books. Later the librarian was notified by Palin that she was being fired, although Palin backed off under pressure."

What part of this do you not believe and why?



1) Why did Sarah ask more than once--up to three times?

Snopes: "According to Emmons (the librarian), Palin "was asking me how I would deal with her saying a book can't be in the library". Emmons reported that Palin pressed the issue, asking if Emmons' position would change if residents were picketing the library."

2) You evidently are not aware of the fact that at the time of the "policy discussions" religious fundamentalism was coming into Wasilla, and changing the ethos that had prevailed up to then. Sarah was elected partly due to bringing in issues of abortion and gun rights which had little direct bearing on how to govern Wasilla--but had people outside Wasilla ready to bankroll a candidate on the "right" side. It is well known that the "Religious Right" did not like certain books. The "list" bandied about on the Net has obviously no connection to the situation but certain books were possible targets.


AP: 12 Sept 2008:      "A local author, Rev. Howard Bess, a liberal Christian preacher in the nearby town of Palmer, saidd the church Palin attended until 2002, the Wasilla Assembly of God, was pushing to remove his book from local bookstores."

"Emmons told him that year that several copies of "Pastor, I Am Gay" had disappeared from the library shelves, Bess said."

3) Not only did the librarian feel under threat, but others in town banded together to defend her against pressure she felt.

4) If you don't think that such questions, given that atmosphere at the time, were pressure on the librarian, you should think again.

As I said, just how naive are you?