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• Monday, September 15, 2008 12:36 PM

  The Bess Tangent

  I am not the one on the Bess tangent, you are. I have repeatedly said (look at all of my posts to this article) that the real story is Palin inquiring about banning books, then firing the librarian that refused. I could give a good god damn whether books were eventually banned or not--the intentions are clear.

  You're the one jumping up and down making Bess the issue, not me. Yes, according to this article, Bess asserts that Palin targeted his book. As I have stated over and over, that is not the real issue.

  She did absolutely, positively ask about banning books. It is irrelevant whether books were eventually banned. It doesn't change the fact, in the least that Palin asked on at least three occasions whether books could be banned. What's worse, is she fired the local librarian that refused to ban any books based on her notion of "loyalty."

  I do not know how many times I have to ask this: how exactly is a librarian loyal to the Mayor?

  In the end, you still fail to address the issue at hand. You shrug off the attempt to ban books as something communities do, while avoiding the real issue: Palin FIRED the librarian that on at least three occasions stated in no uncertain terms she would not ban books.

  —sitka0230 Read sitka0230's other letters
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