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Monday, September 15, 2008 12:00 AM

The pastor who clashed with Palin

Baptist minister Howard Bess, who wrote a book Palin wanted banned and who fought her on abortion and gay rights, says the country should fear her election.

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  • Monday, September 15, 2008 12:01 PM

    @Xanthro

    "While I don't like it, it is also not terrifying. Local communities always have issues with what the libraries stock, that is because the local government usually pays for it. Sometimes people don't like paying for what they don't like."

    Agreed, it's not necessarily terrifying on a local level (unless you happen to be a local). And not necessarily liking what you're paying for is part of the price of our way of life.

    However, having somebody with a woefully uneducated, fundamentalist book-burning mindset with an elevated potential of becoming an appointed president of the united states...

    THAT is terrifying

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