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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.
By David Talbot

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  • Monday, September 15, 2008 09:41 AM

    For the last time ...

    ... Palin did not try to ban any books from the library.

    http://www.snopes.com/politics/palin/bannedbooks.asp

    http://www.factcheck.org/elections-2008/sliming_palin.html

    Yeesh, how dumb do you have to be to constantly repeat a false rumor?

    Oh, wait ... this is Salon. Nuff said.

    —T. Suarez Read T. Suarez's other letters

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