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• Monday, September 15, 2008 08:51 AM

  @ fromer Republican

  There are at least four posts tacitly defending Palin:

  Xanthro (second post in the thread) claims Bess is the only source for the claim Palin tried to ban his book.

  Not true. I provided a link.

  Clockwork Smurf (page 3) called it rumor and inuendo with very little evidence to back it up.

  Again, not true, I provided a link.

  Kittyhogan asks "who care (sic) what some goofy old religious nuts says about Gov. Palin? He's got an ax (sic) to grind..."

  Never mind the facts that Palin did, on at least three occasions, inquire about banning books from the Wasilla library.

  RIChris called it "free advertising" for the minister and says the article pretends to have a story.

  Allow me to repeat--I provided a link, which you obviously didn't view. I have read snopes.com and it confirms what I have actually charged. Palin inquired on at least three occasions about banning books. When the librarian refused to ban books, Palin fired her.

  Palin, of course, claims that the firing had nothing to do with the librarians refusal to ban books (she used a very lame excuse that she didn't have the support of the librarian. I will ask again, since when does a mayor need the support of the town librarian?)

  The facts are squarely against you. I will repeat: on at least three occasions, Palin asked about banning books and then fired on exceptionally shoddy ground the person that refused. The claim that the inquiring of banning books (which happened on multiple occasions) was a rhetorical, what if, question, is laughable at best.

  Yes, the list that has been floating around the internet of supposed books Palin wanted to ban is flat out false. However, the actual story is far worse--firing an individual for apparently standing up to censorship.

  —sitka0230 Read sitka0230's other letters
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