Book-burner Palin

I'm a former librarian, and my website has felt the sting of library censorship. So I don't look kindly at all upon those who would censor what people can read.

But vice-presidential hopeless Sarah Palin (pictured here) tried doing exactly that.

In 1996, when Failin' Palin first ran for mayor of Wasilla, Alaska, she ran on a wingnut activist platform. Wasilla being a posh new exurb and all, she won.

Palin's catatonic batshittery did not subside. In one Ernie Fletcher-like display, Palin fired city employees because they favored her opponent. This act prompted a lawsuit and almost caused Palin to face a recall attempt.

But what's especially shocking is Palin's dealings with her local public library. She contacted the library and demanded that it yank books that had profanity. When the librarian refused to censor books, Palin tried to have her fired.

Only a real right-wing whack-a-doo would try to do such a thing.

John F. Kennedy once said that libraries "should be open to all - except the censor." With free expression being suppressed regularly all over America these days, the libe should be a beacon of free speech.

Also, I find it interesting that Palin (who conservatives consider a champion of lower taxes) supported a new city sales tax while also favoring cutting city services. I guess it was to pay for her own mismanagement of the city's finances. Either that, or it's just like how conservatives try implementing tax "reforms" to redistribute money from the poor to the rich. Or it's both.

(Source: http://www.time.com/time/politics/article/0,8599,1837918,00.html)