Sarah Palins List of Banned Books
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Originally Posted by 8182KSKUSH
It's just a fine example of how the left in America is reeeeeeeeeeaaaaaaaaaaaching for anything to discredit Palin, or paint her as the next anti-christ.
the very fact that she would have any books banned is a rather sad commentary on the state of american conservatism and politics in general. that conservatives must swing so far toward totalitarianism to reach their base is just another example of the extremism that so pervades our government and culture. just as the left would have us enslaved to the intrusive clutches of big government socialism, the right wishes to lock up our minds by restricting our access to radical thought and alternate philosophies. there seems to be no place left for moderation and the gentle progression that is natural to a healthy society. everyone is either trying to force drastic immediate change or attempting to stall the evolution of our culture completely.
Sarah Palins List of Banned Books
Well i am back after my shaming...thanks for taking it relatively easy on me. No mine work for me? Sweet.
Really though i attempted to edit the post but do not know how. I think Kush is right that some people will read the first post and then just ASSUME ITS TRUE. I think any smears on either side is a disservice to our country, and should be corrected. Tell me how and i will make the correction on the original post.
Lastly i think its a bit silly to say that only the left is creating smears against the right. This is an obvious two way street.
Sarah Palin has a future in politics. She could very well fight her way to the top, while having conversations about potentially banning books from our libraries. Its just not gonna happen this November...
Sarah Palins List of Banned Books
(Political Animal) PALIN'S BOOK-BANNING EFFORTS.... There's been a list making the rounds lately, showing books that Sarah Palin allegedly tried to ban from Wasilla's public library during her mayoral tenure. The list isn't true, and in some instances, doesn't even make sense (some the books hadn't even been published in 1996, when the incident is alleged to have occurred).
The McCain campaign is apparently aware of the rumor, and is pushing back.
The McCain-Palin team is continuing its pushback campaign against stories about VP nominee Sarah Palin that have taken on a life of their own on the Internet.On Monday, they sent reporters a memo in response to reports that the Wasilla, Alaska resident had tried to ban a lengthy list of books when she was mayor of that town.
"This is categorically false. The fact is that as Mayor, Palin never asked anyone to ban a book and not one book was ever banned, period," McCain campaign spokesman Brian Rogers said, directing reporters to campaign research "debunking this smear."
While the purported list is bogus, we do know that something happened with regards to Palin and at least a question about book banning.
Time reported last week, for example, that Palin asked the Wasilla librarian, Mary Ellen Baker, about the process for banning books. Baker was reportedly "aghast" at the question. Soon after taking office, Palin, according to a New York Times report, fired Baker, and news reports from the time indicate that Palin thought Baker hadn't done enough to give her "full support" to the mayor.
Palin reversed course on Baker's dismissal after a local outcry, and later said the discussions about banning books were "rhetorical."
I can understand why the McCain campaign is pushing back against a bogus list that's making the rounds. Deceptive claims are deceptive claims, no matter who the target is. But as long as McCain aides are talking about this issue, maybe they can answer a couple of additional questions, such as, "Why did Palin try to fire the librarian in the first place?" Or how about, "Why did Palin broach the subject of book-banning if she had no intention of trying to ban books?"
Palin's Book-banning Efforts, By Steve Benen - CBS News
Just clearing up the matter.
Have a good one!:s4:
Sarah Palins List of Banned Books
Does seem to be some truth to the rumour. Anyone that ever would consider banning any books is obviously not playing with a full deck. A communist in christian clothing?
Sarah Palins List of Banned Books
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Originally Posted by killerweed420
Does seem to be some truth to the rumour. Anyone that ever would consider banning any books is obviously not playing with a full deck. A communist in christian clothing?
A new book that condones adult-child sex is part of a wider effort by some academics to rehabilitate the revolutionary Kinsey Reports on sexuality amid a climate of growing concern about abuse, according to a leading researcher.
'Nothing new' in book condoning child sex
I have to disagree with ya on that one....some books have NO PLACE on the shelf!
Have a good one!:s4:
Sarah Palins List of Banned Books
if this bogus list was made into a book would IT get banned???
Sarah Palins List of Banned Books
While I agree this is a bogus rumor, I found P4B's comments to be the most interesting. I'm curious as to whether or not she would have had any intentions of banning certain books (Harry Potter and the like imo, because of her religious beliefs), because that's a bit disturbing to me. Also, the fact that she fired the librarian for not giving her "full support" is much more disturbing to me. It's also curious that Palin's brother was in a brutal divorce with said librarian (or someone near that, can't remember exactly). It kinda makes me wonder if she is quick to anger/judgement. Also, I was watching the news late last night (unfortunately, the 24 hour news is the ONLY thing on at 4 AM) and the Republican campaign spokesman said he was concerned and dissapointed that the media wasn't more defferential to Palin. That was troubling quite a bit. I'm not defferential to anyone except the po-lice, because they'll kick your ass if your not. The media isn't going to stay out of politicians lives in a presidential election.
I am also really high.
Sarah Palins List of Banned Books
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Originally Posted by 8182KSKUSH
You aren't the first person to make mention of this.
It's just a fine example of how the left in America is reeeeeeeeeeaaaaaaaaaaaching for anything to discredit Palin, or paint her as the next anti-christ.
Things like this should be a clear indicator as to how threatening this woman is to the left. They are trying to do the same old drive by character assassination that they tried to do to Clarence Thomas. The issue is that in both cases, you have a minority of society that completely flies in the face of everything that the liberal left has been telling everyone to believe for years. So there only option is to try to demonize and discredit these people so that they can maintain there dogma. No doubt that even though most people will see through this, lots of people will not realize this, and will believe what they are told to believe, (I am thinking that these are the same folks you see fainting at the sight of Obama, and holding their "change" signs upside down while jumping up and down in the air like school girls.
I think it is great that you did post this, and the facts behind it were brought to light! In a weird way you actually did a service to Palin.
Thank you, my wife appreciates it!
She'll put you on the preferred list, so that when the New World Order emerges in 2010, you won't have to go work in the mines!:D
Wow! Sarah Palin has a grand total of four false stories discredited on snopes. John McCain has a total of three. Barack Obama has a total of twenty-six. Who're the ones doing the character assassination again? ;)
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Sarah Palins List of Banned Books
I'm glad to hear the list is bogus.
But I am still disturbed by the idea that a mayor would fire a librarian for not "being supportive" of her. I think the post of librarian ought to be considered non-political, difinitely non-partisan.
It's only a rumor that the librarian was fired for not being open to the idea of banning certain books from the library, but I believe it. There is a record of Palin asking the librarian about the procedure for banning books from the library and the librarian resisting even talking about banning any books from its collection. My feeling is that's what Palin felt was not "being supportive" --- refusing to consider banning books. What else could it be? Any alternative theories for why Palin might have fired the librarian for not "being supportive" of Palin? What is the librarian supposed to do to "be supportive"? Work on Palin's re-electin campaign? How supportive or non-supportive can a librarian even be esxpected to be? The idea is ridiculous.
I think the reason conservatives are so disdainful of culture is that they produce so little of it themselves. Conservatives have no cultural offereings to "compete" (if that is even the right word) with any of the cultural offerings of the rest of the spectrum from modrate to liberal. That's why they seek to ban books, plays, movies, songs, etc. They have nothing to offer to the culture in their so-called "culture war," so they seek to fight that war politically by banning the opposition's contribution to culture. It'll never work. You can't fight culture with politics. Social conservatives should try offering someting to the culture from their own point of view rather that try to fight this "culture war" politically.
About this:
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Originally Posted by TurnyBright
You guys don't mean to say that these books shouldn't be banned? We can't have our children reading smut! HAVE YOU EVER READ LITTLE RED RIDING HOOD?
You're absolutely right about this! Maybe the story should not be banned outright, but it needs to be moved to the adult section and off limits to kids! This story is all about sex! The so called "little red riding hood" is a obvious metaphor for the clitoral hood! The "big bad wolf" is just a horny guy who wants to ride that little red hood --- ride it al the way to China! He stalks her alll the way through the woods and is waiting to rape her at grandama's house! And the twisted part is that she is kind of into it --- my, what a big d**k you have!
That is one f**ked up fairy tale.
Sarah Palins List of Banned Books
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Originally Posted by dragonrider
You're absolutely right about this! Maybe the story should not be banned outright, but it needs to be moved to the adult section and off limits to kids! This story is all about sex! The so called "little red riding hood" is a obvious metaphor for the clitoral hood! The "big bad wolf" is just a horny guy who wants to ride that little red hood --- ride it al the way to China! He stalks her alll the way through the woods and is waiting to rape her at grandama's house! And the twisted part is that she is kind of into it --- my, what a big d**k you have!
That is one f**ked up fairy tale.
And the next thing yer gonna say is that "Winnie The Pooh" books should be banned (Or in this case moved to the "Adult" Section) because the storyline promotes Beastility......Dude you need Psychiatric Help if you interpret "Little Red Riding Hood" in this manner,!!
Are you one of those that belive that the "Smurfs" are Communist Propagnda Thrust on your kids Too?
