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Repugnant Abomination · 09-12-2008, 12:58 PM

Even hotter.

Repugnant Abomination · 09-12-2008, 07:40 PM

This cunt really pisses me off. Read up on how she tried to get books banned, and when the librarian refused, she had her fired.

WASILLA, Alaska - The McCain campaign is defending Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin's much-criticized inquiry into banning books at her hometown library, saying her questions were only hypothetical.
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Shortly after taking office in 1996 as mayor of Wasilla, a city of about 7,000 people, Palin asked the city's head librarian about banning books. Later, the librarian was notified by Palin that she was being fired, although Palin backed off under pressure.

Palin's alleged attempt at book-banning has been a matter of intense interest since Republican presidential nominee John McCain named her as his running mate last month.

Taylor Griffin, a spokesman for the McCain campaign, said Thursday that Palin asked the head librarian, Mary Ellen Emmons, on three occasions how she would react to attempts at banning books. He said the questions, in the fall of 1996, were hypothetical and entirely appropriate. He said a patron had asked the library to remove a title the year before and the mayor wanted to understand how such disputes were handled.

Records on the city's Web site, however, do not show any books were challenged in Wasilla in the 10 years before Palin took office.

Palin notified Emmons she would be fired in January 1997 because the mayor didn't feel she had the librarian's "full support." Emmons was reinstated the next day after public outcry, according to newspaper reports at the time.

Still, one longtime library staffer recalls that the run-in made everyone fear for their jobs.

"Mayor Palin gave us some terrible moments and some rather gut-wrenching moments, particularly when Mary Ellen said she was going to have to leave," said Cathy Petrie, who managed the children's collection at the time.

Recent outrage has been fueled by Wasilla housewife Anne Kilkenny, whose 2,400-word critique of Palin's legacy as mayor is widely posted on the Internet. Kilkenny described Palin's actions as "out-and-out censorship."

But the McCain campaign, in a statement, said the charge "is categorically false ... Governor Sarah Palin has never asked anyone to ban a book, period."

Emmons, a former Alaska Library Association president who now goes by Mary Ellen Baker, did not return calls seeking comment.

According to the Mat-Su Valley Frontiersman newspaper, Emmons did not mince words when Palin asked her "how I would deal with her saying a book can't be in the library" on Oct. 28, 1996, in a week when the mayor had asked department heads for letters of resignation.

"She asked me if I would object to censorship, and I replied 'Yup'," Emmons told a reporter. "And I told her it would not be just me. This was a constitutional question, and the American Civil Liberties Union would get involved, too."

The Rev. Howard Bess, a liberal Christian preacher in the nearby town of Palmer, said the church Palin and her family attended until 2002, the Wasilla Assembly of God, was pushing to remove his book from local bookstores.

Emmons told him that year that several copies of "Pastor I Am Gay" had disappeared from the library shelves, Bess said.

"Sarah brought pressure on the library about things she didn't like," Bess said. "To believe that my book was not targeted in this is a joke."

Other locals said the dust-up had been blown out of proportion.

"That was many years ago and Sarah never had any intention to ban books," said David Chappel, who served as Palin's deputy mayor for three years. "There were some vocal people in the minority, and it looks like they're still out there."

Jim Rettig, a University of Richmond librarian who heads the Chicago-based American Library Association, suggested that lingering quarrel raises issues that are still relevant as librarians prepare to celebrate Banned Books Week later this month.

"Librarians are very committed to the principles of the First Amendment of the Constitution and that means we don't allow one individual or a group of people to dictate what people can or cannot read," he said. "Most librarians if they got that sort of a question would be curious as to what the intent of the questioner was."

Ugly Bastard · 09-12-2008, 08:32 PM

Oh wow!! Man... possibly considering to ban library books? I knew there would be skeletons in her closet... but this... this is concerning.

Repugnant Abomination · 09-12-2008, 09:15 PM

Yeah, no big deal at all. I heart censorship too.

Jackass.

YouTube - CENSORSHIP: Did Sarah Palin Try To Ban Books From Local Library?

Mr. Blonde · 09-12-2008, 09:31 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Ugly Bastard

Oh wow!! Man... possibly considering to ban library books? I knew there would be skeletons in her closet... but this... this is concerning.

lol...i can't believe you're being facetious about this, and not taking ANY valid points that the democratic party brings up even into consideration. This is why you will lose close to 100k in november.

It's not like she used to be a nazi or a prostitute, but there is no good reason to be banning books at any time. bitch might as well work for the ministry of truth.

"And THAT is how John Mccain killed 300 of his wartime captors with his bare hands in one day."

Ugly Bastard · 09-12-2008, 09:52 PM

Wow Blonde... You're going to get serious over THAT article? Read it again. It's total left-wing speculatory fluff over a non-issue even for the 7,000 lives in that small town!

C'mon Repug, is that all you've got?

Ugly Bastard · 09-12-2008, 09:58 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Mr. Blonde

This is why you will lose close to 100k in november.

Wanna bet? C'mon, put $20 on it with me...

Repugnant Abomination · 09-12-2008, 10:15 PM

Watch the video, dude. Anyone can read between the lines to see what Palin was doing. She was testing the waters, seeing if the librarian would play ball...Since she wouldn't she fired her. She'd have put in a new librarian who would have banned those books had the town not freaked the fuck out and forced Palin to re-instate the librarian.

THEINCREDIBLEdork · 09-12-2008, 11:03 PM

She is so fucking hot.

Ugly Bastard · 09-13-2008, 01:02 AM

I like a powerful woman too. Makes dominating them in bed all the more gratifying.

f3lix · 09-16-2008, 03:10 AM

Mr. Blonde · 09-16-2008, 10:26 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Ugly Bastard

I like a powerful woman too. Makes dominating them in bed all the more gratifying.

QFT

every girl just wants to be dominated deep down

Repugnant Abomination · 09-25-2008, 01:23 AM

Wow, this was even more painful than the Charlie Gibson interview.

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2008/...n4476173.shtml

I almost feel bad for her.

Mr. Blonde · 09-25-2008, 02:25 AM

Quote:

Couric: You've said, quote, "John McCain will reform the way Wall Street does business." Other than supporting stricter regulations of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac two years ago, can you give us any more example of his leading the charge for more oversight?

Palin: I think that the example that you just cited, with his warnings two years ago about Fannie and Freddie - that, that's paramount. That's more than a heck of a lot of other senators and representatives did for us.

Couric: But he's been in Congress for 26 years. He's been chairman of the powerful Commerce Committee. And he has almost always sided with less regulation, not more.

Palin: He's also known as the maverick though, taking shots from his own party, and certainly taking shots from the other party. Trying to get people to understand what he's been talking about - the need to reform government.

If i hear the world "maverick" one more fucking time from the GOP, i swear to fucking god I will murder all of Sarah Palins children. Possibly skullfuck the downs one.

Repugnant Abomination · 09-25-2008, 02:35 AM

The republicans are tricksy, you gotta give them that. This whole tactic to halt the debate is brilliant. They propose to move the debate back a week and do it Oct 2, which is, surprise, when Biden and Palin are suppose to debate! Of course, the VP debate would be rescheduled at a not yet determined time.

Gee, I wonder why? Maybe because she doesn't know wtf she's talking about and they want to give her more time.

Ironic Mustache · 09-25-2008, 10:10 AM

LOL

"Look here you crazy skank, I'm going to ask you one more time - not to belabor the point. I said concrete you whore! CONCRETE!!!!!"

THEINCREDIBLEdork · 09-25-2008, 10:39 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Repugnant Abomination

Wow, this was even more painful than the Charlie Gibson interview.

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2008/...n4476173.shtml

I almost feel bad for her.

I don't see what the problem is... she looked totally hot in that interview. I bet she has perfect tits. She's got my vote!

Repugnant Abomination · 09-25-2008, 11:53 AM

f3lix · 09-25-2008, 02:52 PM

I'm torn. I don't know whether to vote for someone that fits my ideology or vote for the lesser of two evils, considering the most evil will REALLY hurt our economy. Being in a swing state, my ideology vote might get ousted by the greatest good. I just don't know.

Repugnant Abomination · 09-25-2008, 04:11 PM

We're all on the edge of our seats.

Repugnant Abomination · 09-25-2008, 04:12 PM

I apologize. That was dick.

Ironic Mustache · 09-26-2008, 09:52 AM

It was pretty funny actually.

Repugnant Abomination · 09-26-2008, 10:36 AM

http://www.collegehumor.com/video:1831461

Ironic Mustache · 09-26-2008, 11:33 AM

oooooooooooodalolly!

THEINCREDIBLEdork · 10-02-2008, 11:59 PM

for repug:

http://www.hulu.com/watch/37522/msnb...economic-blame

at least if obama gets elected we won't be a fag nation. God hates fags. God hates America.

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09-12-2008, 11:03 PM	#134 (permalink)
THEINCREDIBLEdork Emperor Meow Join Date: Sep 2004 Posts: 9,352 Internets: 290966	She is so fucking hot.
	#YOLO

09-25-2008, 10:10 AM	#141 (permalink)
Ironic Mustache G'd up from the feet up. Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Cali Posts: 7,146 Supreme Emperor of the Jiu Jitsu Shit Forum?: Yes Internets: 114735	LOL "Look here you crazy skank, I'm going to ask you one more time - not to belabor the point. I said concrete you whore! CONCRETE!!!!!"
	Creeping around as I please nonchalantly like any other Supreme Emperor might.

09-26-2008, 09:52 AM	#147 (permalink)
Ironic Mustache G'd up from the feet up. Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Cali Posts: 7,146 Supreme Emperor of the Jiu Jitsu Shit Forum?: Yes Internets: 114735	It was pretty funny actually.
	Creeping around as I please nonchalantly like any other Supreme Emperor might.

09-26-2008, 11:33 AM	#149 (permalink)
Ironic Mustache G'd up from the feet up. Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Cali Posts: 7,146 Supreme Emperor of the Jiu Jitsu Shit Forum?: Yes Internets: 114735	oooooooooooodalolly!
	Creeping around as I please nonchalantly like any other Supreme Emperor might.

09-12-2008, 12:58 PM	#126 (permalink)
Repugnant Abomination Almost there... Join Date: Feb 2005 Posts: 5,979 Internets: 164547	Even hotter.

09-12-2008, 07:40 PM	#127 (permalink)
Repugnant Abomination Almost there... Join Date: Feb 2005 Posts: 5,979 Internets: 164547	This cunt really pisses me off. Read up on how she tried to get books banned, and when the librarian refused, she had her fired. WASILLA, Alaska - The McCain campaign is defending Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin's much-criticized inquiry into banning books at her hometown library, saying her questions were only hypothetical. ADVERTISEMENT Shortly after taking office in 1996 as mayor of Wasilla, a city of about 7,000 people, Palin asked the city's head librarian about banning books. Later, the librarian was notified by Palin that she was being fired, although Palin backed off under pressure. Palin's alleged attempt at book-banning has been a matter of intense interest since Republican presidential nominee John McCain named her as his running mate last month. Taylor Griffin, a spokesman for the McCain campaign, said Thursday that Palin asked the head librarian, Mary Ellen Emmons, on three occasions how she would react to attempts at banning books. He said the questions, in the fall of 1996, were hypothetical and entirely appropriate. He said a patron had asked the library to remove a title the year before and the mayor wanted to understand how such disputes were handled. Records on the city's Web site, however, do not show any books were challenged in Wasilla in the 10 years before Palin took office. Palin notified Emmons she would be fired in January 1997 because the mayor didn't feel she had the librarian's "full support." Emmons was reinstated the next day after public outcry, according to newspaper reports at the time. Still, one longtime library staffer recalls that the run-in made everyone fear for their jobs. "Mayor Palin gave us some terrible moments and some rather gut-wrenching moments, particularly when Mary Ellen said she was going to have to leave," said Cathy Petrie, who managed the children's collection at the time. Recent outrage has been fueled by Wasilla housewife Anne Kilkenny, whose 2,400-word critique of Palin's legacy as mayor is widely posted on the Internet. Kilkenny described Palin's actions as "out-and-out censorship." But the McCain campaign, in a statement, said the charge "is categorically false ... Governor Sarah Palin has never asked anyone to ban a book, period." Emmons, a former Alaska Library Association president who now goes by Mary Ellen Baker, did not return calls seeking comment. According to the Mat-Su Valley Frontiersman newspaper, Emmons did not mince words when Palin asked her "how I would deal with her saying a book can't be in the library" on Oct. 28, 1996, in a week when the mayor had asked department heads for letters of resignation. "She asked me if I would object to censorship, and I replied 'Yup'," Emmons told a reporter. "And I told her it would not be just me. This was a constitutional question, and the American Civil Liberties Union would get involved, too." The Rev. Howard Bess, a liberal Christian preacher in the nearby town of Palmer, said the church Palin and her family attended until 2002, the Wasilla Assembly of God, was pushing to remove his book from local bookstores. Emmons told him that year that several copies of "Pastor I Am Gay" had disappeared from the library shelves, Bess said. "Sarah brought pressure on the library about things she didn't like," Bess said. "To believe that my book was not targeted in this is a joke." Other locals said the dust-up had been blown out of proportion. "That was many years ago and Sarah never had any intention to ban books," said David Chappel, who served as Palin's deputy mayor for three years. "There were some vocal people in the minority, and it looks like they're still out there." Jim Rettig, a University of Richmond librarian who heads the Chicago-based American Library Association, suggested that lingering quarrel raises issues that are still relevant as librarians prepare to celebrate Banned Books Week later this month. "Librarians are very committed to the principles of the First Amendment of the Constitution and that means we don't allow one individual or a group of people to dictate what people can or cannot read," he said. "Most librarians if they got that sort of a question would be curious as to what the intent of the questioner was."

09-12-2008, 08:32 PM	#128 (permalink)
Ugly Bastard Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: U.S.A. Posts: 13,643 Internets: 247330	Oh wow!! Man... possibly considering to ban library books? I knew there would be skeletons in her closet... but this... this is concerning.

09-12-2008, 09:52 PM	#131 (permalink)
Ugly Bastard Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: U.S.A. Posts: 13,643 Internets: 247330	Wow Blonde... You're going to get serious over THAT article? Read it again. It's total left-wing speculatory fluff over a non-issue even for the 7,000 lives in that small town! C'mon Repug, is that all you've got?

09-12-2008, 10:15 PM	#133 (permalink)
Repugnant Abomination Almost there... Join Date: Feb 2005 Posts: 5,979 Internets: 164547	Watch the video, dude. Anyone can read between the lines to see what Palin was doing. She was testing the waters, seeing if the librarian would play ball...Since she wouldn't she fired her. She'd have put in a new librarian who would have banned those books had the town not freaked the fuck out and forced Palin to re-instate the librarian.

09-13-2008, 01:02 AM	#135 (permalink)
Ugly Bastard Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: U.S.A. Posts: 13,643 Internets: 247330	I like a powerful woman too. Makes dominating them in bed all the more gratifying.

09-16-2008, 03:10 AM	#136 (permalink)
f3lix Gangnam Style Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: DH's Massage Parlor Posts: 6,383 Internets: 213510

09-25-2008, 01:23 AM	#138 (permalink)
Repugnant Abomination Almost there... Join Date: Feb 2005 Posts: 5,979 Internets: 164547	Wow, this was even more painful than the Charlie Gibson interview. http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2008/...n4476173.shtml I almost feel bad for her.

09-25-2008, 02:35 AM	#140 (permalink)
Repugnant Abomination Almost there... Join Date: Feb 2005 Posts: 5,979 Internets: 164547	The republicans are tricksy, you gotta give them that. This whole tactic to halt the debate is brilliant. They propose to move the debate back a week and do it Oct 2, which is, surprise, when Biden and Palin are suppose to debate! Of course, the VP debate would be rescheduled at a not yet determined time. Gee, I wonder why? Maybe because she doesn't know wtf she's talking about and they want to give her more time.

09-25-2008, 11:53 AM	#143 (permalink)
Repugnant Abomination Almost there... Join Date: Feb 2005 Posts: 5,979 Internets: 164547	lol

09-25-2008, 02:52 PM	#144 (permalink)
f3lix Gangnam Style Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: DH's Massage Parlor Posts: 6,383 Internets: 213510	I'm torn. I don't know whether to vote for someone that fits my ideology or vote for the lesser of two evils, considering the most evil will REALLY hurt our economy. Being in a swing state, my ideology vote might get ousted by the greatest good. I just don't know.

09-25-2008, 04:11 PM	#145 (permalink)
Repugnant Abomination Almost there... Join Date: Feb 2005 Posts: 5,979 Internets: 164547	We're all on the edge of our seats.

09-25-2008, 04:12 PM	#146 (permalink)
Repugnant Abomination Almost there... Join Date: Feb 2005 Posts: 5,979 Internets: 164547	I apologize. That was dick.

09-26-2008, 10:36 AM	#148 (permalink)
Repugnant Abomination Almost there... Join Date: Feb 2005 Posts: 5,979 Internets: 164547	http://www.collegehumor.com/video:1831461

10-02-2008, 11:59 PM	#150 (permalink)
THEINCREDIBLEdork Emperor Meow Join Date: Sep 2004 Posts: 9,352 Internets: 290966	for repug: http://www.hulu.com/watch/37522/msnb...economic-blame at least if obama gets elected we won't be a fag nation. God hates fags. God hates America.
	#YOLO

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