A clockwork orange by anthony burgess a wrinkle in time by madeleine lengle annie on my mind by nancy garden as i. Pitts begins with a series of possible questions for republican vice presidential candidate sarah palin. One accusation claims thenmayor palin threatened to fire wasillas librarian for refusing to ban books from the town library. The librarian acknowledges that governor palin never banned books, but states that she believes palin wanted to ban books. People for response to revelations of palins attempted. A rough record stein says that as mayor, palin continued to inject religious beliefs into her policy at times.
Id simply ask which books she wants to ban and why. I never banned a book, never desired to ban a book. The bogus sarah palin banned books list michelle malkin. Heres the story about palins bookbanning try as mayor. Sarah palins book banning, and why it matters sarah palins book banning history and why it should worry everyone concerned about intellectual freedom. Heres what we know about sarah palins interest in banning books.
Palin wanted to ban books from the local library, tried to. Posted in rpolitics by usilence7 986 points and 160 comments. Palin denies book banning by andrew belonsky september 30, 2008 at 4. Palin had some interesting responses to the eagle forum when she was running for governor in 2006. Palins bookbanning efforts theres been a list making the rounds lately, showing books that sarah palin allegedly tried to ban from wasillas public library during her mayoral tenure. The palin book banning controversy the bilerico project. On becoming mayor of the thriving alaskan metropolis in 1996, she did not attempt to ban specific books from the town library. Wasillas popular public librarian rightly objected, and the community rightly backed the librarian.
More info comes out on palin and dominionism, armageddon. I had assumed that palin backed off of baker after the public outcry of the early years, and perhaps it was an early executive misstep of palin which betrayed her oppenness to ban library materials. Time magazine today reports that alaska governor and republican vice presidential nominee sarah palin attempted to ban books from her local library as mayor of wasilla, alaska, and then threatened to fire the librarian who stood up to her for not giving full support to the mayor. Well, heres abc news report on the matter, including a. As palins mayoral predecessor recalls, she asked the library how she could go about banning book, and though the campaign memo says thenmayor palin never asked anyone to ban a. As many of you will notice it is a hit parade for book burners. This time its hysterical librarians and their readers on the internet disseminating a bogus list of books gov.
After the librarian refused, palin fired her, before. Sarah palins library issue is now a campaign issue book. Palins move to ban books was while on the city council, thus her carefully crafted denial that she didnt try to ban books as mayor. Palin asked the library how she might go about banning books because some. Griswolds logic leads to convoluted case law surrounding public schools ability to regulate and ban books in their. Whether or not governor sarah palin tried to have books banned at the local public library when she was mayor of wasilla has been a matter of. Former wasilla mayor stein says that as mayor, palin continued to inject religious beliefs into her policy at times. The list itself is an urban myth, we do not know which books sarah may have wanted to get rid of. When sarah palin ran for mayor in 1996, wasilla, alaska, got its first. Public school library propagates falsehood that governor. Emmons, a former alaska library association president who now goes by mary ellen baker, did.
List of books palin tried to ban from the wasilla library. Palin wanted to ban books in the wasilla library and she wanted to fire the librarian when she wouldnt go along. However, lucys posts suggests that palin continued to pressure baker until she resigned. Take a look at the list below and youll find books gov.
Palins bookbanning efforts, redux heres what we know about sarah palins interest in banning books. Sarah palin didnt try to ban list of books, article says. Its also significant because of allegations that as mayor, palin questioned the wasilla, alaska, town librarian repeatedly about banning books in the library, and then after being rebuffed, tried to fire the librarian. Palin initially requested emmons resignation, along with those of. She was asking me how i would deal with her saying a book cant be in the library. Palin suggested banning some books from the town library. Submitted by anonymous patron not verified on september 2, 2008 5. Time reported last week that palin asked the wasilla librarian, mary ellen baker.
Did sarah palin ban certain books in alaskan schools answers. As one of her first acts as wasilla mayor, palin inquired of the town librarian what one would need to do to ban books from the library. Last week, the detroit free presss web site posted which books would palin want to ban. However, once a book is in a library, school boards may remove it only under certain circumstances. In 1995, thencouncilwoman palin requested that the local library remove the book three separate times. Whatever freedom means to her, it does not include freedom with a small f of thought. Palins bookbanning efforts, redux washington monthly. A missouri bill intended to bar libraries in the us state from stocking. Most of you know theres a rumor going around that sarah palin john mccains vice presidential running mate is not only a creationist who wants creationism taught along with the theory of evolution, but that she also attempted to ban books from her local library, including charles darwins origin of species.
This is the list of books palin tried to have banned from the wasilla library. In the case of governor palinor at least mayor palinthat judgement includes a total disregard for the first amendment the cornerstone of american civil liberties both in attempting to control freedom of expression in banning books from the public library and, more generally, attempting to destroy freedom of religion by forcing her own religious beliefs on the community. The supreme court has not ruled on how boards of education choose books to place in a library. Rhetorical book banning charlie gibson asked sarah palin yesterday about reports that she sought to ban books from the wasilla public. It has been widely reported, by time magazine and the new york times, among others, that sarah palin as mayor of wasilla was the author, in the broadest sense of the term of an effort to ban books from her towns public library. Its out now that sarah palin, while mayor of wasilla, alaska, tried to fire city librarian dorothy emmons for not agreeing to remove objectionable books from the wasilla public library. Is it true that sarah palin tried to get the following.
Looks like some of these library people failed reading comprehension. After she became mayor of wasilla, according to bess, sarah palin tried to get rid of his book from the local library. This information is taken from the official minutes of the wasilla library board. Heres the story about palins bookbanning try as mayor mcclatchy washington bureau. She simply inquired with the librarian about how she would react if palin. A new york times article details disturbing information about palins push for censorship of books she considered immoral. Did palin actually ban books at the wasilla public library. Palin described her inquiries as rhetorical and told the paper, in a written statement issued in 1996, that she was only trying to get acquainted with her staff at. Abc investigates sarah palins book censorship youtube. A wrinkle in time by madeleine lengle brave new world by aldous huxley catch22 by joseph. In one of my earlier reports, i had noted palins links to book censorshipnamely, the attempts to remove several books from the wasilla public. Im as certain of that as i am that im sitting here. Vice presidential candidate sarah palin has taken a controversial stand in favor of freedom, and she looks like a librarian and yet she is notorious for pressuring her city library to ban a large number of books from the library, during her executive experience as mayor of wasilla, alaska.
The light and the glory it is already banned, by tptb, the truth killers. Governor sarah palin has never asked anyone to ban a book, period. So, you know how sarah palin tried to censor her local library while mayor of wasilla, alaska. Sarah palins book banning, and why it matters huffpost. She asked the library how she could go about banning books, he says, because some voters thought they had inappropriate language in them. It shouldnt be surprising that the new mayor of a city that had seen recent protests over books and was in the process of reevaluating the bookchallenge policies at its library would ask the librarian what those policies were. According to the matsu valley frontiersman newspaper, emmons did not mince words when palin asked her how i would deal with her saying a. Below is the email with a list of books that mayor sarah palin allegedly tried to ban. People for the american way president kathryn kolbert issued the following statement. It is worth noting that, in an update, the frontiersman points out that no book was ever banned from the librarys shelves. School officials propagate the lie that palin banned books. Mary ellen baker resigned from her library directors job in 1999. When the librarian refused to assist her, the librarians. A clockwork orange by anthony burgess a wrinkle in time by madeleine leng le annie on my.
Missouri could jail librarians for lending ageinappropriate books. The media frenzy surrounding reports of sarah palins attempt to ban books from the wasilla public library is somewhat off the mark. My first question, though, would not be one of those. Palin asked the library how she might go about banning books because some had inappropriate language in themshocking the librarian, mary ellen baker. More information is coming out about palin and her quest to ban books from the wasilla library during her time as mayor. Stein says that as mayor, palin continued to inject religious beliefs into her policy at.
The latest news, commentary blogs, videos, and related links involving sarah palin and the wasilla library book censorship controversy. Simply removing a book from a public library because of its content, while repugnant, is not book banning. Wasilla mayor sarah palin tried to ban books from the library. S arah palins biography includes such honorifics as hockey mom, moose hunter, town mayor, governor, and now republican vicepresidential nominee. While that much seems to be true, and undenied by palin, there is an apparently bogus list of her proposed banned books in circulation. However we were very disappointed to see that james freys fake memoir. This is the list of books palin tried to have banned. List of books palin tried to ban from the wasilla library showing 195 of 95 messages. Palin did fire the librarian for not agreeing with her political views, then rescinded the firing after it was clear shed made an unpopular decision. Sarah palin, librarians, and the wasilla library book banning.
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