Edward 4Book Banning and Hypocrisy: The Sarah Palin Story
September 7th 2008 16:34
probably appluading as someone sets fire to Huck Finn...
I'll admit that I was a bit carried away by Sarah Palin's charisma and spunk when she first gave her speech at the RNC. But as those that oppose Obama like to say, the cloud of Rhetoric and spectacle is gone, and the true Sarah Palin is coming to light.
Besides the little scandals and "mistruths" about her past that the media is digging up these days, (and which I think really don't matter because any politician speaks in mistruths) there was one bit which scared the hell out of me.
When Sarah Palin became mayor of Wasilla, she went into the libraries there and asked the librarians how she could go about banning books. As a person who enjoys reading, and is inspired by the way books can convey knowledge, wisdom, and perspective to somebody, say, who can't leave their secluded town in Alaska, I am deeply offended.
The first thing that I think of when someone wants to ban books is the Nazi party. I'm not kidding. When a politician wants to control the ideas and the voice of the people, it starts to stink of fascism.
Oh yeah, here are some other interesting facts. As governor she hired a lobbyist to attract pork (even though she says now she’s always been against pork projects), she doesn't believe in global warming, she doesn't believe in birth control, and she's against abortions even in the case of incest or rape.
Did you know that the Palin family's official statement concerning her daughter's pregnancy was, "We accept Bristol’s decision." A decision means there was a choice. If she was truly pro-life the statement would've gone something like this, "Bristol will of course obey the government and not commit the crime of abortion." Sounds disturbing doesn't it?
The McCain campaign likes to say that Palin is a breath of fresh air, but really she's the same old rancid republican from years past, just wrapped up in a pretty little package.
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