Shoulda run for Library Board
Forget about the pregnancy non-issue. Here's a tidbit about McCain's VP choice that truly merits investigation:
'[Former Wasilla mayor John] Stein says that as mayor, Palin continued to inject religious beliefs into her policy at times. "She asked the library how she could go about banning books," he says, because some voters thought they had inappropriate language in them. "The librarian was aghast." The librarian, Mary Ellen Baker, couldn't be reached for comment, but news reports from the time show that Palin had threatened to fire her for not giving "full support" to the mayor.' (from Time.com; Emphasis mine)
For my money, this is the most disquieting of the issues that have arisen. Government censorship isn't conservative or liberal, religious or secular, northern or southern—but it's quintessentially un-American.
