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AMERICAblog: ABC on Sarah Palin's book-banning

  • FunMe · 1 year ago
    JOHN, YOU'RE ON A ROLL! - keep it coming!

    I will use with my postings this w/e with the blogs/web pages such as Time, Newsweek, NY times, etc.


    I just sent a major email to my friend/family with most of your stories here.

    :-)

    Thanks!
  • decotodd · 1 year ago
    One of my colleagues a work told me about this piece this morning -- I was glad to hear it was getting traditional/corporate media coverage. This should scare all of the hockey moms watching "Good Morning America" (albeit not the fundie ones).

    Agree with the poster above, however. This is all a distraction by design from McCain, who has zero character left after this stunt of picking a right-wing nutcase as his VP. He's so desperate to be president that he'll risk the country's welfare for his own ambitions. With his health history, that is very risky - country first, my ass.
  • sittenpretty · 1 year ago
    cant stop saying it
    ........................................oh my!
  • paulbot5 · 1 year ago
    I dont care anymore, this 1 party system is joke it doesnt matter who wins, VOTE 3rd PARTY!
  • ron071 · 1 year ago
    paulbots: Think again of which " 1 party " has had control during the last 8 years of disaster. Why would you then not want to bring change and perhaps again enjoy what the Clinton years brought you? I must remind you that it was due to the Nader vote in Florida in 2004 ( Your 3rd. Party ) that gave us Bush/Cheney. Rethink your thesis of " VOTE 3rd. PARTY " before you inflict upon us another 4-8 years of Republican disaster.
  • ron071 · 1 year ago
    Which state has been ripping off the American drivers? The state of Alaska has imposed and kept several windfall profit tax policies for the benefit of Alaska at the expense of the lower 48. They then looted the lower 48 for all that pork money for bridges (2) to nowhere and roads to nowhere and got $1,200 each in addition. Let's keep shouting USA, USA, for the Alaska pirates while paying outrageous gasoline and diesel prices.
  • Demo_Dave · 1 year ago
    The Republican Party has bought out by the religious right. I'm not sure that small town America cares if she burns books or bans them...SAD isn't it.???
  • Catsandbeer.com · 1 year ago
    can't wait until someone forces her to say what books she had in mind - though I'm sure they're searching amazon now for something like "how to rape little children and get away with it" - anyway, until someone asks her (which could be a while since she'd have to, you know, accept questions from reporters) here's my best guess: http://www.catsandbeer.com/politics/sarah-palin...
  • bluestockton · 1 year ago
    Palin has been quoted as saying she fired the librarian "because she didn't support me." Even if, as the rumor had it, Palin never entered into the record an actual list of books she wanted banned, that statement is scary enough. Since when, in a non-communist country, is a librarian a political appointee? President Palin would probably nominate Monica Goodling to be attorney general.
  • erykah · 1 year ago
    You know, i am starting to wonder who is worst, the leftist bloggers or the MSM. This is bull shit. Why aren't you all focusing on the real issues like the voter suppression in Michigan. Hey John, care to share to information with the nice people I shared with you earlier. This shoud be all over the blogs so that it can get picked up by the MSM. But you all are still focusinf on the Palin soap opera. How are you different from the MSM or the McCain campaign. Give me a break.
  • aquarius2 · 1 year ago
    Do you have a link for the story. This is the second time in two days I have heard about voter suppression. The other instance was somewhere in the South.
  • erykah · 1 year ago
    Tanks so much for your inquiry.? This case is going on in Michigan.? Here is the article.?We need to push this issue so that McCain doesn't steal the election.? http://www.michiganmessenger.com/4076/lose-your...

    Best,
    Arica
    PS.? Thanks for the link you sent as well.
  • erykah · 1 year ago
  • aquarius2 · 1 year ago
    Oh my, could it be that Palin would be worse than Darth Vader???
  • Rob Mule · 1 year ago
    Mooselini executes Bobbsey Twins!
  • julls · 1 year ago
    GET BEYOND PALIN OR YOU WILL LOSE. SHE WAS BROUGHT IN TO DISTRACT YOU, TO GET IN YOUR HEAD, SHE IS COMPLETING HER MISSION AND SHE WILL END UP AS YOUR VP IF YOU ALLOW HER TO DISTRACT YOU>
  • Steve_in_CNJ · 1 year ago
    it's essential for voters to understand the depths to which john mccain has sunk. this is much more about him than about sarah palin, who is just one of a huge army of fundy clones that we already know are out there. people need to know that mccain was willing to compromise the security of the country to improve his chances. character should be a big consideration for the presidency, and mccain obviously has none.
  • unrepentant_expat · 1 year ago
    Unable to make the firing of the librarian stick, but undeterred, Sarah Palin on a frozen muskeg gunned down the librarian from an airplaine.
  • An_American_Karol · 1 year ago
    "Judge warned Palin in 2005 to back off brother-in-law's job"
    http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/09/10/palin.in...

    She's the right woman for the job, yeah, right!
  • devlzadvocate · 1 year ago
    Obama advisor stated today, whoever wins Michigan will win the election.
  • Catsandbeer.com · 1 year ago
    can't wait until someone forces her to say what books she had in mind - though I'm sure they're searching amazon now for something like "how to rape little children and get away with it" - anyway, until someone asks her (which could be a while since she'd have to, you know, accept questions from reporters) here's my best guess: http://www.catsandbeer.com/politics/sarah-palin...
  • HereinDC · 1 year ago
    I sent this article to 4 friends.

    did you hear ....she was looking into removing books from stores too.

    did you hear that part?
  • devlzadvocate · 1 year ago
    I'm surprised she didn't try banning them from the web.
  • HereinDC · 1 year ago
    Give John a break........By the end of the week...Palin is going to be a laughing stock.........She'll be the black sheep of the familyl by next week.

    Her creditbility won't be worth a shit by the time she debates Biden.

    She is being shread to bits...........we are just making sure the pieces are spread out far and wide.
  • devlzadvocate · 1 year ago
    stock? stock? is that a farm animal reference? like a . . . pig?

    sheep? I am outraged!
  • devlzadvocate · 1 year ago
    Forgive me for being all gay and everything, but if Barack was going to insult the two republic candidates, wouldn't he have called McCain a pig and Palin a fish? Just from my gay perspective,
  • bronco214 · 1 year ago
    Sorry, "lie-berry" not "lie-brary"? C'mon, "librul elites "aren't supposed to talk like "nuklur" shrub
  • bumpkis · 1 year ago
    Maybe Sarah can visit Venezuela and try and put these two Tupolov T160 Russian strategic bombers on Ebay....

    Don't miss the forest for the trees....LaPaz just PNG'd the US Ambassador too...
  • medium lebowski · 1 year ago
    This video should net votes FOR Palin. Shorter Brian Ross: Sarah Palin tried to ban "Pastor I'm Gay"!! And her church outrageously takes "strong moral stands"!!!

    Yeah, this is a real hit piece on Palin.
  • Psyche · 1 year ago
    That was my thought too. Her "base" would love it. It was neat to see Kilkenny, the woman who wrote that great letter.
  • AdmNaismith · 1 year ago
    You said 'Sarah Palin'- That's sexist!!!!! I'm outraged!!!!!!!

    (edited for clarity- I added more exclamation points)
    /sarcasm.

    Obama better step it up or that 10% margin the Emory prof is predicting will go to McCain.
  • moreleesafer · 1 year ago
    When I was there, the Harry Potter books were just coming out. my neice who went to the local church school says "We aren't aloud to read Harry Potter. Our teacher says,'It's the Devil'"
  • erykah · 1 year ago
    There is voter suppression going on. Get your attention off the soap opera. This is a distraction. McCain is trying to steal the election.
    http://www.michiganmessenger.com/4076/lose-your...
  • leo · 1 year ago
    Wow, the original librarian was head of the State Library Association. That's an important point. Someone less engaged in library issues might have buckled under (maybe this was what Palin was expecting.) Still the poor woman who was fired then reinstated, eventually left after two years.

    It's hard to come to grips with just how radical a rightwinger Palin is. This is really out of the ballpark. No wonder the people at the RNC were thrilled.
  • Eyeball_Kid · 1 year ago
    Sarah Palin: Fantasy to Nowhere.
  • smallhandff · 1 year ago
    Sarah would have fit in perfectly at the Bush-Gonzo D o J.
  • baja · 1 year ago
    Having public officials censor material which does not conform to their Christian views takes all of us one step closer to a theocracy. America is a nation of many personal views and we should all have the freedom to live them as we choose as long as no one is getting hurt. It's irritating that some of these Christian voters cannot see past their own nose to realize their insistence for everyone else to live as they see fit is hypocritical, given that at some point they each had the freedom to make their own personal religious choice. I call it religious arrogance. The same type of religious arrogance that lead the attackers of 911 to believe what they were doing was for God and was righteous.
  • gonzalez · 1 year ago
    Some dumb Americans would lobe to have these assholes in office. This is the republican party - and they may get elected. What a trip they are and how stupid some Americans are! And they talk about loving FREEDOM!
  • ChisP2 · 1 year ago
    You need to calm down. I don't agree with your assertion. Does this make me dumb? I've worked multiple jobs my entire life. I went to night school because I couldn't afford to go to college as most others do. At the end of the day, I believe in the capitalist system. It works well. Obama and Biden border on being socialist. I don't mean it as an insult. It's just what they believe. I think they are dangerously short-sighte i their views. Do I think they're dumb? No. So take it easy my friend.
  • gonzalez · 1 year ago
    I stand by me comments. Just look at what we have in the White House. We didn't elect these idiots once but twice. Half of the American voters don't even know where these people stand on the issues. Hell, they don't even know where Washington DC is or that the DC stands for the District of Columbia. Just take a survey. You'll be surprise.
  • ChisP2 · 1 year ago
    Wow! These comments are amazing. For every one negative story about McCain/Palin ther are ten more real ones for Obama/Biden. Your ticket is wildly weak and dangerous.

    I just logged on to a liberal blog to see what's being discussed. Wow! I am amazed at the lack of substance. This race is over. McCain will be elected and your freedoms will be protected yet again against your will.

    Both republicans have a history of turning the cannons on their own party. Your candidates? Never. That's the main reason your team will lose. The republican ticket is all about reform. And let's face it...this country needs reform. Our government is bloated. Both parties are out of control. Our governement is involved in far too much already....and I don't mean because of the war. I understand that smaller minds don't get the necessity for us to battle in Iraq. Putting that aside, we need to pair government back. All we're doing is producing welfare recipients.

    There are too many people in the wheel barrel and not enough pushing it. At some point, the American people will rise up against fools like you.... And I think we're approaching that point.... Hence America's love affair with the republican ticket. Americans don't want to become wards of the state. Our poorest people are some of the richest in the world. We need to help all our brothers and sisters. But please let's stop all the crying....

    Democrats just need to relax...Breath... Stop blaming others... And don't wait for the government to save you.... That's not what it's meant for.

    I love you all!