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ORIGINAL: FirmhandKY
Yeah, sure. Go ahead and ask her.

She was fired because she opposed Palin on the consolidation of the library and the museum, and was generally disruptive and non-supportive of the Mayor's office, not because she was asked to ban books and declined.

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ORIGINAL: tazzygirl

The librarian was quite clear in the link offered by Firm... she was challenging the librarian on issues of censorship, repeatedly asking the librarian what would she do if it came up... was an interesting read, and actually cleared up those muddy waters for me. The librarian felt she was being... pushed... to go against what she knew was right.

Thnk you Firm, for showing me that link. it certainly proves that Palin cannot be trusted.

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ORIGINAL: tazzygirl

speaking as an ob nurse... what a freakin idiot!!

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ORIGINAL: harddaddy4u
The mere fact that you libs keep trying to attack Sarah Palin, long after she simply QUIT being governor of Alaska, shows how empty you all are.

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ORIGINAL: tazzygirl

speaking as an ob nurse... what a freakin idiot!!

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ORIGINAL: Cagey18
Here's a hilarious flowchart showing the Palin thought process...

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"That's not part of their platform and he was only a 'member' bc independent alaskans too often check that 'Alaska Independent' box on voter registrations thinking it just means non partisan," Palin wrote. "He caught his error when changing our address and checked the right box. I still want it fixed."

Palin was attempting to bend the facts ever so slightly to fit neatly into her version of events. In truth, the box that Alaskans have the option of checking when registering to vote states the full name of the party, "Alaskan Independence Party," not "Alaska Independent," which would make an error by uncommitted voters more plausible.

Clearly irritated by what he saw as Palin's attempt to mislead her own campaign and apparently determined to demonstrate that the ultimate authority rested with him, Schmidt put the matter to rest once and for all with a longer response to everyone in the e-mail chain.

"Secession," he wrote. "It is their entire reason for existence. A cursory examination of the website shows that the party exists for the purpose of seceding from the union. That is the stated goal on the front page of the web site. Our records indicate that todd was a member for seven years. If this is incorrect then we need to understand the discrepancy. The statement you are suggesting be released would be innaccurate. The innaccuracy would bring greater media attention to this matter and be a distraction. According to your staff there have been no media inquiries into this and you received no questions about it during your interviews. If you are asked about it you should smile and say many alaskans who love their country join the party because it speeks to a tradition of political independence. Todd loves his country

We will not put out a statement and inflame this and create a situation where john has to adress this."

Schmidt's rebuttal to Palin's suggestion that reporters had asked her about the issue was particularly blunt in that it implicitly questioned her truthfulness. Furthermore, his unwillingness to budge an inch on the matter was a remarkable assertion of his power to pull rank over the candidate herself.

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ORIGINAL: tazzygirl

Last i heard, she has yet to say she wont run for office in 2012. We can only assume she will be crazy enough, after all she has done already, to actually try and run again. and nashville is a long way from alaska.

Amazing how GOP backers will pat a silly woman on the head, tell her she is still cute and viable as a potential nominee while overlooking her stupidity. tsk tsk... try again.

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Carney confronted Mayor Palin at a City Council hearing, and was shocked by her response.

"I braced her about it," he said. "I told her it was against the law to make such a large expenditure without the council taking a vote. She said, 'I'm the mayor, I can do whatever I want until the courts tell me I can't.'"

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ORIGINAL: DomKen

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ORIGINAL: FirmhandKY
1. She withdrew state funding for rape kits (or, alternatively, decided to charge the raped women for the kits).

Actually state funds were not available while she was mayor of Wasila and she removed the line item in the city budget that paid for rape kits.
http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/09/21/palin.rape.exams/

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ORIGINAL: DomKen

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3. She wants only abstinence education, and no other sex education.

Actually when she ran for Governor in 2006 she did say she would support only abstinence only ed in public schools.
http://eagleforumalaska.blogspot.com/2008/09/2006-gubernatorial-candidate.html

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ORIGINAL: DomKen

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5. She believes that the Iraq war was directed by God.

She actually called it a 'task from God.' Seems like the same thing to me but I expect your usual semantic games.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i2ypVSYoEKA

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ORIGINAL: DomKen

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6. She said that dinosaurs walked the earth 4k years ago.

She's been cagey about stating her beliefs, SOP for creationists who want to be taken seriously on the national stage. But she did say she wanted creationism taught in public schools during her campaign for governor.
http://chronicle.com/blogs/election/2391/palin-believes-in-biblical-creation-but-hasnt-forced-it-into-the-curriculum

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But Wasilla stood out. Tara Henry, a forensic nurse who has been treating rape victims across Alaska for the last 12 years, told CNN that opposition to Croft's bill from Wasilla Police Chief Charlie Fannon was memorable.

"Several municipal law enforcement agencies in the state did have trouble budgeting and paying for the evidence collection for sexual assault victims," Henry said. "What I recall is that the chief of police in the Wasilla police department seemed to be the most vocal about how it was going to affect their budget."

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ORIGINAL: tazzygirl

Out of all the sources on line.. all the questionable blog sites.. all the note worthy news reports... the following strikes me as extremely accurate... not because its from a politician, a news reporter, but because its from someone who has nothing to gain by telling a lie.

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But Wasilla stood out. Tara Henry, a forensic nurse who has been treating rape victims across Alaska for the last 12 years, told CNN that opposition to Croft's bill from Wasilla Police Chief Charlie Fannon was memorable.

"Several municipal law enforcement agencies in the state did have trouble budgeting and paying for the evidence collection for sexual assault victims," Henry said. "What I recall is that the chief of police in the Wasilla police department seemed to be the most vocal about how it was going to affect their budget."

comments?

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ORIGINAL: ThatDamnedPanda

Well, looks like the other kids have pretty much shot down most of those points while I was out runnung errands, so I'll just address the only one nobody else has torpedoed - #5, the one about the Alaskan Independence Party. I've never seen anyone here state that she was a member, although perhaps I simply missed it. What is true is that her husband, Todd, was a member for 7 years, and that she taped a recorded greeting for the party at their 2008 convention. In the interest of killing 2 birds with 1 stone, I cite as my source this article, detailing a series of incidents in which John McCain's chief campaign strategist, Steve Schmidt sent her an e-mail basically telling her to stop asking him to lie for her.

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"That's not part of their platform and he was only a 'member' bc independent alaskans too often check that 'Alaska Independent' box on voter registrations thinking it just means non partisan," Palin wrote. "He caught his error when changing our address and checked the right box. I still want it fixed."

Palin was attempting to bend the facts ever so slightly to fit neatly into her version of events. In truth, the box that Alaskans have the option of checking when registering to vote states the full name of the party, "Alaskan Independence Party," not "Alaska Independent," which would make an error by uncommitted voters more plausible.

Clearly irritated by what he saw as Palin's attempt to mislead her own campaign and apparently determined to demonstrate that the ultimate authority rested with him, Schmidt put the matter to rest once and for all with a longer response to everyone in the e-mail chain.

"Secession," he wrote. "It is their entire reason for existence. A cursory examination of the website shows that the party exists for the purpose of seceding from the union. That is the stated goal on the front page of the web site. Our records indicate that todd was a member for seven years. If this is incorrect then we need to understand the discrepancy. The statement you are suggesting be released would be innaccurate. The innaccuracy would bring greater media attention to this matter and be a distraction. According to your staff there have been no media inquiries into this and you received no questions about it during your interviews. If you are asked about it you should smile and say many alaskans who love their country join the party because it speeks to a tradition of political independence. Todd loves his country

We will not put out a statement and inflame this and create a situation where john has to adress this."

Schmidt's rebuttal to Palin's suggestion that reporters had asked her about the issue was particularly blunt in that it implicitly questioned her truthfulness. Furthermore, his unwillingness to budge an inch on the matter was a remarkable assertion of his power to pull rank over the candidate herself.

"I won't lie for you, Sarah"

That's "plain-spoken Sarah" for you, in her own words. Not a soundbite, not some out-of-context anecdote massaged by a spin doctor - that's Sarah Palin, lying to McCain's campaign staff and asking them to lie on her behalf. About her husband's membership in a political party that advocates secession from the  United States, and her own (albeit limited) support for that party.

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ORIGINAL: tazzygirl

LOL

Oh dont i know. But, as you saw from Panda's post, she may still be crazy enough to try. According to someone she worked with when she was mayor...

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Carney confronted Mayor Palin at a City Council hearing, and was shocked by her response.

"I braced her about it," he said. "I told her it was against the law to make such a large expenditure without the council taking a vote. She said, 'I'm the mayor, I can do whatever I want until the courts tell me I can't.'"

http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2008/09/17/palin_mayor/

Obviously, her arrogance knows no boundaries.