Tuesday, September 09, 2008

Palin Asked About Banning Books

Palin needs to be vetted as Obama was vetted. The right wing extremists are still trying to say Obama is a Muslim terrorist and that he wasn't born in the U.S. among other things. She needs her due.
The Palin-McCain ticket is spinning this. Ms. Mooseburger asked what the process was or if books could be banned. Read Snopes. No, she didn't ban any but she seemed interested. 
CNN: “This is categorically false. The fact is that as Mayor, Palin never asked anyone to ban a book and not one book was ever banned, period,” McCain campaign spokesman Brian Rogers said, directing reporters to campaign research "debunking this smear."

Watchdog Web site snopes.com has also debunked an e-mail that purports to include a list of books Palin tried to ban – several of which were not even published in 1996, when the message says her attempt took place. Factcheck.org also published a lengthy list of rumors they had found to be false under the headline "Sliming Palin."