The Stuff That Keeps Me Up

So, you know how Sarah Palin tried to censor her local library while mayor of Wasilla, Alaska? Well, here's ABC News' report on the matter, including a bit about at least one of the books were of the gay variety.

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Sep 12, 2008 · posted by Cord Jefferson, MollyGood · Link · 24 Responses
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Comments (24)

No. 1 southiejpd says:

fuck sarah palin

Posted: Sep 12, 2008 at 11:54 am
No. 2 ilnazhad says:

Bwahahahahahahahaha! Is that the wrong link again? So Freudian.

Posted: Sep 12, 2008 at 12:02 pm
No. 3 maria says:

So, I read an article in the Times about this and Palin's peeps insist this was a hypothetical (imaginary, theoretical) question, to which I say NO SHIT IT WAS BUT IT IS STILL VERY WRONG.
Palin: “suppose I would want to ban books that mention gay sex?”
Librarian: “well, have you ever read the constitution?”
Palin: “you’re fired”

Posted: Sep 12, 2008 at 12:10 pm
No. 4 Chelsea says:

Oh that's terrific maria. I've never theoretically asked about banning books, so I guess I'm not equipped to understand Palin's thinking.

Posted: Sep 12, 2008 at 12:14 pm
No. 5 TangerineSpeedo says:

Has Palin explained why the woman was fired two weeks after the hypothetical question was posed?

Posted: Sep 12, 2008 at 12:30 pm
No. 6 kittenpaw says:

How about this rhetorical question, "Sarah, what would you do if I kicked you in the vagina right now?"

Posted: Sep 12, 2008 at 12:40 pm
No. 7 Run-DMS says:

So, SP never asked that a book be taken of the shelves - she just posed a hypothetical question to a librarian. And FIRED the librarian shortly thereafter. And the librarian got reinstated but left less than 2 years later because working in SP's town with SP as mayor was a NIGHTMARE.
Hypothetically, Mrs. Palin, could I burn down your church and force your kids to watch a Margaret Cho marathon?
Just asking.

Posted: Sep 12, 2008 at 12:48 pm
No. 8 Run-DMS says:

*off the shelves*

Posted: Sep 12, 2008 at 12:49 pm
No. 9 maria says:

"kittenpaw, I'd ask that you not use the word "vagina" around my children, they aren't married and don't need to know about lady bits until their vows have been made in front of our Lord and Savior. Thank you."

Posted: Sep 12, 2008 at 12:57 pm
No. 10 kittenpaw says:

Should I have said "lady flower"?

Posted: Sep 12, 2008 at 12:59 pm
No. 11 JD says:

Hypothetically?!?

Is this like her attempt at trying to be Romney? Romney's thing when he got caught in his BS was that he meant it figuratively. Ex: Mitt Romney stated that he remembered his father marching with MLK during the Civil Rights Era. Called to task on the statement by the press, he quickly added "figuratively", as in: His father was with him in spirit.

Oh, by the way, the librarian was fired for 'not being a team player' or some such explaination I read in an article on Yahoo.

Looks like hypothetically is replacing figuratively now. Let me try it out…
Sarah Palin is an expert on Russia because it's close to Alaska. Hypothetically.

I'm not sure if this hypothetical BS is just pathetic or if its the new 'in bed' people say when they read fortune cookies.

Posted: Sep 12, 2008 at 1:03 pm
No. 12 Run-DMS says:

Hey, Mrs. Palin, what is your response if I ask you to roll up a wad of Assemblies of God pamphlets and shove them up your fat ass?
I'm just asking that rhetorically.

Posted: Sep 12, 2008 at 1:11 pm
No. 13 maria says:

Seriously she said "you know you can see Georgia from certain parts of alaska" OMFG.

Posted: Sep 12, 2008 at 1:11 pm
No. 14 sar says:

Agina-vay?

Posted: Sep 12, 2008 at 1:17 pm
No. 15 sar says:

maria? nuh uh?

Posted: Sep 12, 2008 at 1:17 pm
No. 16 maria says:

sar, from an interview:

Pressed about what insights into recent Russian actions she gained by living in Alaska, Palin answered: “They're our next door neighbors and you can actually see Russia from land here in Alaska, from an island in Alaska.”

Posted: Sep 12, 2008 at 1:26 pm
No. 17 kittenpaw says:

I've seen the moon so apparently I'm qualified to be an astronaut.

Posted: Sep 12, 2008 at 1:40 pm
No. 18 maria says:

Used to live near Mexico so clearly I'm qualified to pass immigration reform laws.

Posted: Sep 12, 2008 at 2:08 pm
No. 19 Stoney says:

I am hypothetically pissed at this video!!

Posted: Sep 12, 2008 at 2:28 pm
No. 20 Alice says:

I live in Texas. I think that means I'm a cowgirl … a reverse cowgirl … awww yeah!

Posted: Sep 12, 2008 at 2:43 pm
No. 21 say what? says:

And since I work with doctors, I could perform open heart surgery.

Alice, go on wit' yo' bad self!

Posted: Sep 12, 2008 at 3:28 pm
No. 22 snapnhiss says:

Funniest comment section I've ever read.

By the way, I actually said 'lady bits' in a conversation and the office laughed uproariously. I was just trying to be polite!

Posted: Sep 12, 2008 at 7:04 pm
No. 23 spottsy says:

I'm sure there are should be bigger things to worry about, but so far this (the idea of banning books) is the scariest idea I've seen coming from a candidate this election. I can't decide if it's too old-fashioned or too futuristic-scary, but either way it's blowing my mid.

Posted: Sep 13, 2008 at 1:42 am
No. 24 blah says:

If Sarah Palin wants to live in her little city of Footloose, Alaska and burn books all day, I think that Kevin Bacon should stop by hold a high school dance.

Posted: Sep 13, 2008 at 12:14 pm
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