Originally Posted by drr47

Before we take Mrs Palin out in the town square and stone her, we should check the facts .
The Smear
Mayor Sarah Palin Banned Books and Fired the Librarian
A librarian accused former Mayor Palin of banning a list of books in 1996 in a blog post at Librarian.net [2].

Others, including the New York Times [8], claimed that Mayor Palin fired librarian, Mary Ellen Baker (aka Mary Ellen Emmons), president of the Alaska Library Association at the time.

Time Magazine furthered the smear in their article, "Mayor Palin: A Rough Record" [6]. Also, Obama's own website is furthering this fraudulent list [7].


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The Truth
Sarah Palin Never Fired The Librarian and The Banned Books List is Bogus [1]
The website where the original smear started, Librarian.Net [3], says the banned books list is bogus [2] and came from an old University list of banned books [5].
there appears to be no truth to the claim made by the commenter, and no further documentation or support for this has turned up.
The "banned books list" includes books that were published after 1996 (like Harry Potter).

The librarian, Mary Ellen Baker, was not fired but instead resigned [4] in 1999.

We ask Mr. Obama to denounce these smears and to remove them from his website immediately.

Sources:
[1] Main investigative work by Michelle Malkin
[2] Librarian.Net
[3] Librarian.Net Poster Jessamyn West
[4] Pacific Northwest Library Association Resignation announcement August 31, 1999
[5] Florida International
[6] Mayor Palin: A Rough Record Time Magazine article.
[7] Obama's website furthering the smear
[8] New York Times, Palin's Start in Alaska: Not Politics as Usual says "Ms. Plain fired Ms. Emmons shortly after taking office"
[9] Alaska Daily News article