Thursday, September 04, 2008

Palin pressured Wasilla librarian during first term--Anchorage Daily News

6 comments:

  1. Palin has also said that she supports the teaching of creationism (or "intelligent design"). As far as I can see, a vote for her is a vote that brings the world of Margaret Atwood's Gilead one step closer.

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  2. Anonymous5:46 PM

    Ya. She's not a leader, she's a dictator. Unfortunately that will appeal to a lot of little dictators out there.

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  3. Creationism in the classroom and Social Darwinism at large. Some will say that's heaven on earth.

    She cut 62 percent of the special ed budget in Alaska! What an advocate!

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  4. What scares me about Palin is that she does appeal to a certain female demographics - and if Obama's team underestimates her, it will be a mistake.

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  5. I couldn't agree more with all the comments here. It's more than a little scary.

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  6. I just read that Katherine Hall Jamieson from the Annenberg Public Policy Center has found out that Palin actually increased funding for special needs kids--a change in how the state classified items in its budget from one year to the next is what made it appear she'd cut the funding.

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