I’m thoroughly uninterested in Sarah Palin’s pregnant daughter. It shouldn’t be a campaign issue. Cynic that I am, I’ve entertained the theory that the kid is actually wearing a fake baby bump. If you didn’t grow up in the church or understand the mindset well, it may be hard to comprehend: this baby is gold to the McCain camp. Gold. They get sympathy for the attacks from the Left, which will also be spun as the Left wanting the girl to have an abortion, mark my words. More importantly, it’s got all the hallmarks of a feel-good Hallmark channel film. Young lovers, redemption, family togetherness, a wedding, love the sinner not the sin, blahblahblah.

Something that does worry me about Palin is the rumor that’s been swirling in library circles that she’s a book banner. I hadn’t seen (or to be honest looked for) any evidence of this until Jessamyn posted about it at librarian.net, with a link to a Time magazine article:

Stein says that as mayor, Palin continued to inject religious beliefs into her policy at times. “She asked the library how she could go about banning books,” he says, because some voters thought they had inappropriate language in them. “The librarian was aghast.” The librarian, Mary Ellen Baker, couldn’t be reached for comment, but news reports from the time show that Palin had threatened to fire her for not giving “full support” to the mayor.

I haven’t seen any official comment from the American Library Association, wonder what the First Librarian thinks of this?