"I could still snort you under the table."

Heh.

She fired the librarian who dared question her "rhetorical questions" about banning books.

I think she tried, but did not succeed. (And the librarian resigned a few years later.)

eta: We were both right.

The librarian, Mary Ellen Emmons, pledged to “resist all efforts at censorship,” Ms. Kilkenny recalled. Ms. Palin fired Ms. Emmons shortly after taking office but changed course after residents made a strong show of support. Ms. Emmons, who left her job and Wasilla a couple of years later, declined to comment for this article.

The question of whether or not someone was acting within their official capacity is one that takes up lots of space in the law books. You'd think it would be easy, but it's the lynch pin of these cases, so it's always a fight.

Yeah, but legal or not I think it would be clear to most people that it is wrong. (Not everyone, but I'll bet most.)

In front of an audience that included Gordon Ramsay

I hope Ramsay wasn't terribly offended. He's a delicate flower!

I hope Ramsay wasn't terribly offended. He's a delicate flower!

SNORT. Okay, Diet Coke up the nose-- very much with the stinging.

On Palin, and whether or not taking care of the children are an issue w/r/t carrying out the job: Why aren't people asking what her husband will do if she wins this job? I mean, if SP was Sam Palin, we'd assume the kiddos weren't a problem because the Mrs. would be overseeing their care, right?

That's my superficial thought for the day.

That, and I'll bet anyone folding money that Levi has a haircut by the time he gets on stage with his new family tonight.

On Palin, and whether or not taking care of the children are an issue w/r/t carrying out the job: Why aren't people asking what her husband will do if she wins this job?

Especially since, as far as I understand it, he's already the primary caregiver. And it's not like she wouldn't have significant support resources to call upon in the role, and a very ill-defined position to boot - as VP, she might be better placed than most people in America as far as taking care of her family goes.

I mean, I personally think she's appalling, and from the far outside a number of her choices seem highly questionable. But this idea that her family situation is ipso facto a bar to higher office is bullshit.

as VP, she might be better placed than most people in America as far as taking care of her family goes.

Hell, as VP, she'll have more free time than she's had in her whole career.

Hell, as VP, she'll have more free time than she's had in her whole career.

Well, at least until she figures out what the VP does.

That, and I'll bet anyone folding money that Levi has a haircut by the time he gets on stage with his new family tonight.

"I'm just here to help the ballclub."