http://donklephant.com/2008/08/31/from-miss-congeniality-to-sarah-barracuda-how-sarah-palin-changed-from-a-pro-tax-politician-to-a-ruthless-pol-1/The tax-cutting Miss Congeniality found a comfortable place alongside “Sarah Barracuda’s” tangling with her political opponents. Repeatedly, Palin has appeared single-minded, almost close-minded, in her decision-making. The librarian director Palin spared, Mary Ellen Emmons, recounted an uncomfortable discussion with Palin. Palin asked her if she “could live with censorship of library books.” Fortunately, censorship never happened. Palin said the conversation was only a “rhetorical” exercise.” Nevertheless, it is an “exercise” few politicians dare broach.
http://blackstarnews.com/?c=135&a=4835While to Stambaugh’s face she told him that he was doing “a wonderful job” and assured the police chief that she “was not going to fire him,” two weeks after the last assurance Stambaugh came into his office and found a letter telling him not to come back the next day.
So, too, did Wasilla Librarian Mary Ellen Emmons, who recoiled against Palin’s attempts at censoring books on the library’s shelves.