Separated by mere reality

2008 September 2

by thudfactor

A friend says Sarah Palin reminds her of Professor Umbridge from the Harry Potter books.

Considering that she once asked a librarian how to go about banning books, I can see her point.

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2008 September 2

PamelaMartin permalink

See? See? Eerily similar! Illegitimate teenage love child or alien abduction- you decide in November America!

2008 September 2

Mikey G permalink

Who’s side would I be on if I chose alien abduction?

2008 September 2

Nimrod Gently permalink

I would vote for Imelda Staunton.

2008 September 2

Chrissy permalink

Interestingly, Imelda Staunton was in a movie called Vera Drake. I haven’t seen it. Wonder if Palin has. She should.

2008 September 4

lasloo permalink

I actually think Palin is pretty hot looking. Yeah, she looks like a librarian, but less like Umbridge and more like someone in one of those librarian storylines on late night Cinemax movies! :)

Also, we probably shouldn’t be posting unsubstantiated rumors made from an adversary about what sounds like a side comment. I’m not saying that it isn’t true, it may be. But I don’t really think it substantive.

2008 September 4

thudfactor permalink

I think she acts more like Umbridge than looks. As far as the unsubstantiated rumors from one disgruntled person are concerned, there are plenty of witnesses:

Shortly after becoming mayor, former city officials and Wasilla residents said, Ms. Palin approached the town librarian about the possibility of banning some books, though she never followed through and it was unclear which books or passages were in question.

Ann Kilkenny, a Democrat who said she attended every City Council meeting in Ms. Palin’s first year in office, said Ms. Palin brought up the idea of banning some books at one meeting. “They were somehow morally or socially objectionable to her,” Ms. Kilkenny said.

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.

In 1996, Ms. Palin suggested to the local paper, The Frontiersman, that the conversations about banning books were “rhetorical.” [ Palin's Start in Alaska ]