Palin tried to ban books as mayor

O.k., so we're starting to know what Sarah Palin stands for: she's extremely anti-choice - she doesn't support abortion rights in any situation, even in the case of rape or incest. She wants abstinence-only sex education (that worked out well for her family). She thinks public schools should teach creationism. She's against stem cell research. And she doesn't believe that humans contribute to global warming.

But now it's been revealed that as mayor of Wasilla, she tried to ban books from the public library, going so far as to threaten to fire the librarian. There's some dispute as to whether this story is true (the journalist got it from the man who lost the mayoral election to Palin), but she clearly plays hard ball.