Claim: Sarah Palin holds mainstream American values
Truth: Palin supports book banning, has a reputation in Alaska for using racial slurs, and many more questions about her are still unanswered

As mayor of Wassila, Palin asked about having books removed from the town's library, and tried to fire the town's librarian when she refused to comply. Here's one story from the Atlanta Journal Constitution:

WASILLA, Alaska — Back in 1996, when she first became mayor, Sarah Palin asked the city librarian if she would be all right with censoring library books should she be asked to do so.

According to news coverage at the time, the librarian said she would definitely not be all right with it. A few months later, the librarian, Mary Ellen Emmons, got a letter from Palin telling her she was going to be fired. The censorship issue was not mentioned as a reason for the firing. The letter just said the new mayor felt Emmons didn’t fully support her and had to go.

Emmons had been city librarian for seven years and was well liked. After a wave of public support for her, Palin relented and let Emmons keep her job.

Read the full story here: Here’s the story about Palin’s book-banning try as mayor  

Also, a recent article by an investigative reporter from Toronto contains some explosive accounts from people in Alaska who know Palin best:

“So Sambo beat the bitch!”

This is how Republican Vice Presidential nominee Sarah Palin described Barack Obama’s win over Hillary Clinton to political colleagues in a restaurant a few days after Obama locked up the Democratic Party presidential nomination.

According to Lucille, the waitress serving her table at the time and who asked that her last name not be used, Gov. Palin was eating lunch with five or six people when the subject of the Democrat’s primary battle came up. The governor, seemingly not caring that people at nearby tables would likely hear her, uttered the slur and then laughed loudly as her meal mates joined in appreciatively.

Read the full article here: Alaskans Speak (In A Frightened Whisper): Palin Is “Racist, Sexist, Vindictive, And Mean” 

(note, this article is written based mostly on anonymous sources, because many people in Alaska fear retribution if they speak openly. however, the reporter in question has a reputation for accuracy, so we trust his integrity. if evidence emerges that this article is inaccurate, we will let you know here.)