Ben Boychuk, who wrote this piece on Palin and censorship, e-mails in response to the New York Times story that (among other things) lamely works to keep the story alive:

Good grief, is that NY Times piece ever thin. Notice the non sequitur, with the Times trying to link library patrons lining out or defacing books with Palin’s concerns about certain books. Again, she never banned anything. (I guess I’ll be beating that drum for the next couple of months — and perhaps the next few years.) She obviously didn’t have much if any enthusiasm to do anything about “inappropriate” books, beyond asking questions. For some people — usually the same people with “Question Authority” bumperstickers on their Priuses — asking the question is the problem. Another thing about that Times story that conservatives ought to stress harder. We shouldn’t have any concern with politicians firing bureaucrats. Matter of fact, we should be all in favor of it. We should celebrate it. I’m not saying we celebrate the sort of spoils system that still thrives in Illinois. But we should make clear that elected officials are accountable to voters, bureaucrats are not. And by the way, that includes librarians.