People have been hounded to resignation over things very much like this - and less wideranging but similar in character - in Germany or Britain.
Not everytime, mind.
Palin isn't running in Germany or Britain. Now, if Obama wants to use more European sensibilities, that's fine.
sorry, I didn't know banning books was an American sensibility.
Sorry, asking questions about is. BTW, even some the Democrats here have talked about some limitations, and certainly support age appropriate ones.
I don't think anyone rational would object to putting certain books in an "adults only" section, but that's not the issue here.