Sarah Palin, Secessionist?
Oliver Willis — That’s not exactly “country first”, is it? Officials of the Alaskan Independence Party say that Palin was once so independent, she was once a member of their party, which since the 1970s has been pushing for a legal vote for Alaskans to decide whether or not residents of the 49th state can secede from the United States. And while McCain’s motto — as seen in a new TV ad — is ‘Country First,’ the AIP’s motto is the exact opposite — ‘Alaska First — Alaska Always.’ ...

Face It: They Didn't Vet Her
Talking Points Memo — ... . George says the McCainers are sending a "rapid response team of about ten operatives that includes lawyers" to do the aforementioned deeper vet. A lot of attention is being given to Gov. Palin's daughter's situation. The much bigger deal is the expanding trooper-gate investigation, the fact that Palin lied in her Friday speech about her purported opposition to the Bridge to Nowhere, her apparent former membership in the secessionist Alaska Independence Party, and more. Individually, you can come to your own judgment about how consequential these stories are. What they ...

Reports: McCain camp only starting to fully vet Palin now?
Hot Air » Top Picks — ... ? Why, I’ll bet Joe Biden’s never even spoken to Ted Stevens. Here’s the newest tidbit , straight out of the chute from ABC about a party Palin quit 12 years ago. Expect to hear the name “Robert Byrd” invoked tomorrow in the context of youthful political indiscretions subsequently forgiven by our progressive superiors. Exit question: Assuming, hypothetically, that I wanted to stop sniffing glue, this would be the wrong week for it, no? Update: ...

Palin And The Alaska Independence Party
The Atlantic Politics Channel — ... The AIP says that Gov. Sarah Palin used to be a member of the party. Earlier this year, Palin recorded a welcoming address to the AIP's convention. ...

ABC News Confirms That McCain's VP Pick Was AIP Member
Daily Kos — ABC News: Officials of the Alaskan Independence Party say that Palin was once so independent, she was once a member of their party, which since the 1970s has been pushing for a legal vote for Alaskans to decide whether or not residents of the 49th state can secede from the United States. And while McCain's motto -- as seen in a new TV ad -- is "Country First," the AIP's motto is the exact opposite -- "Alaska First -- Alaska Always." We've been exploring the AIP all day here, here and here.  Did Palin ...

Alaska First
Eschaton — Alaska First Not quite the same as McCain's Country First.

Members of "Fringe" Alaskan Independence Party Say Palin Was a Member in 90s
AMERICAblog News| A great nation deserves the truth — Cuckoo. And here's a quote from the founder of the party: "I'm an Alaskan, not an American. I've got no use for America or her damned institutions." - Joe Vogler ...

Sarah Palin Is Keyser Soze
pandagon.net - we are the public option — ... Sarah Palin was allegedly a part of a secessionist Alaskan party before she became a Republican.  She also was so independent of the Alaskan Republican culture of corruption that ...

Palin Once Member of Fringe Party
Taegan Goddard's Political Wire — Officials of the Alaskan Independence Party say that Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin (R) "was once a member of their party, which since the 1970s has been pushing for a legal vote for Alaskans to decide whether or not residents of the 49th state can secede from the United States," reports ABC News. ...

The Palin chronicles
Ben Smith's Blog — ... Just got off the flight to St. Paul to find, in my inbox: a second source confirming her past membership in a secession-minded fringe group; her ...

Palin the Secessionist?
Truthdig: Drilling Beneath the Headlines — ... during the holiday. On top of her husband’s D.U.I., her daughter’s teen pregnancy and her own state trooper issues, we now know about this bizarre nugget: Sarah Palin and her husband, according to the group’s chair, were once members of the Alaskan Independence Party, a political party that seeks a vote on Alaska’s secession from the union. ...

Ponylanche
The Poor Man Institute — ... The AIP says that Gov. Sarah Palin used to be a member of the party. Earlier this year, Palin recorded a welcoming address to the AIP’s convention. [...] ...

High crime report
The Sideshow — ... OK, if Palin was a member of a group that wants Alaska to succeed from America, I think that makes her officially anti-American, don't you? ...

Members of 'Fringe' Alaskan Independence Party Say Palin Was a Member in 90s
Democratic Underground Latest Breaking News — ... -- "Alaska First -- Alaska Always." Lynette Clark, the chairman of the AIP, tells ABC News that Palin and her husband Todd were members in 1994, even attending the 1994 statewide convention in Wasilla. Clark was AIP secretary at the time. "We are a state's rights party," says Clark, a self-employed goldminer. The AIP has "a plank that challenges the legality of the Alaskan statehood vote as illegal and in violation of United Nations charter and international law." Read more: http://blogs.abcnews.com/politicalpunch/2008/09/members...

Thomas Eagleton Watch II
Booman Tribune — ... is getting surreal. Sarah Palin's involvement with the secessionist Alaska Independence Party is just the latest punch in the stomach to a reeling Grand Old Party. She is a Buchananite who liked (and maybe voted for) ...

No More Mister Nice Blog — ... I don't have much to add to the ABC report that Sarah Palin was once a member of the Alaska Independence Party, which seeks a vote allowing Alaska to secede from the United States (remember, she and John McCain are using the slogan "Country First"), but I will note that, as ...

dupe please delete
Democratic Underground Latest Breaking News — ... its new running mate, Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin. Officials of the Alaskan Independence Party say that Palin was once so independent, she was once a member of their party, which, since the 1970s, has been pushing for a legal vote for Alaskans to decide whether or not residents of the 49th state can secede from the United States. And while McCain's motto -- as seen in a new TV ad -- is "Country First," the AIP's motto is the exact opposite -- "Alaska First -- Alaska Always." Read more: http://blogs.abcnews.com/politicalpunch/2008/09/members...

Sarah Reb
Jesus' General — ... in order to solidify the confederate vote. Yes, it is true. Sarah Palin hates America with a John Wilkes Booth kind of fervor. Huzzah for the Confederacy! ...

Links for 2008-09-01 [del.icio.us]
FullosseousFlap's Dental Blog — ... 17-year-old daughter is pregnant, the father is her boyfriend, and it's really nobody's business beyond that. Bristol Palin's pregnancy was an open secret back home #palin He's a superhunky bad-boy ice hockey player from cold country; she's a chestnut-haired beauty and popular high school senior. Doe-eyed Bristol Palin, 17, and ruggedly handsome Levi Johnston, 18, have been dating for about a year, locals in their hometown Political Punch - Members of 'Fringe' Alaskan Independence Party Say Palin Was a Member in 90s ...

Curiouser And Curiouser
Obsidian Wings — ... Just got off the flight to St. Paul to find, in my inbox: a second source confirming her past membership in a secession-minded fringe group, her ...

Sarah Palin: The Non-American Vice President that America Has Been Waiting For
Lawyers, Guns and Money — If this is true, my governor is a full-blown lunatic. Officials of the Alaskan Independence Party say that Palin was once so independent, she was once a member of their party, which, since the 1970s, has been pushing for a legal vote for Alaskans to decide whether or not residents of the 49th state can secede from the United States. And while McCain's motto -- as seen in a new TV ad -- is "Country First," the AIP's motto is the exact opposite -- "Alaska First -- Alaska Always." Lynette Clark, the chairman of the AIP, tells ABC News that ...

America Last? Sarah Palin Once A Member of the Alaskan Independence Party
Firedoglake — ... Alaskan Independence Party Ouch. ABC Political punch on Palin's unAmerican past: Officials of the Alaskan Independence Party say that Palin was once so independent, she was once a member of their party, ...

Meltdown
Shakesville — ... • Palin was a member as recently as 1996 of the Alaskan Independence Party, "which, since the 1970s, has been pushing for a legal vote for Alaskans to decide whether or not residents of the 49th state can secede from the United States" and has as its motto "Alaska First – Alaska Always." ...

Amygdala — AMERICA SECOND. Alaska is rich in natural resources, including humor: Officials of the Alaskan Independence Party say that Palin was once so independent, she was once a member of their party, which, since the 1970s, has been pushing for a legal vote for Alaskans to decide whether or not residents of the 49th state can secede from the United States. And while McCain's motto -- as seen in a new TV ad -- is "Country First," the AIP's motto is the exact opposite -- "Alaska First -- Alaska Always." Lynette Clark, the chairman of the ...

Curiouser and Curiouser
Political Animal — ... in Politico: "I can't remember the last introduction to the national scene this rocky, and it gets worse every hour -- and even before the investigative reporters have settled in to Anchorage. Just got off the flight to St. Paul to find, in my inbox: a second source confirming her past membership in a secession-minded fringe group, her ...

Just One Day at Memeorandum: Any Questions About Media Bias?
Stop The ACLU — ... Members of ‘Fringe’ Alaskan Independence Party Say Palin Was a Member in 90s — The campaign of Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., likes to herald the independence of its new running mate, Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin. — Officials of the Alaskan Independence Party say that Palin was once so independent … Elisabeth Bumiller / ...

Rove: Bush Had Foreign Policy Experience Because Texas Is Near Mexico
News Hounds — ... ; a group that advocates for a referendum on whether or not Alaska should secede from the United States claims her as a former member (talk about not loving your country!). And as ...

The Party of Lincoln
Rising Hegemon — Finally comes full circle and nominates a secessionist. Confirmed: Palin was member of the "Alaska Independence Party". No, USA! No, USA! No, USA!

links for 2008-09-02
FullosseousFlap's Dental Blog — ... (tags: sarah_palin mccain) Political Punch - Members of 'Fringe' Alaskan Independence Party Say Palin Was a Member in 90s Officials of the Alaskan Independence Party say that Palin was once so independent, she was once a ...

Palin Hearts Alaskan Successionists
Taylor Marsh — BY TAYLOR MARSH Let’s hear it for succession: And while McCain’s motto -- as seen in a new TV ad -- is "Country First," the AIP’s motto is the exact opposite -- ...

Mainstreaming the far right fringe
Newshoggers.com — ... And now we find out that Governor Palin was a member of a seccessionist party and even after becoming governor, sent well wishes to their most recent convention.  Wow.  Even the Republicans during national elections try to downplay their affinity towards dead white seccessionists.  This is definately fringy.  ...

Alaska Independence Party And Palin, Part Deux
Pirate's Cove — ... So the Nutroots wants tells us that Obama’s long, long, long term associations with people such as convicted slum lord felon Tony Rezko, racist American haters such as Jeremiah Wright and Father Phlegar, domestic terrorist William Ayers, etc and so on, do not matter. Associations that Obama has thrown under the bus (sort of), so, they are old news, and we should move on from those distractions. But, the Nutroots is making big hay over Palin’s AIP links. What are they? ...

Alaska Independence Party And Palin, Part Deux
Stop The ACLU — So the Nutroots wants tells us that Obama’s long, long, long term associations with people such as convicted slum lord felon Tony Rezko, racist American haters such as Jeremiah Wright and Father Phlegar, domestic terrorist William Ayers, etc and so on, do not matter. Associations that Obama has thrown under the bus (sort of), so, they are old news, and we should move on from those distractions. But, the Nutroots is making big hay over Palin’s AIP links. What are they? Lynette Clark, the chairman of the AIP, tells ABC News that Palin and her husband Todd were members in 1994, ...

Alaska Independence?
Matthew Yglesias — ... It seems that Sarah Palin is a former member of some sort of an Alaska secessionist movement known as the Alaska Independence Party and went so far as to send them a nice video: ...

Day By Day by Chris Muir September 2, 2008 “Democrats - What You Say and What You Do?”
FullosseousFlap's Dental Blog — ... The Democrats as they attack Sarah Palin on gender issues will drive more women voters to the GOP. So, bring it on! The move to demonize Palin as some right-wing Anti-American nut job is laughable - but very typical of the LEFT. There is even a pool started by some nutters about Palin dropping out from the race. Sorry, despite the Left’s desperation, Sarah Palin will be the next Vice President. ...

Palin and McCain’s Judgment
PoliBlog: A Rough Draft of my Thoughts — ... a DUI 22 years ago by Palin’s husband strikes me as wholly irrelevant. The membership in the Alaska Independence Party is probably not a big deal, but it is the kind of thing that will allow opponents to paint her as “kooky” or odd in some way. That is relevant because if there is any hope that the Palin pick will help McCain appeal to moderates or disaffected Hillary votes, then this kind of thing doesn’t help. and indeed is probably damaging. Jake Tapper at ABC’s Political Punch notes the following about the AIP: ...

Sarah Palin and the fringe Alaskan group
The Swamp — ... Jake Tapper at ABC News "Political Punch" blog, has about as informative a posting as I've read on the subject so I pass it along. ...

It Keeps Getting Worse
The Daily Dish | By Andrew Sullivan — ... Just got off the flight to St. Paul to find, in my inbox: a second source confirming her past membership in a secession-minded fringe group, her ...

Alaska First, Alaska Always
The Daily Dish | By Andrew Sullivan — ... , founder of the Alaskan Independence Party. Sarah Palin and her husband are said to have been members from 1994 to 1996.  From the political party's ...

Hullabaloo — ... , a discovery request which may make sense in a grand jury but not in an independent legislative investigation. ABC is on the case of the Alaska Independence Party, which is kind of a big deal - a secessionist group which possibly has ties to separatist militias. The earmark story has ...

McCain campaign: Palin a Republican since 1982
Hot Air » Top Picks — ... It seems one reporter actually reported the story, while Bumiller made up her own. … And Bumiller writes that Governor Palin “was a member for two years in the 1990s of the Alaska Independence Party.” Not true, and unsourced. Governor Palin has been a registered Republican since 1982. I’m not aware that Bumiller reported on this story, but she’s not the only one who did so.  Jake Tapper, generally regarded as a balanced and careful political reporter, also reported on the story yesterday .  Lynnette Clark, an AIP official, went on record with ABC at least to make this ...

Sarah Palin And The Alaska Independence Party
Say Anything — ... News about Sarah Palin’s involvement in the Alaska Independence Party has broken, and as you might expect the anti-Republican hordes are now trying to use it to paint her as some sort of a fringe lunatic. ...

Red Neck Nation
DownWithTyranny! — ... his red neck semen would impregnate some foolish and equally ignorant girl whose parents had let her down by keeping her in ideologoly-based-darkness. Ironic that it was the governor's own daughter. Fitting. More fitting is that what Cafferty calls a party in the and of make believe has turned itself, willfully into the party of the Red Neck Nation, one that feels perfectly comfortable nominating someone with bizarre, far from the mainstream views who was advocating that her state secede from the Union a few years ago. Forget about Willow and Track and Sarah and Levi and all ...

Accusations that Sarah Palin Was a Member of the Alaska Independence Party Are False
Stop The ACLU — ... yesterday’s disclosures “called into question” how thoroughly Governor Palin had been vetted. Why the discrepancy? It seems one reporter actually reported the story, while Bumiller made up her own. … And Bumiller writes that Governor Palin “was a member for two years in the 1990s of the Alaska Independence Party.” Not true, and unsourced. Governor Palin has been a registered Republican since 1982. The source given by moonbat commenters here was ABC’s Jake Tapper. Well, he’s got a follow-up they should read. A day after ABC News requested a response from Palin as to whether ...

Forget the Baby. There's Too Much Else!
MoJo Blog Posts: mojo — ... And then there's this insane secessionist story, which I hope you're familiar with. Reportedly, Sarah Palin and her husband were members of the Alaska Independence Party, which seeks a vote on making Alaska an independent nation, in the mid-1990s. Here's ABC: ...

The Alaska Independence Party
Political Animal — ... from last night, Palin's association with the Alaska Independence Party might be the most politically detrimental. It's practically impossible to make a "Country First" argument when your running mate is affiliated with a political party that puts country second . Officials of the Alaskan Independence Party say that Palin was once so independent, she was once a member of their party, which since the 1970s has been pushing for a legal vote for Alaskans to decide whether or not residents of the 49th state can secede from the United States. And while McCain's motto -- as seen ...

Another Gov. Palin urban legend doused: she was not a member of the Alaskan Independence Party
Southern Appeal — ... showing that Palin has been a registered Republican since 1982. Jake Tapper has updated his post on Palin and the AIP with this response from the McCain campaign: [McCain spokesman Brian] Rogers says the McCain campaign provided ABC News with all the voter registration information that exists. Rogers says that Palin didn’t attend the AIP convention in 1994, “but she visited them when they had their convention in Wasilla in 2000 as a courtesy since she was mayor.” He would not comment as to why AIP officials are so convinced Palin was a member of their party. When asked if ...

McCain’s Bad Judgment: How In The Hell Could He Miss All Of This?!?
Firedoglake — ...  yesterday.  We also ascertained that she was a member of an Alaska secessionist party?  Yep, that's who you want on the Republican ticket, someone who doesn't actually want to be an American.   ...

Palin Was Not a Member of the Alaskan Independence Party
Weekly Standard Blog — In response to accusations that in the 1990s Sarah Palin was a member of the Alaskan Independence Party - a third party that seeks a vote on making Alaska a sovereign state - the McCain campaign has provided records showing that Palin has been a registered Republican since 1982. Jake Tapper has updated his post on Palin and the AIP with this response from the McCain campaign: [McCain spokesman Brian] Rogers says the McCain campaign provided ABC News with all the voter registration information that exists. Rogers says that ...

Accusations that Sarah Palin Was a Member of the Alaska Independence Party Are False
NewsBusters.org - Exposing Liberal Media Bias — ... “called into question” how thoroughly Governor Palin had been vetted. Why the discrepancy? It seems one reporter actually reported the story, while Bumiller made up her own. … And Bumiller writes that Governor Palin “was a member for two years in the 1990s of the Alaska Independence Party.” Not true, and unsourced. Governor Palin has been a registered Republican since 1982. The source given by commenters here was ABC’s Jake Tapper. Well, he’s got a follow-up they should read. A day after ABC News requested a response ...

This AIP Stuff
The Corner on National Review Online — ... ] About this allegation that Palin was a member of the Alaska Independence Party. At first I thought it was a big deal or at least a potential big deal. But, upon inspection it seems much less serious. For starters, it seems she was never a member. She's been a registered Republican since 1982. Okay, but lots of people are making a big deal about her address to the party convention. Okay, so I checked out the ...

Today on Doing Time - Tuesday September 2nd, 2008
The Latest on Air America — ... the media and by Air America . So far we all know her teenage daughter is pregnant . We’ll talk about what this will do to the Palin image in the right wing, and ask what topics are fair game for campaigning and what are off limits? Should we ignore her family issues? We also know that Palin loves pork, and is great at snagging it for her hometown. She doesn’t believe global warming is caused by human activity, she used to want Alaska to secede from the USA and she thinks the founding fathers authored the pledge of ...

Media Starts Asking If Palin Should Leave Ticket
Crooks and Liars — ... Times story on the Sarah Palin (R) insanity today was this sentence: Gov. Mark Sanford of South Carolina said that he had heard no discussion about removing Ms. Palin from the ticket. Sometimes, it’s the questions being asked that are more important than the answers. Expect the drumbeat to get louder as the media starts doing the vetting the McCain campaign didn’t bother to do.  Certainly, membership in a secessionist party doesn’t help.  Marc Ambinder: ...

9/2: Scrutinizing Sarah
Blogometer — ... about Palin and are portraying her as a disastrous VP pick which highlights John McCain 's impulsiveness and poor judgment. Liberal bloggers are devoting particular attention to the revelation that Palin was previously a member of the Alaskan Independence Party (AIP) , an organization whose ...

Todd Palin Was Registered Member of Alaska Independence Party Until 2002
TPMMuckraker — ... The McCain camp today disputed rumors that presumptive vice presidential nominee Sarah Palin was ever registered with the secessionist Alaska Independence Party by releasing years of voter registration history . . . but it looks like that doesn't apply to her husband. ...

No More Excuses Available For Not Having A Republican Party Convention
DownWithTyranny! — ... Eventually these people are going to find out that his selection for a running mate, was a member of a fringe group of exrtremists advocating Alaskan secession, that despite her scripted anti-earmarks statements now that she's on the Straight Talk Express, she was a virtual ...

Todd Palin was a member of the secessionist Alaska Independence Party
The Latest on Air America — ... The McCain camp today disputed rumors that presumptive vice presidential nominee Sarah Palin was ever registered with the secessionist Alaska Independence Party by releasing years of voter registration history . . . but it looks like that doesn't apply to her husband. ...

Gov. Palin earns “C” grade from Governing Magazine
HorsesAss.Org — ... Sarah Palin is little more than a governor of a national park, whose petro-dollar based economy is more akin to that of Nigeria or Venezuela than to that of Washington state.  And given her well established secessionist leanings, the bulk of her foreign policy experience could only come from her dealings with the other 49 United States. ...

Secessionist Palin Story: McCain Camp Pushes Back
The Huffington Post | Full News Feed — Last night, ABC's Jake Tapper reported that officials of a fringe Alaska party once counted Sarah Palin as a member: Officials of the Alaskan Independence Party say that Palin was once so independent, she was once a member of their party, which, since the 1970s, has been pushing for a legal vote for Alaskans to decide whether or not residents of the 49th state can secede from the United States. And while McCain's motto -- as seen in a new TV ad -- is "Country First," the AIP's motto is the exact opposite -- "Alaska First -- Alaska ...

Key Source for Palin's Connection to Alaskan Independence Party Backs Off Account
MoJo Blog Posts: mojo — ... In the past few days, during Sarah Palin's rough introduction to the American public, it has been reported (first by ABC News) that Palin, the governor of Alaska tapped by John McCain to be his running mate, was once a member of the Alaska Independence Party (AIP). This minor third party advocates for the secession of Alaska from the United States. It is affiliated with the Constitution Party, which supports the reign of Biblical common law. If Palin has indeed been an AIP true-believer, it would be rather curious: she would be a vice presidential candidate who ...

AIP: We Were Wrong, Sarah Was Never a Member. . . But Todd Was
TPMMuckraker — ... Retracting past statements, the chair of the secessionist Alaska Independence Party told TPMmuckraker that they were mistaken in stating that Sarah Palin was once a member of their party -- but that her husband Todd, was. ...

Palin And The AIP: Update
Obsidian Wings — ... by hilzoy While I was out this afternoon, the McCain campaign released records showing that Sarah Palin was not registered as a member of the Alaska Independence Party, though TPM Muckraker found that her husband was. Now the main source for the story that Sarah Palin was a party member is backing off his earlier claims: "Dexter Clark, husband of Lynette and a vice chairman of the Alaska Independence Party, said that when his wife told reporters that Palin had been an AIP member she was "acting on information from Mark Chryson," ...

Media, New And Old, Vet Palin, Do McCain's Job For Him
The Huffington Post | Full News Feed — ... In fact, Palin's continued membership in the Republican Party, records of which Rogers attached, do not preclude her participation in an Alaska secession movement and there have been a number of members of the Alaska Independence Party who have told reporters that Palin attended the 1994 AIP convention. As ABC correspondent Jake Tapper blogged, "while McCain's motto -- as seen in a new TV ad -- is 'Country First,' the AIP's motto is the exact opposite - 'Alaska First -- Alaska Always'." ...

Palin And The AIP: Update
Political Animal — Palin And The AIP: Update While I was out this afternoon, the McCain campaign released records showing that Sarah Palin was not registered as a member of the Alaska Independence Party, though TPM Muckraker found that her husband was. Now the main source for the story that Sarah Palin was a party member is backing off his earlier claims: "Dexter Clark, husband of Lynette and a vice chairman of the Alaska Independence Party, said that when his wife told reporters that Palin had been an AIP member she was "acting on information from Mark Chryson," the party's ...

America Last? Sarah Palin Once A Member of the Alaskan Independence Party
The Hollywood Liberal — ... Palin used to belong to a party whose motto is “Alaska First — Alaska Always.” Ouch. ABC Political punch on Palin’s unAmerican past: It was in 1994, mind you, 14 years ago, but still. Wonder if the vetters managed to miss this, too. It’s not like ...

McCain's AIP Defense Raises More Questions
Daily Kos — ... The McCain campaign, trying to swiftly bury this under the rug as Palin is set to take the stage tonight, claims that Palin never attended the group's 1994 convention.  But they did reveal that she did attend their 2000 Convention, as a "courtesy." Attending a separatist convention out of courtesy? More on that later today. ...

9/3: Criticizing The Criticism
Blogometer — ... . Meanwhile, liberal bloggers continue to investigate Palin's ties to the secessionist Alaskan Independence Party (AIP). Many bloggers are noting that ...

Wednesday Mostly Palin Bashing
Discourse.net — ... people who voted for Sen. John Kerry in 2004 would be accepted to heaven; charged that the 9/11 terrorist attacks and war in Iraq were part of a war “contending for your faith;” and said that Jesus ‘operated from that position of war mode.’”) Political Animal, Post hoc vetting Emptywheel, Firedoglake, Notice What’s Missing from this Thorough List of Vetting Discovery? Jake Tapper, ABC News, Members of ‘Fringe’ Alaskan Independence Party Say Palin Was a Member in 90s & ...

9/8: Game-Changer
Blogometer — ... the Palin phenomenon. Several bloggers are emphasizing that Palin is "a formidable opponent" whom "we must take seriously" , while others are arguing that the liberal blogosphere "is taking her too seriously" and that it needs to focus more on McCain. And to the extent that the netroots are focusing on Palin, they've yet to settle on a single line of attack. Last week liberal bloggers were focusing on Palin's ties to the secessionist Alaskan Independence Party ; now they're focusing on the Troopergate scandal . Will ...

Sarah Palin:  Palling Around With John McCain
Daily Kos — ... but we do know this: Sarah Palin probably attended the AIP convention 1994, the McCain campaign admits she attended in 2000, and as governor, Palin taped a welcoming message to them in 2006, ...