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Blah3 Feed —
... Not only that, but Greg at TPM-EC reports that Palin may belong to a group that wants Alaska to secede from the US - and at the very least, addressed their convention this year. ...
Remainders: Labor Day
Ben Smith's Blog —
... Lego dinosaur.
Howard Wolfson gets Obamamania.
Rove calls Biden a "doofus."
"What does the VP do all day?" meets the 3 AM ad.
Geraldine Ferraro is happy.
As Governor, Palin requested earmarks (it sort of comes with the territory).
Dave Barry likes moose.
Palin used to run a Ted Stevens 527.
Alaska really is another country, and doesn't sound bad.
Some Palin allies wish it really was.
And violence breaks out in St. Paul.
Worst Pick Ever?
The Anonymous Liberal —
... less severe than people had feared, it's likely that the rest of the convention can go on more or less as scheduled (and with the image of a competent government response replacing memories of Katrina). But perhaps more importantly, coverage of the storm eclipsed what might have been one of the worst days for a Vice Presidential candidate of all time. Let's review what we've learned about Sarah Palin today: -Her 17 year old daughter is pregnant. -She's a member of a fringe Alaskan separatist party. -She has lawyered up in response to ...
beyond the palin
skippy the bush kangaroo —
... * it emerged that palin has links to the bizarro alaska independence party, which harbors the goal of seceding from the union that mccain and palin seek to lead. ...
Hullabaloo — ... * It emerged that Palin has links to the bizarro Alaska Independence Party, which harbors the goal of seceding from the union that McCain and Palin seek to lead. ...
Palin & AIP - Is a Secessionist an appropos Veep?
Preemptive Karma —
... . Any suggestions that her AIP membership was but a youthful indisgression are dispelled by the fact that earlier this year she recorded a welcoming address for the 2008 AIP Convention. TPM has very good coverage of this. Posted by Kevin at September 2, 2008 08:10 AM
Tuesday Night Republican Convention Thread
TalkLeft —
... the court system and it stinks. . . . [More...] The fires of hell are frozen glaciers compared to my hatred for the American government. And I won't be buried under their damn flag. I'll be buried in Dawson. And when Alaska is an independent nation they can bring my bones home." The audio is located at the Oral History Program in the Rasmuson Library at the University of Alaska, Fairbanks. You can listen here. TPM has more on the Alaska Independence Party and Sarah Palin's reaching out to ...
Seccession first
democracyarsenal.org —
... As John McCain runs on one of the most jingoistic, xenophobic, and insulting slogans in the history of American politics - by claiming he will put "country first," while Barack Obama will presumably will not - it has been revealed that Sarah Palin was a supporter (or at least tacit supporter) of a party that calls for secession from the United States and her husband was a member of the party that called for ...
The Crackpiper Chronicles with Scott St. Clair - Part 4
HorsesAss.Org —
... , a political group that challenged Alaska’s statehood and wants to secede from the United States. I’m not sure how that’s any less “anti-American” than the things that Jeremiah Wright has said, but maybe Crackpiper can try to wrap his head around that one. ...
