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weeklystandard.com - 9/2/2008
Was Sarah Palin a Buchananite?
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Christopher Hayes, an editor at The Nation and adoring fan of Rev. Jeremiah Wright , claims that Sarah Palin was a Buchananite based on an AP report that Palin wore a Buchanan button to a Buchanan campaign event in 1999 in the town of Wasilla where she was then mayor. This news led to ...

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Southern Appeal:  Another Gov. Palin urban legend doused: she was not a member of the Alaskan Independence Party

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Another Gov. Palin urban legend doused: she was not a member of the Alaskan Independence Party
Southern Appeal — ... 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 Palin ever identified herself as a member of the AIP, Rogers said, “No, she’s a lifelong Republican.” Given that Pat Buchanan’s claim that Palin was a “brigader” for him has been proven ...

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