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The Huffington Post | Full News Feed — ***Get up to date information on Sarah Palin here*** Palin on CNBC discussing drilling in Alaska: Sarah Palin's reaction to the Exxon Valdez verdict: Alaska Governor Palin addresses Alaskan Independence Party Statewide Convention March 2008 More on John McCain<br style="clear: both;"/> <img alt="" style="border: 0; height:1px; width:1px;" border="0" ...

Does Palin Have A Connection To The AIP?
Daily Kos — "I'm an Alaskan, not an American. I've got no use for America or her damned institutions." - Joe Vogler, founder of the Alaskan Independence Party What is Sarah Palin's relationship with the Alaskan Independence Party (AIP)? As user Liz Arnett informs us, Sarah Palin apparently has some close ties with this organization, and organization whose platform includes "complete independence and nationhood status for Alaska." Perhaps the question of whether Palin, who's a 72-year-old heartbeat away from the presidency, may want to make America a 49-state nation is something that should have come up ...

Was McCain's VP Pick Ever An AIP Member?
Daily Kos — As detailed here and here, questions are arising as to whether McCain's candidate for vice-president was a member of or was in any way associated with the Alaskan Independence Party (AIP). The AIP is a political party whose aim, among other things, is to receive a vote on the secession of Alaska from the United States of America. In this video, dated October of 2007, the Vice Chairman of the AIP claims that McCain's VP pick "was an AIP member": "Our current governor who I mentioned at the last conference, the one we were hoping would get elected, Sarah Palin, did get elected . . . .and there was a lot of talk about her ...

Members of "Fringe" Alaskan Independence Party Say Palin Was a Member in 90s
Political Punch — Oh, That Joe! (No. 5 in a Series) -- Biden: Now is the Moment for me 'as a US Senator Running for President' to Put Aside Politics | Main Members of "Fringe" Alaskan Independence Party Say Palin Was a Member in 90s September 01, 2008 6:52 PM 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, 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 ...

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: All of which once again raises the question of whether John McCain did even cursory vetting of his Vice Presidential nominee. And it also raises the question of Alaskan independence — is it a good idea? The case for would be that “very small population” works well for a number of countries rich in natural resources — Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, Norway — since you have fewer citizens ...

A Hasty, Misguided Decision
Firedoglake — John McCain's choice of Governor Sarah Palin as his running mate continues to amaze. Sunday, I wrote a fairly well-linked post about why his decision showed a lack of judgment. The pick betrayed McCain's discount of experience. It dishonored him and his campaign. It made his campaign slogan "Country ...

Sleeping with a Secessionist …
Firedoglake — My beat around here is Global Warming and Energy. And, the issues could not be the choice come November could not be starker in these arenas (that is, at least in fact not media framing). The contrast could not be starker ... across a wide range of issues. Among these, John McCain's selection of Sarah Palin has added a searing issue to the table: Do we want a separatist with easy access to the centers of power in the nation? What would it mean to have a Vice President (likely President) sleeping with a separatist? This question is essentially absent from the pages of traditional media. ...