PALIN PART OF GROUP TO SECEDE ALASKA FROM UNION!
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PALIN PART OF GROUP TO SECEDE ALASKA FROM UNION!
Putting aside the War Between the States, the last time a vice-
president got involved in something like this (Aaron Burr in 1807),
he got charged with TREASON!
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http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2008/sep/02/uselections2008.republicans20085?gusrc=rss&feed=networkfront
Palin was member of party calling for vote on Alaskan secession from
USRevelations about McCain's running mate for vice-president raise
questions about his selectionElana Schor in Washington guardian.co.uk,
Tuesday September 02 2008 14:49 BST Article history
New revelations about the Republican vice-presidential candidate Sarah
Palin — including her membership of a party that wants Alaskans to
vote on becoming a separate country — are raising questions about how
thoroughly John McCain's campaign vetted her background before adding
her to the ticket.
Palin was a member of the Alaskan Independence party (AIP) before
becoming an elected Republican official, according to party members,
and recorded a video message for the AIP convention this year. The
AIP's chief goal is securing Alaska a vote on seceding from the US, a
goal that party leaders believe the state was denied before it became
part of the US almost 50 years ago.
Yet it is the AIP's motto, "Alaska First, Alaska Always", that may
cause the most trouble for McCain. The Republican's campaign slogan
this year is "Country First".
At the convention where Palin's video was played, the AIP vice-
chairman, George Clark, told the audience that she was an AIP member
before getting her first political post as mayor of the small town of
Wasilla, Alaska.
"But you get along to go along — she eventually joined the Republican
party, where she had all kinds of problems with their ethics, and
well, I won't go into that," Clark said. "She also had about an 80%
approval rating, and is pretty well sympathetic to her former
membership."
Palin suggested in a July interview with CNBC news that she would
insist on making Alaskan issues a high priority before agreeing to
serve as a vice-presidential candidate. "We want to make sure that
that VP slot would be a fruitful type of position, especially for
Alaskans, and for the things we're trying to accomplish up here for
the rest of the US, before I can even start addressing that question,"
she said.
In response to the AIP flap, the McCain camp denied that Palin was a
party member and released voter registration documents that showed her
affiliating with Republicans. "If the Alaska Independence Party at
some point taught Governor Palin their secret handshake, there is no
record of it," McCain aide Michael Goldfarb wrote on the campaign's
website. "Otherwise, the only relevant criterion for membership in a
party is registration -- and Palin has never been a member of the AIP.
Intense media scrutiny of Palin since she became McCain's running mate
four days ago has led to speculation that the Republican party failed
to fully examine her background. In addition to the pregnancy of
Palin's 17-year-old unmarried daughter, Bristol, several other
disclosures threaten to throw the McCain camp into turmoil.
Palin has promoted her independence from Alaska's powerful senior
senator, Ted Stevens, who is facing seven criminal charges in
Washington. But she served for two years as a director for one of his
political groups that was able to raise unlimited money from corporate
patrons.
Palin faced pressure to resign as mayor of Wasilla in 1997 after she
fired the city police chief for not fully supporting her agenda,
leading to a lawsuit for breach of contract.
In Alaska, Palin faces an ethics investigation into whether she abused
her office by firing the public safety commissioner, who refused to
intervene in a messy divorce case involving her sister. Palin has
hired an attorney to help her handle the case, leading to another
round of embarrassing press coverage.
McCain's spokesman, Tucker Eskew, defended the selection: "This legal
defence is neither new nor uncommon nor at all political. It is a
matter of her job and is not recent and it is not related to her
selection on the McCain-Palin ticket."
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Putting aside the War Between the States, the last time a vice-
president got involved in something like this (Aaron Burr in 1807),
he got charged with TREASON!
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2008/sep/02/uselections2008.republicans20085?gusrc=rss&feed=networkfront
Palin was member of party calling for vote on Alaskan secession from
USRevelations about McCain's running mate for vice-president raise
questions about his selectionElana Schor in Washington guardian.co.uk,
Tuesday September 02 2008 14:49 BST Article history
New revelations about the Republican vice-presidential candidate Sarah
Palin — including her membership of a party that wants Alaskans to
vote on becoming a separate country — are raising questions about how
thoroughly John McCain's campaign vetted her background before adding
her to the ticket.
Palin was a member of the Alaskan Independence party (AIP) before
becoming an elected Republican official, according to party members,
and recorded a video message for the AIP convention this year. The
AIP's chief goal is securing Alaska a vote on seceding from the US, a
goal that party leaders believe the state was denied before it became
part of the US almost 50 years ago.
Yet it is the AIP's motto, "Alaska First, Alaska Always", that may
cause the most trouble for McCain. The Republican's campaign slogan
this year is "Country First".
At the convention where Palin's video was played, the AIP vice-
chairman, George Clark, told the audience that she was an AIP member
before getting her first political post as mayor of the small town of
Wasilla, Alaska.
"But you get along to go along — she eventually joined the Republican
party, where she had all kinds of problems with their ethics, and
well, I won't go into that," Clark said. "She also had about an 80%
approval rating, and is pretty well sympathetic to her former
membership."
Palin suggested in a July interview with CNBC news that she would
insist on making Alaskan issues a high priority before agreeing to
serve as a vice-presidential candidate. "We want to make sure that
that VP slot would be a fruitful type of position, especially for
Alaskans, and for the things we're trying to accomplish up here for
the rest of the US, before I can even start addressing that question,"
she said.
In response to the AIP flap, the McCain camp denied that Palin was a
party member and released voter registration documents that showed her
affiliating with Republicans. "If the Alaska Independence Party at
some point taught Governor Palin their secret handshake, there is no
record of it," McCain aide Michael Goldfarb wrote on the campaign's
website. "Otherwise, the only relevant criterion for membership in a
party is registration -- and Palin has never been a member of the AIP.
Intense media scrutiny of Palin since she became McCain's running mate
four days ago has led to speculation that the Republican party failed
to fully examine her background. In addition to the pregnancy of
Palin's 17-year-old unmarried daughter, Bristol, several other
disclosures threaten to throw the McCain camp into turmoil.
Palin has promoted her independence from Alaska's powerful senior
senator, Ted Stevens, who is facing seven criminal charges in
Washington. But she served for two years as a director for one of his
political groups that was able to raise unlimited money from corporate
patrons.
Palin faced pressure to resign as mayor of Wasilla in 1997 after she
fired the city police chief for not fully supporting her agenda,
leading to a lawsuit for breach of contract.
In Alaska, Palin faces an ethics investigation into whether she abused
her office by firing the public safety commissioner, who refused to
intervene in a messy divorce case involving her sister. Palin has
hired an attorney to help her handle the case, leading to another
round of embarrassing press coverage.
McCain's spokesman, Tucker Eskew, defended the selection: "This legal
defence is neither new nor uncommon nor at all political. It is a
matter of her job and is not recent and it is not related to her
selection on the McCain-Palin ticket."
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