[R-G] Independence Party / Sagebrush Rebellion

[Intense Red]

On Wednesday 03 September 2008 09:59, Hunter Gray wrote:
 > There seems to be increasing mention in much media about the
 > pro-secessionist Independence Party [Alaska] and possible ties of the
 > Palins thereto.  Ms Palin has denied this, although she does seem to have
 > spoken at one of their assemblies.  Mainline media reports indicate her
 > husband, Todd, [himself one-quarter Alaskan Native], belonged to it for
 > awhile.

   The Alaskan Independence Party (AIP) claims that Sarah Palin was a member 
in 1994. During the AIP's conference in 2008 which as governor Palin made a 
video for, the AIP claimed her as a supporter. Go to http://www.youtube.com 
and type in "AIP" in the search box and you can watch the videos.

   Myself, I have no problem with Palin's being an Alaskan secessionist. After 
all, secession is the right of the states according to the 10th Amendment of 
the US Constitution. New York, Rhode Island and Virginia only approved of the 
Constitution specifically on the condition that those three states retained 
the right of secession. (Of course, that didn't help Virginia in the US Civil 
War.) Several states in the US have active secession movements, with Alaska, 
Hawaii, and Vermont being the most organized, largest and active.

   What appalls me about the is the hypocrisy. Palin is running for a 
*national* office as a (former?) secessionist. That's inconsistent and needs 
explanation.

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