Why Does Sarah Palin get a Pass for Addressing the Secessionist Alaska Independence Party Convention?
And I can only think it’s because the Dems are being polite and not raising it as a issue, and the press is too lazy. But it would be a wonderful counterfoil for the bogus guilt by association Ayers issue. So Sarah Palin (as governor) addressed the convention of the Alaska Independence Party at least once, and as recently as July 2008. She also attended AIP conventions in 1994 and 2000. . It’s official platform is to secede from the USA. Her husband Todd was a member from 1995-2002, so he must have been aware of its objective. I mean, hot dang, they even say so in the name of the party! He can’t plead ignorance. . Some choice quotes from the AIP founder, Joe Vogler, “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.” “And then you get mad. And you say, the hell with them. And you renounce allegiance, and y
