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September 03, 2008 08:22 AM UTC
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is a good one. Someone ought to ask Palin if she’s ever been proud of her country, or if it takes a back seat to Alaska. Remember when she hopped the plane to fly home so her youngest son could be “Alaska born”? She wants her children to be natural-born citizens if Alaska (God willing!) ever gets to secede.
This Alaska first secessionist movement probably has some language about “Alaska born”
It explains why she would jump on a plane after her water broke to risk the life of her child on an 11 hour flight to AK just so her kid could be “Alaska born.”
Sarah Palin was NEVER a member of that party.
Mayor Riviera of Colorado Springs sent a welcome message to the Colorado Democrat party when they met in COS a few months ago. Does that make him a Democrat??
If he’s sending messages to nonexistant parties (no such thing as the “democrat party”) then he might be the only member….
If you meant the Democratic Party, then here’s why it’s not analogous:
I bet that Rivera didn’t say “Keep up the good work” or express any similar sentiment;
His message probably was not delivered either in person or in a video meant to be viewed by the whole gathering;
And it was probably the kind of thing he does for any visiting convention. Remember, Palin is the GOVERNOR of Alaska – she wasn’t welcoming these people from another state.
And finally, I do believe that Palin was a member in the past, and that her husband only recently re-registered as unaffiliated after being a member of AIP for a long time.
It bears repeating – do you think McCain would let Obama or Biden off the hook for sending messages like this to splinter parties?
You’re a bush league spinner. Back to the drawing board.
Democrat party was the correct name back in Minn. when I was a member.
DFL Democrat Farm Labor.
All my Democrat friends were proud to be called Democrats. They called the party the Democrat party. Is this some kind of Boulder politicaly correct memo I didn’t get.
Sorry friend, I will call my former party the name I know it by. You call it what you like.
Its called the DFL for short hand–nobody calls it the Democrat Party–you are a liar.
The GOP was going to put it in the party platform that they always refered to the Democratic Party as the Democrat Party because the Democratic Party doesn’t represent democratic values. It was rejected as a plank because the GOP drafting committee felt it was too disrespectful.
Don’t play coy: using the word Democrat as an adjective is intended to be an insult.
All his friends were DFL through and through, and often referred to the Democrat candidate or the Democrat from Wisconsin, or the Democrat party platform. People from Northfield talk a little different from the MSP Democrats.
This is the first I heard about a GOP platform plank on the Democrat’s party name.
Did you make that up?
I was born in Moorehead, lived in Northern Minnesota as a kid and only lived in MSP for a bit, my brother still lives south of MSP near New Prague (although that is starting to be gobbled up by the MSP suburbs now)
Here’s the link on Republican’s using “Democrat” as an insult.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/…
Way to ignore the substance of my comment and focus on something that’s beside the point.
Facts are facts – Palin’s ties to this fringe group are real and tangible, and are worth discussing.
For those without the time, this is a video of the AIP where the man leading the meeting outs Palin as a onetime member and claims that she joined the GOP as a “go along to get along.”
Since Spinner didn’t get the memo, I’ll take this as further proof that McCain didn’t vet Palin.
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She may or may not show up in party registrations, but she’s a True Believer in the AIP, it’s relatively clear.
shows a more profound lack of a patriotism than anything Michelle Obama ever said. Member or not, she definitely is shown expressing support. Fair game.
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this isn’t really related to the thread, and I am getting pretty sick of talking about it, but I couldn’t resist throwing this little tidbit in the mix.
Palin is using her personal attorney to defend her from trooper-gate allegations. Technically not unethical, but could get rough if the investigation turns up dirt.
Palin has produced documents showing that she’s always been a Republican.
Why does the candidate’s spouse hate America?
they have their storyline, and the testimony of some AIP local yokel from the
library of congress, I mean you tube, so they’re good to go, truth be damned.It’s the ALASKAN Independence Party – the “local yokel” happens to be a party leader in Alaska. It’s a weird kind of reasoning – some might call it logical…
The McCain campaign is LYING when they say she never attended the 1994 AIP convention.
Two party officials are now confirming she was there; in addition to the person in the video above, the 1995-2002 chair of the party confirms her attendance, and he made it quite clear when he endorsed her selection as VP that he knew her quite well.
So: 1994 convention, 2000 convention, 2008 videotaped remarks to the convention, people saying she was essentially a Manchurian Candidate in the GOP working for the AIP…
(which I have as I have friends that are there)and I say I agree with them on some common things we agree on, then I run for County Commissioner or Mayor as a Republican, that I am some how a Manchurian Candidate in the GOP working for the Libertarians?
Not Even…
I’m saying that the AIP has stated a goal of getting its party sympathizers into major parties in order to work their way into the halls of power.
On the lesser question, if you repeatedly attended Libertarian conventions and agreed with their ideals, I would say that yes, you should be considered a closeted Libertarian. Look at the way Ron Paul is viewed.
that he was wrong? If he was, what would give him the impression that she was in the party? Was she supportive of it? Did she lend it credibility when she got to the Governor’s office? These are all valid questions.
The fact is, the chair of AIP is publicly saying she was a member.
Haners, you know the rules… Give us a link.
Today, he’s apparently forgotten all he knew about her – just like the other AIP officer.
Memory loss is catching when you hang out with the GOP.
… end their speeches and messages with a blessing from God? If I want a blessing, I’ll go see my pastor, not my elected officials.