Alaska's governor is adamantly anti-abortion and supports teaching
creationism in schools. No big surprise there. Instead, the questions
revolve around how and why she was chosen, some of her actions as a
mayor and governor, her daughter's out-of-wedlock pregnancy (the
tabloid angle), and association with a political party that thinks
Alaska should secede from the US.
McCain spokesmen were quick to deny any connection between Palin and
a party that hopes to have Alaska split from the US, and claims she
has been a Republican for many years. As the UK Guardian reports,
however, AIP vice-chairman George Clark told the audience at the
Party's 2008 Convention that she supported the Party before winning
her first political post, mayor of the town of Wasilla, Alaska. "But
you get along to go along," Clark said, "she eventually joined the
Republican Party, where she had all kinds of problems with their
ethics, and well, I won't go into that." As Governor, Palin sent a
video greeting to the Party's 2008 Convention. AIP's motto is "Alaska
First, Alaska Always."
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