http://www.johnmccain.com/McCainReport/ Tapper Updates a Smear After running an item yesterday alleging that Governor Palin was once a member of the Alaska Independence Party, Jake Tapper doesn't even bother to write a new item today to report that she is, in fact, a lifelong Republican. Instead, he simply updates the old post, and notes that this campaign has provided "some voter registration documentation."
We have provided ALL voter registration documentation, and the facts are clear. If the Alaska Independence Party at some point taught Governor Palin their secret handshake, there is no record of it. Otherwise, the only relevant criterion for membership in a party is registration--and Palin has never been a member of the AIP. The Governor did appear at the AIP convention in 2000, when the convention was held in Wasilla. This would seem to be the only decent thing to do, given her responsibilities as Mayor of Wasilla, but apparently Tapper believes the press is owed further explanation. Finally, Tapper notes that a spokesman for this campaign "would not comment as to why AIP officials are so convinced Palin was a member of their party." Apparently Tapper would not comment on how he managed to print a story that had absolutely no basis in fact. See the Governor's voter registration document here[http://www.johnmccain.com/images/mccainreport/Document.pdf]. On 9/2/08, Zaphod Beeblebrox <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > she wanted Alaska to pull out of the United States! That's big. Real > big. Even at 14 years, it's a really big swing to go from not wanting > to be part of the U.S. to wanting to be VP of the same country. > > Who knows, maybe she's secretly hoping to step up to Presidency in > order to give Alaska it's Independence. > > > On Sep 2, 2008, at 5:22 PM, Michael Dinowitz wrote: > > > OK, that was 14 years ago. Has she been part of them since? When did > > she > > leave them? Obama left Wright after 20 years of 'not hearing' his > > hatred and > > that was only when it became public knowledge (I use this as it is > > referenced in the article). If she left them years ago, then it's no > > where > > near the same. If she left last year or last week, then we have a > > scandal. > > > > On Tue, Sep 2, 2008 at 4:56 PM, Zaphod Beeblebrox < > > [EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > >> Sheesh! Now she wants to be vice president of a country she doesn't > >> want to belong to? > >> > >> http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2008/09/02/politics/animal/main4407224.shtml > >> > >> > > > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;203748912;27390454;j Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:267495 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
