Sarah Palin, the Republican vice-presidential candidate, was once a member of the Alaskan Independence Party, its officials have said.
News of Mrs Palin's former membership comes as the latest in a string of potentially embarrassing disclosures about her past. The party has lobbied since the 1970s for the right to hold a referendum on whether Alaska should secede from the United States. Its motto, "Alaska First", contrasts sharply with the John McCain campaign slogan: "Country First." It seeks "the complete repatriation of the public lands, held by the federal government, to the state and people of Alaska" and aims to be "self-sufficient" by using profits from Alaskan oil and gas resources. It claims that the vote held in 1958 which led to Alaska becoming the 49th state of the US was corrupt and did not offer a proper choice. While it is thought that Mrs Palin officially left the party to become a Republican in 1996, she recorded an address for its convention EARLIER THIS YEAR in which she said: "I share your party's vision of upholding the constitution of our great state" and told members to "keep up the good work". If this was Obama the right would be jumping up and down questioning her loyalty, calling her unfit for office, a traitor etc blah blah blah...... Basically she's not proud to be an American, not fit to hold office especially the second highest in the land, what an embaressment!.... --- StripMime Report -- processed MIME parts --- multipart/alternative text/plain (text body -- kept) text/html --- _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/[EMAIL PROTECTED] ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
