All this proves is that she's got strong tendencies to support the local over the national, and the national to the foreign. Many conservatives are hard-wired to prefer the domestic to the foreign, the near to the far-away.
Such a tendency is actually a key to prosperity, if you read Adam Smith's "Invisible Hand" passage the way he actually wrote and intended it to be understood. "As every individual, therefore, endeavors as much as he can both to employ his capital in the support of domestic industry, and so to direct that industry that its produce may be of the greatest value; every individual necessarily labours to render the annual revenue of the society as great as he can. He generally, indeed, neither intends to promote the public interest, nor knows how much he is promoting it. By preferring the support of domestic to that of foreign industry, he intends only his own security; and by directing that industry in such a manner as its produce may be of the greatest value, he intends only his own gain, and he is in this, as in many other cases, led by an invisible hand to promote an end which was no part of his intention..." Is it troubling that she would harbor "nationalistic" feelings toward her home state? Not to me. Keep in mind, the government owning all that land up there prevents it from being developed economically, and she's in favor of developing that land, so her alliance with a small group that supports repatriating that land so Alaska can be self-sufficient is perfectly rational, however odd it may feel to those of us living in "older" states with a deeper sense of national identity than Alaska apparently has. Frankly I'd like to see her bring that "home-centric" instinct to DC, where the bigwigs in both parties routinely support foreign over domestic industry, and far-away causes to those close to home. The Dems talk a big game about supporting the American worker, and rail against jobs going overseas, but any credibility they have on that issue is profoundly undermined by their support of NAFTA and free trade--which they like to pretend is exclusively a Republican liability (like the Enron thing, in which both parties had a hand, and Katrina, which was a bipartisan failure). As someone who rejects his own party's asinine support of free trade, I can tell you, the pox is on both their houses on this issue. But the Republicans no doubt more than welcome any comparison of past associations and affiliations in which the Dems may wish to indulge, having apparently put such matters back on the table for discussion, both with this factoid and Wexler's insinuation regarding her nefarious button-wearing support of the evil Pat Buchanan. :) - Bob > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On > Behalf Of Adam Buckland > Sent: Tuesday, September 02, 2008 8:27 AM > To: ProFox Email List > Subject: [OT] Palin wants to be part of the US when it suits her > > 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 > --- > [excessive quoting removed by server] _______________________________________________ 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. 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