Alaskan Independence Party

Here's a video of a speech by an Alaskan Independence Party (AIP) official in which he claims that Sarah Palin was a member of the AIP and just registered as a Republican to appear more mainstream. Is he in a position to know?



He says (start at 6:00 in): "[Palin] was an AIP member before she got a job as the mayor of a small town (that was a non-partisan job) but to get along and to go along she eventually joined the Republican party ... and is pretty well sympathetic to her former membership."

He goes on to speak favorably of Ron Paul (see the previous post on Paul and Palin), claiming that he also joined the Republican party just to get elected.

Hat tip: ElectoPundit

Hangin' Out With Secessionists?

How closely aligned is Sarah Palin with a fringe political party whose goals are stated on its website as:

The Alaskan Independence Party's goal is the vote we were entitled to in 1958, one choice from among the following four alternatives:

1) Remain a Territory.
2) Become a separate and Independent Nation.
3) Accept Commonwealth status.
4) Become a State.

The call for this vote is in furtherance of the dream of the Alaskan Independence Party's founding father, Joe Vogler, which was for Alaskans to achieve independence under a minimal government, fully responsive to the people, promoting a peaceful and lawful means of resolving differences.

Ron Paul

Sarah Palin expresses her admiration for primary candidate Ron Paul, a man who puts even Pat Buchanan (see below) to shame with his conspiracy theories, outright bigotry, and insane ideas for governance.




Strike Two!

Shrinking Base "Energized" by Mysterious Woman - Story at 11:00

I get a feeling that all of the social conservative political junkies on the 'net are sending emails to pundits in support of Sarah Palin. Most people didn't even know who she was until the day before yesterday, and now she's a conservative icon. Rick Brookhiser at NRO weighs in:

Palin will also be assigned to pacify conservatives. On the evidence of the numerous emails reprinted here, that will be easily done. Reader after reader said that the base was now energized. You would have thought the base was energized by being in a war. If not, perhaps we need a new base.