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Posts with the tag Alaskan Independence Party

By Mickiboop (P.O.B.) Be the Change - Oct 28th, 2008 at 7:25 pm EDT

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Barack was right about the republicans calling him every name in the book. In addition, they are now allowing their state surrogates to run really vile and racist campaign ads against Barack including Rev. Wright. Since McInsane is not denouncing these ads and his campaign says that they are not the police of campaign ads, should we begin plastering the battle-state media with ads about the Keating 5, the Alaskan Independence Party with Palin giving their welcoming speech, the Wassilla "Witch" pastor praying over Palin, and the nasty remarks that McInsane's racists and neo-con pastors Hagee, Parsley and Falwell? Should we call on the liberal 527s to assist in getting these nasties out on the air or should we leave it alone???

I'm so sick of the "Low-Road Express" that the republicans keep taking. Even though my heart knows retaliation does not work, my head wants to smack them into tomorrow and onto a new page. Somebody talk me down...

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CNN Ties Sarah and Todd Palin to Anti-American Alaskan Independence Party

By Mark C. Eades - Oct 18th, 2008 at 11:10 pm EDT

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The mainstream media has finally noticed Sarah and Todd Palins' ties to the rabidly anti-American secessionist group, the Alaskan Independence Party (AIP). A new CNN video report by anchor Rick Sanchez digs into the Palins' relationship with the AIP, noting that Todd Palin has been a member of the group and that Sarah Palin sent official video greetings as Governor of Alaska to the 2008 AIP convention. In this video, as pictured here, Palin praises the "important role" played by the AIP in Alaska politics.

The AIP has been described as an extreme-right, anti-government organization comparable to militia movements such as that which carried out the 1995 Oklahoma City attack. The group's aims are voiced no more forcefully than by its founder, Joe Vogler, as CNN observes in direct quotations: "The fires of hell are frozen glaciers compared to my hatred for the American government...," Vogler states in one quotation, "...And I won't be buried under their damn flag." In another quotation, Vogler says: "My government is my worst enemy. I'm going to fight them with any means at hand." As though to leave no doubt in our minds regarding his willingness to use violence to achieve his secessionist aims, Vogler says in one final quote: "I hope we don't have to take human life, but if they go on trampling our property rights, look out, we're ready to die."

Vogler was murdered during an illegal plastic explosives deal in 1993, just weeks before he was scheduled to give a speech to the United Nations on Alaskan independence sponsored by the government of Iran. Pending Alaskan independence, Vogler was buried in Canada according to his wish not to buried under the American flag.

See more on Sarah Palin, Joe Vogler, and the Alaskan Independence Party here and here.

Mark C. Eades
http://www.mceades.com

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Voter Registration begins at home.

By Gigi - Oct 15th, 2008 at 4:34 pm EDT

There are many quotable quotes that end with the three words . . .begins at home. For instance, "charity begins at home" "education begins at home" "safety begins at home". I got a new one for you to consider. "Voter registration begins at home".

Unfortunately for Sarah Palin, she has lost the benefit of a sure vote - her future son-in-law, her daughter's future husband, Levi Johnston, recently admitted to the press that he missed Wasilla's voter registration deadline and will not be able to vote for his own future Mother-in-law.

What?? You mean to tell me when Sarah Palin was tapped by John McCain to be his running mate she didn’t call a meeting of all extended family members to say “hey ya’ll I’m running for Vice-President of the United States of America, by the way, all ya’ll are registered voters right??” Rule #1 of running a business, family or even a whole county is to check yourself and your family to make sure that everybody is in at least minimal compliance with the basic stuff, that if skipped, could cause an embarrassing moment.

When John McCain had his staff vet his choice for VP they could have easily run down Sarah and Todd’s family tree and asked them a few of the same questions I'm sure they didn't fail to ask Obama, his family and associates:

not a druggie √

not a terrorist √

fit to lead or be a baby daddy √

current gun registration √

current hunting license √

not a member of the Alaskan Independence Party not sure

(note to self- look into this some more)

will support McCain/Palin ticket √

voter registration card √

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Alaskan Independence Party

By Henry M - Oct 6th, 2008 at 6:05 pm EDT

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New York City has a larger population than all of Alaska, and Washington, DC residents don't have anyone in Congress, but Palin puts Alaska first instead of the United States of America. Seperatist/survivalists are our country's homebred terrorists.

Palin shouldn't be casting stones when she supports these nut-jobs!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alaska_Independence_Party

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The Palin connections

By Subramaniam from Oak Ridge, NC - Oct 4th, 2008 at 9:16 am EDT

I am a little disapointed that there have not been enough discussions in the media about Todd Palin's membership in Alaskan Independence Party as recently as 2002. The Obama campaign has to bring this in to focus in the coming weeks since the McCain campaign is very likely to bring up Rev.Jeremiah Wright and Bill Ayers.

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Sarah Palin: Another Republican Distraction

By Harlan - Sep 12th, 2008 at 8:51 pm EDT

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by Harlan Reece

The level of desperation and delusion at the Republican Convention in Saint Paul last week was amazing. Having co-opted Senator Obama's message of change, previously hard-core Busheviks expect us to believe that after eight years of defending the status quo, all of a sudden they want to "Change Washington." This sounds pretty much like the abusive husband who beats his wife, then buys her something pretty and begs her forgiveness. "I won't do it again," he promises, and she, the simple trusting fool that she is gives him one more chance. And so it was with us four years ago; we cannot be fooled again.

After eight years of patronizing condescension and thoughtless disregard of your needs, you have the chance to petition for a divorce. Your very survival is at stake and this may be your last chance to escape the socio-economic and political trailer-park; you may not survive another violent episode and remember the last time he threw a $150 barrel of oil at you, and it won't stop because he likes to pick fights, especially when he knowsyou are vulnerable. Don't be fooled by his contrition and tears in the courtroom either ; his admission of guilt and display of shame are only temporary, but you know as soon as he gets you back home, the slaps, kicks and punches will increase in both frequency and intensity. It is time to sever this unhealthy and co-dependent relationship with your abuser. Now that you have a chance to set things straight, to bring him to justice, it is probably in your best interest not to get too emotional and validate his non-existent decency. You must suppress any inclinations to cry out, "But he loves me, he didn't mean it, he's a good man." The path to healing begins with the truth and the truth is that the last eight eight years have been hell. We've lost houses, jobs, and most importantly our children - just have the courage to say it's over, before we lose our self respect.

Sarah Palin as Vice-President? Wow! Unfortunatley we should not be surprised by such a move, because this is typical of the kind of conservative cynicism that we have all grown to know and despise. They cannot win on issues or vision, so pandering will have to do. Replace "Country First" placards with swastikas and Third Reich eagles and the scene at St. Paul last week had the uncomfortable familiarity of a Nazi propaganda rally. Their brazen exploitation of 9/11 footage, the flat, harsh rendition of The National Anthem, the extended McCain biography, the huge telescreens of waving flags, the genuflecting patriots, the dewey-eyed Veterans of Foreign Wars, the three minutes of hate, the roaring chants of U-S-A! the unrestrained glorification of war, the Lieberman spectacle, the buns, bee-hives and beligerance - How Orwellian! They were the shame of the nation and an international disgrace, yet they expect us all to drink our Victory Gin, nibble on our chocolate rations and accept the reality of doublethink. The composition of their delegates and audience looked like America a hundred years ago, but "Change is coming." McCain's reputation as a "Maverick," has been wildly exaggerated; having supported Bush policies 90% of time, perhaps his ocassional departure from the party agenda was simply pure political calculation - the conservative base alone is insufficient to capture the U.S. Presidency and Senator McCain has been trying to capture this office for at least a decade. Somewhere in Senator McCain's psyche, he believes that the country owes hims something and we do: the respect and honor of a grateful nation - not the highest office in the land. He's written books, had a song and a movie written about him, he is a part of U.S. Military History, he's rich, he's a U.S. Senator, and has led a full and productive life, but he is not the kind of leader that America needs for such a time as this. McCain is part of an establishment that has taken this country down a wrong and dangerous path; now is the time to correct the mistake - not reward it. Not only should Senator McCain not be elected president, he should retire from the senate as well; it's time for new leadership.

Obviously republicans are not concerned with insulting our intelligence, because what they are attempting to do (and they will if we let them) is place the blame of our current economic decline, housing foreclosures and soaring energy prices on policies of the Democrats. Thanks to the repetitive talking points of conservative talk radio, a significant demographic of misinformed and under-informed voters are convinced that environmental regulation and by extension environmentalists are responsible for the high cost of energy. "Drill baby drill," they chanted at the convention, as if our occupation of Iraq or our global hegemony has nothing to do with the fluctuation of fuel prices - free market my a**! Are they serious?

McCain and his speech writers also expect us to forget the scandals and corruption, not to mention the loss of blood and treasure which has plagued, characterized and defined the Bush Administration. And if they cannot make us forget it, then at the very least, they can blame whatever problems they have created on partisan intransigence and congressional gridlock. How unfortunate for McCain, that by desperately aligning himself with the hard-right, his 26 years in the senate has been reduced to the empty slogans and bumper-sticker politics of the far right-wing. And since their usual divisive scapegoating and newspeak does not seem to be gaining traction, predictably they have turned their misplaced frustrations on the "Liberal Media." When all else fails, blame the media, not their own agenda of self interest and manipulation of the political process to further their own neo-conservative agenda and worldview. It was Chris Matthews, Keith Oberman and Andrea Mitchell who sent our troops to Iraq without a declaration of war by congress; it was Meet The Press, PBS and The New York Times that created the current foreclosure crisis, and it is Air America, The L.A. Times and the San Francisco Chronicle who are responsible for the massive debt which threatens the economic landscape for current and future generations. Why are we listening to these people? Can someone please show them the door which leads back to private citizenship?

Not a word from Governor Palin about Healthcare, The Economy or Education, but she did manage to give lip-service to energy independence and of course "The War," which was the only thing that seemed to cause eruptions of shouts and applause. Why are Americans so obsessed with war and hero worship? Such a topic requires extensive analysis and consideration and is perhaps something to be explored in a future posting. It's great that Palin is a "Hockey Mom," and it's great that "Hockey Moms" support her, but let's hope that "Hockey Moms" have better judgement that "Soccer Moms" and "Security Moms," who voted to keep George Bush in office a second term and here we are.

Secessionist Sarah obviously has a vested interest in Alaskan drilling explorations which will bring money into her state's coffers and since her son is leaving for The Middle East on 9/11 perhaps her support of our foreign occupation will become less enthusiastic after he has been redeployed 3-4 times. By republican standards, Palin is already more than qualified to join McCain's inner circle of Washington lobbyist and players. The governor is already under investigation, has a hint of corruption attached to her administration and has no problem abusing her position of power. These attributes not only qualify Sarah Palin - they practically vet her; the past eight years of crime-family styled politics in Washington has in many cases been The Republican Party's modus operandi.

The way Palin won her way into the hearts and minds of the party faithful was impressive; her persona was one of the everyday working mom combined with sarcastic proletarian wit and the skillful ability to trash, denegrate and marginalize the accomplishments of Senator Obama. Both Palin and Giuliani pretended to view community organizing and activism as a huge laughing matter, dismissing it as a cute, but monumental waste of time, but the truth of the matter is that community organizing is the linch-pin upon which all other politcal movements hinge, and both Giuliani and Palin know this. Oh yeah, building coalitions from the bottom up, instead of top down is hilarious - stop me, my side is about to split.

As it has been discussed in the progressive blogosphere and among grassroots organizers, perhaps what lies behind this feigned mockery of community activism is a veiled attempt to declare a covert war on those who threaten the status quo. God forbid we return to the days of COINTELPRO and other secret plots against American citizens. The McCain campaign cannot shield Palin from the hard questions about foreign policy, the economy and healthcare, and she will not be given a pass.

Senator Obama's life has been an open book for the past 3 years and despite the ridiculous claims that we really don't enough about him, we have more substantive information about his life than we did Bush or Clinton before they were sworn into office. Bush's alcoholism and drug abuse preceded him and with the exception of his so-called "conversion," and how many people he put to death while Governor of Texas, all we know about him, we found out through investigative reporting. His handlers presented him to the nation as someone who had reached across party lines in the Texas Legislature, but let's be real; he reached out to them because it didn't cost him anything; they were few in number and never posed any real threat to the legislative agenda of conservatives.

Since the RNC has spent a great deal of time and energy questioning Obama's loyalty and patriotism, it is only fitting that Palin offer more transparency about her association with The Alaskan Independence Party. The most important thing to remember about conservative rhetoric is its looking-glass feature where up is down, in is out, black is white, the truth is a lie and well you get the picture. So when we hear a republican accusing a Democrat of some unsavory or unpatriotic act, there is a good chance that said republican is only projecting his or her own fill in the blank. So when Palin insinuates that Barack Obama isn't quite American enough or patriotic enough, what she really means is that she has ties to the Alaskan Independence Party; a movement whose principal aim is to secede from the U.S. So when Palin says "Country First," what she really means is Alaska First and that she doesn't really value her U.S. Citizenship or The U.S. Constitution for that matter. When John McCain says that he supports Veterans, what he really means is that he voted against an increase in their benefits and when he couldn't defeat the bill took credit for it along with G.W. who was also against it, before he was for it. When Republicans say "Support Our Troops," what they really mean is put a yellow ribbon magnet on your hummer, wave a flag and under-fund badly needed equipment for soliders in dangerous combat zones: WAR IS PEACE, FREEDOM IS SLAVERY, IGNORANCE IS STRENGTH. Rest in Peace George… Orwell that is.

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