While the McCain-Palin campaign makes hay over Obama's tenuous association with William Ayers-- with the full cooperation of the mainstream media --one wonders why the Palin family's past association with the anti-American Alaska Independence Party (AIP) has received so little attention. David Talbot's recent article at Salon.com lays out the AIPs history in some detail, including founder Joe Vogler's pronouncement that “My government is my worst enemy. I’m going to fight them with any means at hand.”
Why is this important? Todd Palin was an active member of the AUP until 2002, and Sarah Palin has attended their conventions and made a video-linked appearance in 2008. If Ayers' past is grounds for criticizing Obama, the virulent anti-Americanism of Palin's AIP friends-- whom she has openly supported as recently as this spring --at least deserves our attention.
-DRL
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