Why Would McCain Pick a VP Who Belonged or Has Affilliations With a Separative Group?

Why would the GOP Party and Senator McCain nominiate someone for Vice President who once belonged or had affiliations with a group who wants to secede from the United States and whose motto is put Alaskan First!  The Alaskan Independence Party (AIP)!  And what does that tell you about the Republican Party that Sarah Palin, a heartbeat away from the Presidency believes in her heart, Put Alaska First? 

Sarah Palin who could possibly be our next Vice Presient and/or President has a long time affiliation with the AIP , group which wants to separate from the United States, whose motto is Alaska First—Alaska Always.” Sarah Palin’s husband also has a long-time mebership with this group, the Alaskan Independence Party.  Officially, the AIP is a political party which advocates, in part, becoming a separate nation or commonwealth state… The party has appeared on the ballot in Alaska in all state elections since 1970.  At other times, party members have also proposed that the state explore the possibility of joining Canada.

Here is a Link to Sarah Palin addressing the Alaska Independence Party in 2007 wherein she tells them “Your party plays an important role in our state’s politics ... keep up the good work, and God bless you.”

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZwvPNXYrIyI

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“Governor Palin’s connections with the AIP are also furthered by her connection to Wally Hickel, a former Alaskan governor.  Hickel was elected on the AIP ticket.  He served as the co-chairman of Governor Palin’s campaign in 2006 Here is a quote from an interview Hickel did with the Alaska Dispatch:

When Palin was running for governor in 2006, Hickel appeared in advertisements supporting her and the Alaska pipeline.
“I made her governor,” Hickel told me. “

That is an important and telling admission that Hickel, a long-time AIP member believes that he made Sarah Palin governor!  He wa also co-chairman of her campaign for Governor.  These things deserve observation and thought into the true character of Sarah Palin!

Daily Kos’s muckrakers

“Officials of the Alaskan Independence Party say that Palin was once so independent, she and her husband were once member of their party, which, since the 1970s, has been pushing for a legal vote for Alaskans to decide whether or not residents of the 49th state can secede from the United State.  And while McCain’s motto --- is “Country First,” the AIP’s motto is the exact opposite—“Alaska First—Alaska Always.”

McCain Camp likes to dispute the fact that Sarah Palin and her husband were/are members of this Separative Group.  However, Lynette Clark, the chairman of the AIP, told ABC News on Monday that Palin and her husband Todd were members in 1994, even attending the 1994 statewide convention in Wasilla. Clark was AIP secretary at the time.

Earlier this year, Palin sent a video message to the AIP for its annual convention, where AIP vice chair George Clark told the small crowd that Palin “was an AIP member before she got the job as a mayor of a small town –- that was a non-partisan job.  But you get along to go along -– she eventually joined the Republican Party, where she had all kinds of problems with their ethics, and well, I won’t go into that.  She also had about an 80 percent approval rating, and is pretty well sympathetic to her former membership.”

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