{"id":4755,"date":"2008-09-01T16:42:47","date_gmt":"2008-09-02T00:02:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.amptoons.com\/blog\/archives\/2008\/09\/01\/so-not-vetted\/"},"modified":"2008-09-01T16:42:47","modified_gmt":"2008-09-02T00:02:35","slug":"so-not-vetted","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/amptoons.com\/blog\/?p=4755","title":{"rendered":"So Not Vetted"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"alaskan_independence_party_logo.jpg\"<\/a>Does supporting secession from the United States disqualify one from being vice president? Well, I think so, but I guess we’re about to find out for sure<\/a>:<\/p>\n

The campaign of Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., likes to herald the independence of its new running mate, Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin.<\/p>\n

Officials of the Alaskan Independence Party<\/a><\/strong> say that Palin was once so independent, she was once a 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 States.<\/p>\n

And while McCain’s motto — as seen in a new TV ad<\/a><\/strong> — is “Country First,” the AIP’s motto is the exact opposite — “Alaska First — Alaska Always.”<\/p>\n

Lynette Clark, the chairman of the AIP, tells ABC News 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.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

D’oh! So who does the AIP want to monitor the election?<\/p>\n

Its best-known policy is its call for a United Nations<\/a> vote, which they claim should have been offered as an option in the plebiscite<\/a> on statehood under international law<\/a>.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Well, that should go over well with the GOP faithful!<\/p>\n

Other than that, the AIP is a pretty standard-issue right-libertarian party, with the little caveat that they’d like to secede from the country. Now, they’re allowed to want that (though they can’t actually do it, as we settled in 1865), and indeed, Palin’s free to have supported that. But — and I’m serious about this — actively working for independence for your state from America should disqualify you from leading America.<\/p>\n

And flatly, this is further evidence that Palin was vetted as much as I was for the vice presidency. The comparisons to Eagleton grow more apt every day.<\/p>\n

UPDATE: Palin addressed the convention via video this year<\/i>:<\/p>\n

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