That is the motto of the Alaskan Independence Party, a party that since the 1970s has been trying to pass a law allowing Alaskans to vote on seceding from the United States. Rumors have been flying around ever since Sarah Palin was chosen as McCain's VP running mate that she was a member of the fringe group and today ABC confirms that the rumors are indeed true. While she is now a registered Republican she and her husband attended the AIP convention in 1994. The AIP motto seems to contradict McCain's motto of Country First and also reinforces the idea that McCain did little to vet Palin before he choose her.
Here is more from the AIP platform:
Amending the Constitution of the State of Alaska so as to re-establish the rights of all Alaskan residents to entry upon all public lands within the state, and to acquire private property interest there in, under fair and reasonable conditions. Such property interest shall include surface and sub-surface patent.
Foster a constitutional amendment abolishing and prohibiting all property taxes.
Seeking the complete repatriation of the public lands, held by the federal government, to the state and people of Alaska.
I feel pretty sure that before this is all over with, Sarah Palin will decide that she needs to "spend more time with her family" and McCain will have a more suitable candidate chosen for him by the powers that be.
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