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A friend of mine just sent this to me. I asked her if I could post it and she said yes. Here is her post. It is quite thought provoking.

Jo, thanks and great job.

As a proud American, I believe that any U.S. citizen who belongs to or openly agrees with a political party whose main objective is to secede from the union is a traitor to our country.
Alaska is the only state where such a body exists. It is the Alaskan Independence Party (AIP) created in 1978. As this factual article will show, Sarah Palin’s association with the AIP forces all Americans to question her credibility as a true American patriot.

The AIP’S official website includes the treasonous statement of party founder Joe Vogler: "I'm an Alaskan, not an American. I've got no use for America or her damned institutions."

In a March 21, 1991 interview with Margaret van Cleve (part of the British Petroleum sponsored "On the Road" series (http://uaf-db.uaf.edu/jukebox/yuch/htm/jvog.htm) Vogler stated:
"The fires of hell are frozen glaciers compared to my hatred for the American government and I won't be buried under their damned flag...and when Alaska is an independent nation they can bring my bones home to be buried in my country…Is America destined for the trash bin? I think so, the trash bin of history."
The party’s motto, :“Alaska First—Alaska Always” is clearly displayed on the website’s homepage.

As recently as August, 2008, Lynette Clark, AIP’s chair, told ABC News: "We are a state's rights party” and that the AIP has "a plank that challenges the legality of the Alaskan statehood vote as illegal and in violation of United Nations charter and international law."

So, these facts beg the questions:
Why did Alaska Governor Sarah Palin attend, via videotape, the AIP’s 2008 convention?
At this year’s convention, did she tell members to “Keep up the good work”?
Why did she wish the party luck and refer to the gathering as an “inspiring convention”?
Why, according to former AIP Chairman Mark Chryson, did Palin and her husband attend the party's 1994 convention in Wasilla, Alaska?
Logic dictates that Palin is clearly still a believer in Alaska’s “right” to be its own entity, separate from the United States of America.
Merrian-Webster Dictionary defines treason as “The offense of attempting by overt acts to overthrow the government of the state to which the offender owes allegiance.” Although there is no evidence that Palin has ever overtly acted to overthrow the U.S. government, according to Merrian-Webster Dictionary’s definition “traitor” as “One who betrays another's trust or is false to an obligation or duty,” how can Americans possibly trust a politician whose words and actions contradict that of a true American patriot?