This is just hilarious. Apparently, before Palin snagged the mayorality of the metropolis of Wasilla, she was a paid-up member of the Alaska Independence Party. The primary aim of the Alaska Independence Party is, it seems, secession from the United States and nationhood status for Alaska. Now, as someone who – as a general rule – believes that if people want to run off and form their own country they ought to be allowed to, I can’t say that I’m personally troubled by this. But in light of the hypernationalistic bent of the GOP these days, don’t you think it should be an issue? Or is patriotism just one more principle they’ll jettison in pursuit of victory?
Update: Apparently Palin was *not* a paid up member of the AIP. That was her husband, see. But she was still “sharing [their] vision” in 2008.  Ah well. That’ll teach me to rely on the word of a winger party official.