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Pretty weak stuff.
'Joe Vogler, dangerous radical.....' was killed in 1993, 2 years before Todd Palin went near the AIP.
'AIP, radical group..' never did one thing but talk. No bombs, no explosions.
'Vogler was killed by another secessionist....' No, he was killed by a goofball who joined the AIP to get close to Vogler so he could rob him. Vogler was a miner and, like all of them, was rumored to have gold buried in mayonnaise jars.
'Palin joined the AIP in 1995....' think about this for a second. In 1995, ANWR finally passed both houses of Congress and went to the President's desk where it was vetoed by Clinton. One man, with the stroke of a pen, wiped out billions of dollars in jobs and value for citizens of this state. Todd Palin wasn't the only one who was disappointed with Washington.
'Radical right-wing pals....' Please. The AIP is so radical they have 13,000 registered voters in a state has 60,000 Democrats. Why is the AIP popular? Check your history on Alaska statehood. In 1959, Congress granted statehood to Alaska and then kept 2/3 of the land for the US government. Included in the land they kept was ANWR, much of the SE Alaska logging forests, oil land on the North Slope, millions of acres of prime land all over the state.
'Sarah filmed a welcome video for AIP...' And she has done them for other radical groups like the Girl Scouts and the Alaska Federation of Natives. That's her job.
'I went to see Sarah....' Yeah, so what? Wasilla, as everyone knows, is a small town. Everyone knows her out there and across the state.
Jesus. Is this the best you can do?
*** Palin's husband's membership in the Alaska secessionist party, and her friendship with its founder who has said he hates America and brags openly about the arsenal he has in his basement ***
AIP was founded by Joe Vogler. He has been dead since 1993.
The Left Wing is scared to death of Sarah Palin. If McCain wins, she could dominate the American political scene for 16 years. No Hillary, no Barack, 16 years of her charming people and changing votes and advancing her conservative views. CAN'T HAVE THAT!
Mr. Jans makes numerous factual errors and leaves other parts behind.
Wasilla looks like it does not because of any actions by Palin but because there are no zoning laws in effect. Every effort to even consider the issue is immediately shouted down.
"Net worth of $1.2 million"? No, not exactly - that's the total of the Palin's ASSETS, a slightly different matter. Subtract the liabilities before you reach a conclusion.
Owned 40 vehicles? Yes, maybe. Todd has been an Iron Dog racer for 15 years and you need 2 machines for each race so there's 30 snowmobiles.
Owns an airplane? Yeah, a 40 year old Super Cub Todd bought on a deal from his dad.
Opposed Pebble and Prop 4? So did a majority of Alaskans.
And so on.
Jans can oppose Palin if he wants but he should be accurate.