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Tuesday, September 16, 2008 12:00 AM

Sarah Palin's powerful "First Dude"

Todd Palin has exerted unusual influence on his wife's Alaska government. In Washington, their methods would do Bush and Cheney proud.
By Mike Madden

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  • Tuesday, September 16, 2008 05:18 AM

    So your husband is an extreme rightwinger...

    The First Dude was a member of the insanely rightwing Alaska Independence Party, a group whose founder faulted the John Birch Society for not being conservative enough. Does anyone here believe that Sarah Palin would not be influenced by her husband? She's already nuts, so Odd Todd will only make her a worse VP.

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