should support Obama over Palin/Crazy Old Dude in general. They should be more certain than ever about NOT voting for Palin/Crazy Old Dude after reading this article.

n a picture supplied by Sarah Palin's family to the Associated Press, Palin appears with some rather odd reading matter: The magazine of the ultraconservative John Birch Society.

The picture, dating to 1995, when Palin was a member of the Wasilla City Council, ran beside a profile of Palin in Saturday's New York Times. The magazine, The New American, is sitting on top of her calendar on her desk, unopened.

The current, and then-, president of the group, John McManus, confirmed that the cover fit the description of a 1995 issue of the magazine. The headline, "Con-Con Call," refers to discussion at the time of a constitutional convention. The headline appears above a picture of then-Utah Governor Mike Leavitt, who had floated the notion as a way of returning the balance of power back toward the states. But the author warned that the convention could actually be a devious ploy aimed at increasing government power.

For more on the John Birch Society, see here.

This seems to me to tie into the AIP, whose founder wanted Alaska to be an independent country.  The AIP now claims that Alaska is illegally a State and wants a revote.  Even though the AIP has a video up referring to palin as a member, it now has a notice up that actually her husband, Todd, was the member.  She just gave a couple of welcoming speeches.  

http://www.akip.org/conv08.html

"I'm an Alaskan, not an American. I've got no use for America or her damned institutions."
Joe Vogler, founder, The AIP

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