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Title: USA Reality - Sarah Palin (I) View count: 754 Rating: 5.0 (6 ratings) Description: Reality, in everyday usage, means "the state of things as they actually exist". October 13, 2008 - Max Blumenthal on Sarah Palins Radical Right-Wing Pals and Her Ties to the Pro-Secessionist Alaskan Independence Party As the McCain campaign continues to focus on Senator Obamas alleged ties to former Weather Underground member William Ayers, a new investigation in Salon.com sheds light on how Governor Palins ties to the radical right are far deeper than previously thought. Journalists Max Blumenthal and David Neiwert detail how Palin was elected Mayor of Wasilla over a decade ago with the help of activists from the Alaska Independence Party and the John Birch Society. They allege that she tried to return the favor later by attempting to appoint one of them to an empty city council seat. Max Blumenthal, investigative reporter. He was in Alaska last month investigating Governor Palins ties to the Alaska Independence Party. He is a fellow at the Nation Institute and his latest article, Meet Sarah Palins Radical Right-Wing Pals. His website is maxblumenthal.com A new report from the Alaska legislature has concluded Republican vice-presidential nominee Governor Sarah Palin abused her power and violated state ethics law by trying to get her former brother-in-law Mike Wooten fired from the state police. The report by former Anchorage prosecutor Stephen Branchflower states, Governor Palin knowingly permitted a situation to continue where impermissible pressure was placed on several subordinates in order to advance a personal agenda. Meanwhile, as the McCain campaign continues to focus on Senator Obamas alleged ties to former Weather Underground member William Ayers, now a professor at the University of Illinois, a new investigation at Salon.com sheds light on how Governor Palins ties to the radical right are far deeper than previously thought. Journalists Max Blumenthal and David Neiwert detail how Palin was elected Mayor of Wasilla over a decade ago with the help of activists from the Alaska Independence Party and the John Birch Society. They allege she tried to return the favor later by attempting to appoint one of them to an empty city council seat. the report found, everything Sarah Palin had said in terms of her motives for firing trooper Mike Wooten, who had divorced her sister, was completely false. I took a trip to Alaska about two weeks ago and interviewed the former chair of the Alaskan Independence Party. And then a reporter named David Neiwert, whos been covering the anti-government militia movement since the early 90s, took his own trip there, and in addition to interviewing, you know, the former AIP chair, Mark Chryson, we talked to people who served on the city council in Wasilla with Sarah Palin; we talked to her predecessor as mayor, John Stein; and we combed through city council records, investigating the extent of her ties to the Alaskan Independence Party, because we didnt think that this has been sufficiently covered. And what we found was that she was more closely associated with this party and with fringe right-wing elements than the media had previously discovered or than Palin was willing to acknowledge. Tags: usa, america, american, reality, election, 2008, sarah, palin, vp, vice, president, mccain, obama, voter, florida, social, conservatives, max, blumenthal, david, neiwert, john, birch, society, alaska, alaskan, independence, party, republican, radical, right, wing, neocon, government, leadership, weather, underground, william, ayers, wasilla, troopergate, mike, wooten, gop, religion, chomsky, jesus, Author: gfde08 |
