Camp mccain has now admitted that her husband was a member, at least from the mid-90s until 2002.
She accompanied him to events, but it's unknown whether or not her name was registered to that party. The party claims it was, in 94. I guess we'll find out soon enough.
Either way, it's troubling. Just as Michelle Obama's radical beliefs do influence her husband, Todd Palin's separatist mindset does influence Palin. This. Is. Scary.
ST. PAUL, Minn. - Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin's husband, Todd, twice registered as a member of the Alaskan Independence Party, a fierce states' rights group that wants to turn all federal lands in Alaska back to the state. Sarah Palin herself was never a member of the party, according to state officials.
Questions about a third-party link to John McCain's new running mate emerged Tuesday as the latest issue facing the McCain campaign in the midst of the Republican National Convention.
Questions had swirled about Sarah Palin's affiliation with the Independence Party and with former presidential candidate Pat Buchanan. Voter registration records and past news reports, however, show Palin never registered as a member of the Independence Party, and backed Steve Forbes' presidential campaign in 2000, not Buchanan.
"Supporters of Barack Obama are engaged in an unfortunate and nasty smear campaign," McCain spokesman Brian Rogers said, specifically citing issues related to Palin's politics.
Gail Fenumiai, director of the Alaska Division of Elections, said Todd Palin twice registered under the Alaskan Independence Party — in 1995 and 2000. Some members of the party have advocated secession from the United States, though that is not a goal listed in the party's platform.
Voter registration records show Sarah Palin registered in May 1982 as a member of the Republican Party and has not changed her affiliation. Todd Palin has been registered undeclared since 2002, Fenumiai said.
Palin did address the Alaskan Independence Party's state convention by video earlier this year, welcoming the party to Fairbanks.
"Your party plays an important role in our state's politics," she said in the video, which is posted on the party's Web site.
