http://tpmelectioncentral.talkingpointsmemo.com/2008/09/aip_founder_professed_hatred_f.phpThe founder of the Alaska Independence Party -- a group that has been courted over the years by Sarah Palin, and one her husband was a member of for roughly seven years --
once professed his "hatred for the American government" and cursed the American flag as a "damn flag." The AIP founder, Joe Vogler, made the comments in 1991, in an interview that's now housed at the Oral History Program in the Rasmuson Library at the University of Alaska, Fairbanks.
At another point, Volger advocated renouncing allegiance to the United States. In the course of denouncing Federal regulation over land, he said: "And then you get mad. And you say, the hell with them. And you renounce allegiance, and you pledge your efforts, your effects, your honor, your life to Alaska."
Fast forward to 2008 and you'll see a video of Sarah Palin addressing their convention THIS YEAR (nice job with the vetting McCain)