Nader and the AIP - equivalent

Alaska Independence Party: Far-Right Nader of the North

Posted by Eli , Firedoglake at 12:45 PM on November 16, 2008.

This is the same party that Todd belonged to for several years, and the same party that Palin gave her warm video pep talk to this year.

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As Political Base points out, Mark Begich's current margin of victory in the Alaska Senate race (1,022 votes) is dwarfed by the 12,000 votes cast for the Alaska Independence Party candidate.

Given that the Alaska Independence Party are on the right-wing survivalist end of the political spectrum, that pretty much makes Bob Bird the gun-toting separatist version of Ralph Nader -- only more popular.

And lest anyone forget, this is the same party that Todd Palin belonged to for several years, and the same party that Sarah Palin gave her warm video pep talk to this year. I wonder if that encouragement helped inspire them to that lofty vote total. Who knows, maybe even Sarah Palin herself voted for the AIP candidate, rather than cast a vote for a convicted felon or a Democrat.

It would be irresponsible not to speculate.

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I Can't Imagine [Report this comment] Posted by: blackie4aces on Nov 16, 2008 3:26 PM Current rating: 5 [1 = poor; 5 = excellent] that Sarah Palin would have any problem with voting for a convicted felon. Did not she herself make off with over $500 worth of clothes. Though not convicted, well........ I wonder if the "First Dude" wept or was glad to be rid of all those Armanis, happy to get back to his Moose Guns, Snow Machine, and AIP rallies? Satan's Neutral Corner satansneutralcorner@yahoo.com [« Reply to this comment] [Post a new comment »] [Rate this comment: 1 - 2 - 3 - 4 - 5] Oregon, too. [Report this comment] Posted by: oregoncharles on Nov 16, 2008 8:04 PM Current rating: Not yet rated [1 = poor; 5 = excellent] Merkley defeated Sen. Gordon Smith (R) by a couple thousand votes. The Constitution Party candidate got far more than that. (The Greens didn't run anyone - if we had, it might have swung back the other way.) This kind of thing happens all the time; but Democrats usually only notice when they're the ones losing. There is a solution to these perverse results: Instant Runoff Voting (there are also some other alternatives that would work, less well tried.) It's in use in Australia, San Francisco, Burlington Vt.; and it's been in the Oregon Constitution for a hundred years, but never actually tried. It gives voters a backup vote, and guarantees a majority. The result is to eliminate the spoiler effect this article is about. That's precisely why the major parties are against it: it lets new parties into the game, forcing them to compete with new ideas. Sound good to you? Talk to your state legislators: they make the electoral law. [« Reply to this comment] [Post a new comment »] [Rate this comment: 1 - 2 - 3 - 4 - 5] What's Good for the Goose... [Report this comment] Posted by: AlexLawyer on Nov 17, 2008 1:14 AM Current rating: 5 [1 = poor; 5 = excellent] One can't help but speculate why the same media who ran incessant videos of Reverend Wright's sermon excerpts didn't do the same with AIP and its connection to the Palins. Even the now-repudiated Wright never suggested secession from the US. [« Reply to this comment] [Post a new comment »] [Rate this comment: 1 - 2 - 3 - 4 - 5] » TerrytomRE: What's Good for the Goose... Posted by: terryton Terrytom. ?the Nader connection [Report this comment] Posted by: terryton on Nov 17, 2008 5:40 AM Current rating: 5 [1 = poor; 5 = excellent] I am angered that the author connects Ralph Nader with these crazies. Ralph still is my preference for president to get America back on the real America track. I want the author to tell me just why he has made that connection. Last night on 60 Minutes Obama looked good. He does inspire confidence. Although the village idiot looks good rather than those right wing nut jobs like Bush and cabal or McSame and that woman. We need a third party or more to get the real issues discussed. Ralph thinks a ½% tax on derivatives would pay for the payoff. Oops I mean bail out or whatever the latest euphemism is used for the grandest theft. This feels like somebody put sand in my KY jell. My hemorrhoids hemorrhaging. [« Reply to this comment] [Post a new comment »] [Rate this comment: 1 - 2 - 3 - 4 - 5] It had to happen.. [Report this comment] Posted by: luzmejor on Nov 17, 2008 12:06 PM Current rating: 5 [1 = poor; 5 = excellent] The right-wingers have been spinning reality so long that they no longer know anything about the facts. They are living in their own private and ingrown world! [« Reply to this comment] [Post a new comment »] [Rate this comment: 1 - 2 - 3 - 4 - 5] Nader and the AIP - equivalent [Report this comment] Posted by: leland61 on Nov 17, 2008 7:47 PM Current rating: 5 [1 = poor; 5 = excellent] Who's the moron that came up with that one. They are as far apart as the sun from the earth. Get people to make headlines who know a little about what they are talking about. Talk about dumb and dumber. [« Reply to this comment] [Post a new comment »] [Rate this comment: 1 - 2 - 3 - 4 - 5]

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