McCain and Palin: Truth or Hate?

McCain and Palin: Truth or Hate?

What kind of person fans hatred as a get out the vote (GOTV) strategy? Whether you like Barack Obama and Joe Biden or not, I have to believe most Americans are appalled when the phrase "kill him" is shouted out at Palin’s rally and "terrorist" is shouted out at McCain’s when Barack Obama’s name is mentioned. McCain and Palin just smirked when this hatred was spewed and continued on with their speeches. I refuse to believe this is the kind of America most Americans want to live in or have their children and grandchildren grow up in.

Looking at past relationships is fair game in a political campaign. I encourage it. And as McCain/Palin and the Republican party rage on about Obama’s association with 60’s radical William Ayers, let us talk about the fact that Palin’s husband, the "First Dude", was a verified member of a secessionist party that wanted Alaska to leave the United States – yes that’s right Todd Palin was a member of the Alaska Independence Party. "According to the director of Division of Elections in Alaska, Gail Fenumiai, Todd Palin registered in October 1995 to the Alaska Independence Party, a radical group that advocates for Alaskan secession from the United States." Palin’s partner remained a member of the Alaska Independence Party until 2002, until 2002, the first year Palin ran for statewide office.The AIP’s leader/creator Joe Vogler puts it this way:

"I’m an Alaskan, not an American. I’ve got no use for America or her damned institutions." The same man, AIP founder Joe Vogler, also said, "[T]he fires of Hell are glaciers compared to my hate for the American government."

What does it say about John McCain’s character and worldview that he sat on the board of the US. Council for World Freedom a group well known for its relationship to Nazi collaborators and right wing death squads in Central America? According to the Associated Press:

GOP presidential nominee John McCain has past connections to a private group that supplied aid to guerrillas seeking to overthrow the leftist government of Nicaragua in the Iran-Contra affair.

McCain’s ties are facing renewed scrutiny after his campaign criticized Barack Obama for his link to a former radical who engaged in violent acts 40 years ago.

The U.S. Council for World Freedom was part of an international organization linked to former Nazi collaborators and ultra-right-wing death squads in Central America. The group was dedicated to stamping out communism around the globe.

The council’s founder, retired Army Maj. Gen. John Singlaub, said McCain became associated with the organization in the early 1980s as McCain was launching his political career in Arizona. Singlaub said McCain was a supporter but not an active member in the group.

McCain has said previously he resigned from the council in 1984 and asked in 1986 to have his name removed from the group’s letterhead.

"I didn’t know whether (the group’s activity) was legal or illegal, but I didn’t think I wanted to be associated with them," McCain said in a newspaper interview in 1986.

Singlaub does not recall any McCain resignation in 1984 or May 1986. Nor does Joyce Downey, who oversaw the group’s day-to-day activities.

"That’s a surprise to me," Singlaub said. "This is the first time I’ve ever heard that."

I once respected John McCain. But now, McCain’s battle cry of "country first" is a complete distortion of the course he and his campaign has chosen to follow.

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