The Palins and the Alaska Independence Party

[From 9/3/08, about the Sarah and Todd Palin's association with the Alaska Independence Party.]

To the editor:

Do Enquirer readers remember how Michelle Obama was attacked for saying—just once—that she was proud of her country “for the first time in [her] adult life”?

Now it turns out that Todd Palin is so proud of his country that for seven years he was a member of the Alaska Independence Party, a secessionist group intent on removing the state from the union.

The AIP’s founder, Joe Vogler, has been quoted as saying, “The fires of hell are frozen glaciers compared to my hatred for the American government.”

Compare and contrast.