The VP slot should be fruitful for Alaskans, Palin told CBS News.

[pnwmom]

And Alaska issues would have to be a "high priority" if she were to consider being V.P.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2008/sep/02/uselections2008.republicans20085?gusrc=rss&feed=worldnews

SNIP

Palin was a member of the Alaskan Independence party (AIP) before becoming an elected Republican official, and recorded a video message for the AIP convention this year. The party's chief goal is securing Alaska a vote on seceding from the US, a goal that AIP leaders believe the state was denied before it became part of the US almost 50 years ago.

Yet it is the AIP's motto, "Alaska First, Alaska Always", that may cause the most trouble for McCain. The Republican's campaign slogan this year is "Country First".

At the convention where Palin's video was played, the AIP vice-chairman, George Clark, told the audience that she was an AIP member before getting her first political post as mayor of the small town of Wasilla, Alaska.

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Palin suggested in a July interview with CNBC news that she would insist on making Alaskan issues a high priority before agreeing to serve as a vice-presidential candidate. "We want to make sure that that VP slot would be a fruitful type of position, especially for Alaskans, and for the things we're trying to accomplish up here for the rest of the US, before I can even start addressing that question," she said.

SNIP

[jberryhill]

1. Seward's critics were right...

...they were just early on the real folly.

[Occam Bandage]

2. So, she believes "Alaska first," and said she would only take VP if it would be to Alaska's benefit.

Yes, I can see how that squares with "country first..."

[Occam Bandage]

3. So, she believes "Alaska first," and said she would only take VP if it would be to Alaska's benefit.

Yes, I can see how that squares with "country first..."

[stray cat]

4. As president she would put Alaska first instead of American first - thats a problem!

[Oak2004]

9. But don't you see? Alaska, at the time of her nomination, is a US state

i.e, part of our country, and therefore, you can do nothing but admire her dedication to country, or at least a part of it, first.

: spinning wildly :

And every decent American feels loyalty towards their state


: hypersonic spinning :

:rofl:

[NJmaverick]

5. The AIP would have a high up woman on the inside

this must be BIG for them!


As for her Alaska first policy, not very Vice Presidential.

[LeftishBrit]

6. What about being fruitful to the USA, not to mention the world at large?

*Really* did anyone vet her at all?

[cui bono]

7. So as president she would allow Alaska to secede, then have Alaska annex the USA

Great.

[Blackhatjack]

8. If faced with a decision as Pres that would be best for the US but hurt Alaskans, What Would She Do?

Now that would be an interesting discussion.

You have to ferret out the loyalties of this woman before you put the reins of power within her reach as VP.

[yourguide]

10. Told CNBC not CBS

[LisaL]

11. It's been fruitful all right.