Sarah Palin & Todd Palin - un American couple?

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"My government is my worst enemy. I'm going to fight them with any means at hand."

Only one problem. The quote is from Joe Vogler, the raging anti-American who founded the Alaska Independence Party. Inconveniently for Palin, that's the very same secessionist party that her husband, Todd, belonged to for seven years and that she sent a shout-out to as Alaska governor earlier this year. ("Keep up the good work," Palin told AIP members. "And God bless you.")

Vogler's greatest moment of glory was to be his 1993 appearance before the United Nations to denounce United States "tyranny" before the entire world and to demand Alaska's freedom. The Alaska secessionist had persuaded the government of Iran to sponsor his anti-American harangue. <>

The Republican ticket is working hard this week to make Barack Obama's tenuous connection to graying, '60s revolutionary Bill Ayers a major campaign issue. But the Palins' connection to anti-American extremism is much more central to their political biographies.

Listed below are the links to Youtube for the video that shows Sarah Palin and the Alaska Independence Party.
Alaska Independence Party Convention

Vice Chairman for the A.I.P video mentions Sarah Palin as being active with the party.

Did the Palins not believe that their dirty laundry would come out of the closet?

Another quote from the A.I.P.

"no use for America or her damned institutions".

Remember that Barack Obama caught a great deal of heat for having a pastor who was harshly critical of America. For some reason though, Republicans don't seem to have a problem with Palin being part of an organization that outright calls for secession from the Union.

Fact Check: Did McCain join, or lead on Fannie-Freddie reform?

Fact Check: Did McCain join, or lead on Fannie-Freddie reform?

The Statement
Democratic presidential nominee Sen. Barack Obama said at the Oct. 7 presidential debate in Nashville, Tennessee, "With respect to Fannie Mae, what Sen. McCain didn't mention is the fact that this bill that he talked about wasn't his own bill. He jumped on it a year after it had been introduced and
it never got passed."

Get the facts!

The Facts
Since the recent financial meltdown, McCain has repeatedly said on the campaign trail that he warned his fellow lawmakers about a potential crisis with the government-regulated mortgage firms Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. He's referring to a May 2006 speech he gave on the floor of the Senate in support of a plan he co-sponsored — the Federal Housing Enterprise Regulatory Act of 2005.

In the speech, he cited a federal report, saying that "Fannie Mae employees deliberately and intentionally manipulated financial reports to hit earnings targets." He also noted a $3.8 million fine Freddie Mac had recently paid to the Federal Elections Commission over problems with disclosure of its political lobbying. "These are entities that have demonstrated over and over again that they are deeply in need of reform," McCain said in the speech. He urged senators to support changing how the institutions were overseen by the government.

Sen. Chuck Hagel, R-Nebraska, sponsored the bill, which was introduced in January 2005. The legislation, which never became law, would have moved oversight of Fannie and Freddie from the department of Housing and Urban Development to an independent Federal Housing Enterprise Regulatory Agency.

The Verdict: True. McCain's warning came more than a year after legislation was introduced. He was not the sponsor and the bill failed to pass.

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We all know that the Republicans controlled the Senate and Congress up until November 2006. So if this bill didn't pass; we know why. This bill would have moved oversight from government to an independent agency. Sounds like even more deregulation in an industry that needs more regulation to control the corruption on Wall Street.