First, I've not even seen proof of that. Let's say, however, that you're an Alaskan with native blood in you. Let's say that you were part of a state that, in comparison, entered the union only recently.
Then let's say that the federal government had seized millions of acres of the state and prevented their development. Let's say that the fed had become bigger than its britches throughout your state and was holding it down.
I can see how such a secessionist movement could get off the ground.
I can also see it as a throwback to the time when folks' loyalties also included their state. After all, each of us is a state in our own right. We are united STATES.
I can understand such movements existing in both Alaska and Hawaii -- and they do.
The chairwoman of the AIP now says she made a mistake about Sara Palin's membership (blaming the wrong information on an unnamed co-worker), but maintains that her husband, Todd, has been a registered AIP member until 2002.
She also maintains that Sarah Palin attended the pro-secessionist party congress in 1994 and 2006. I will sit back on this one, this time, but if it turns out to be true then the Republicans will have made a historic move indeed, picking a VP who has flirted with secessionists. I wouldn't wnat to be remembered for that.