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<p>Technically you are right – I just investigated it and the most thorough accounting seems to be here. She seems to heavily flirt with the AIP, but there is no evidence apparently she was a member:</p>
<p>[Political</a> Punch](<a href=“http://blogs.abcnews.com/politicalpunch/2008/09/members-of-frin.html]Political”>http://blogs.abcnews.com/politicalpunch/2008/09/members-of-frin.html)</p>
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<p>Uh, last time I checked Bill Clinton isn’t on the ballot this year. Anyway, this goes to govt. ethics. She was getting the public safety boss fired supposedly because he wouldn’t fire her brother-in-law. You have a very loose sense of governmental ethics if you think that’s okay, but if you’re Republican, these days by definition you really do and I shouldn’t have expected different. ;)</p>
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<p>Well, when she’s gone around marketing herself and being marketed as an anti-pork barrel candidate who fought against the Bridge to Nowhere but then a little investigating reveals she was very much for it at first, her marketing falls apart.</p>
<p>[Palin’s</a> Small Alaska Town Secured Big Federal Funds - washingtonpost.com](<a href=“http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/09/01/AR2008090103148.html?hpid=topnews]Palin’s”>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/09/01/AR2008090103148.html?hpid=topnews)</p>
<p>Look, however the chips fall with several of these scandals, the fact is they are taking up a lot of time and energy. McCain’s campaign doesn’t need these distractions right now… Something’s gotta give – and it’s going to be her candidacy, his poll numbers, or likely actually both.</p>