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Originally Posted by larrymcg421
The bolded part makes no sense. I'm not sure you have the timeline right. She did in fact run for Governor as a Republican, and was endorsed by Ted Stevens. Her AIP membership was when she was on the Wasilla city council. She became a Republican in 1996 when she ran for Mayor, ran for Lt. Governor in 2002 as a Republican (losing in the primary), and then beating Murkowski in the 2006 Republican primary.
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I'm not talking about when she ran for mayor or gov, but when she ran for city council. At the time, she wasn't very political and maybe even believed in some of the ideals in the independent party. Then, 3-4 years later, she left and joined the republicans. Also, let's not forget, the Alaskan republican party was extremely corrupt in the early-mid 90s. So, you have to put that in context when looking at her "loyalty" comments and the fact she started out with the independent party.
Let's also not forget we are talking when she was in her late 20s and early 30s for a lot of this stuff. I think it's fair to say someone has learned a bit politically between the ages of 28 and 44. This isn't like Obama (ie, with Wright) where she was still attending Independent party ralies 6 months ago. All this stuff happened in a 3-4 year window 12-16 years ago.