Joe Vogler

Joe Vogler is the founder and former Chairman of the Alaskan Independence Party (AIP), an organization whose goals include attaining Alaskan independence from the United States.¹ Shortly after Sarah Palin was named the Republican vice presidential nominee, ABC News blogger Jake Trapper reported that Palin was a member of the AIP in the 1990s.²

Fast Facts

1. Born: April 24, 1913
2. Birth place: Barnes, Kansas
3. Received a law degree from the University of Kansas
4. Moved to Alaska in 1942³
5. Founded the Alaskan Independence Party in the 1970s
6. Ran unsuccessfully for political office several times
7. Died: 1993

Quotes

"The fires of Hell are glaciers compared to my hate for the American Government."⁴

"I'm an Alaskan, not an American. I've got no use for America or her damned institutions."⁵

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