Does This Make Her a Patriot?

Ummm...awkward?

"Tonight, Sarah Palin will be nominated as the Republican Party's choice for vice president of the United States.

But back home, she has cheered the work of a tiny party that long has pushed for a statewide vote on whether Alaska should secede from those same United States. And her husband, Todd, was a member of the party for seven years."

How can she potentially lead a country that she wanted to seperate from? Although maybe she initially thought it would be easier to rule Alaska if she got it away from the US. And it's big enough to be impressve!