Palin and Patriotism

It occurs to me that the selection of Palin not only undercuts the experience argument, but also the patriotism argument that the McCain campaign was trying to frame. For all the outrage on the Right over Obama's tenuous relationship with Bill Ayers, and innocuous statements by Michelle Obama, and Rev. Wright, it would seem to me that active membership in a secessionist party might send the these same parties into a similar sort of outrage. I think most would agree that the latter is quite a bit more serious.