Sarah Palin “commanded” the Alaska National Guard?

Right wingers have been harping on the intent that Sarah Palin has national security “experience” because she “commanded” the Alaska National Guard. CNN’s Campbell Brown puts that notion to rest in this clip.

Sarah Palin and her husband Todd have had a long and, as of March 2008, ongoing organization with the Alaska Independence Party. Tod Palin was a registered member of the AIP from 1995 to 2002. Sarah Palin attended several of their conventions and in March 2008 she delivered a welcoming address to the AIP convention. The Alaska Independence Celebration has advocated secession from the United States. Joe Vogler, the founder of the AIP, was murdered in 1993 while attempting to purchase plastic explosives on the black market. Wonder what he was planning to blow up?