Yeah, they really DID say that …

According to [Chuck Heath, guv quitter Palin’s father], the presence of so many Asians and Pacific Islanders made her uncomfortable: “They were a minority type thing and it wasn’t glamorous, so she came home.” In any case, Palin reports that she much preferred her last stop, the University of Idaho, “because it was much like Alaska yet still ‘Outside.’ ”

(North Star

Populism, politics, and the power of Sarah Palin
, Sam Tanenhaus writing for the New Yorker, 12/07/09
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