(Not) surprised that the media isn't talking about this little gem, as those "foreign Native people" aren't particularly their main demographic.. but check out this video. It takes forever, as it's a bunch of nice ladies sittin' around chattin' it up about their "friend" Sarah and how she likes to pay children slave wages to brush and style her hair.
http://abcnews.go.com/video/playerIndex?id=5755383
Head to the end of the video (THE END) about -1:00 left. Here's a transcript for ya (AND I QUOTE):
News Lady: How does a small town mom with character and integrity sit down and deal with Putin on foreign issues?
Really smart friend of Sarah Palin: You know Sarah's a very, very, very good commnicator. And like Juanita said she's a very good listener. And she goes to these native villages in Alaska, which is like going to a foreign state, some of them don't even speak English, I mean, they do, but um, the communication is so different because these are people that hunt and fish and live off subsitance so she really has, you know, Alaska's really different as far as the lower 48 goes. And um, I think being the Governor of this state and living here all of her life has given her a different perspective and um, I have all the confidence in the world. I mean, it's just not an issue for me because I know her. You know, watch and see I guess.
Okay, lets get past the part that this is a non answer, answer. I mean, it's just not an issue because she knows her. And granted, this lady is just the friend of some lady who is running for Vice President of the UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. And it's not a friends job to be smart, well informed or have something interesting to say (although all of MY friends would). Lets put aside the (sometimes) friends don't have the same views and beliefs on things and (perhaps) this is an instance of the pretty, smart, intelligent, well rounded, well informed person being friends with a bunch of people TOTALLY OPPOSITE of her.. but COME ON.
Natives are like a foreign country? They are so totally different when they are a significant population in Alaska (prelim research suggests about 16% of the population actually. Well ahead of ANY other minority group, and the second largest group in the state. Yes, white is first, what did you expect?) not to mention the ORIGINATORS OF THAT PIECE OF LAND. So who is FOREIGN?
But I guess it's kind of flattering that visiting an Alaska Native Village can be compared to visiting the largest country in the world, covering more than an eighth of the Earth's land area; with 142 million people, the ninth largest by population.
Or that talking to those foreign native type peoples can be compared to sitting down with the former second President and current Prime Minister of Russia as well as chairman of United Russia and Chairman of the Council of Ministers of the Union of Russia and Belarus.
Hold on, I have to make a call out to The Hoopa Indian Reservation... lets hope I know the right INTERNATIONAL CODE. Man I hope they speak English, or rather, you know, understand the customs of those who speak English, or, you know, um, that we're able to um, communicate and like, you know, stuff.
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