This was bound to happen sooner or later, and it happened later and rather publicly too, too close to the election date i must add. Story by AP here.
Two Canadian pranksters pranked the hell out of Republican vice presidential nominee Sarah Palin by tricking her into thinking she was on the phone today with French President Nicolas Sarkozy. The conversation broadcast on a Montreal Radio station was totally embarrassing. I had to hold my head in my hands in certain places hardly daring her to reply to a jive that the pranksters threw her but she battled on through the banter all to the bitter end. Pop the hood for more…
Here is the full transcript of the conversation as recorded for those whose Flash players refuses to co-operate, courtesy of the Washington Post’s Sleuth:
HANDLER: This is Betsy.
RADIO HOST: Hello, Betsy.
HANDLER: Hi
RADIO HOST: Hi, this is (French name), I am with president Sarkozy, on the line for Gov. Palin
HANDLER: Yes, one second please. Can you hold on one second, please?
RADIO HOST: Yeah, no problem.
HANDLER: Alright, thanks.
HANDLER 2: Hi, I’m gonna hand the phone over to her.
RADIO HOST: OK, thank you very much, I’m gonna put the president on the line
GOV. SARAH PALIN: This is Sarah.
RADIO HOST: Uh yeah, Gov. Palin?
GOV. PALIN: Hello.
RADIO HOST: Just hold on for President Sarkozy, one moment.
GOV. PALIN: Oh, it’s not him yet. I always do that.
FAKE SARKOZY: Yes, hello, Gov. Palin.
GOV. PALIN: I’ll just have people hand it to me right when it’s him.
FAKE SARKOZY: Yes, hello, Mrs. Governor?
GOV. PALIN: Hello, this is Sarah. How are you?
FAKE SARKOZY: Fine, and you? This is Nikolas Sarkozy speaking. How are you?
GOV. PALIN: Oh, so good, it’s so good to hear you. Thank you for calling us.
FAKE SARKOZY: Oh, it’s a pleasure.
GOV. PALIN: Thank you sir. We have such great respect for you, John McCain and I. We love you, and thank you for taking a few minutes to talk to me.
FAKE SARKOZY: I followed your campaigns very closely with my special American advisor, Jean, the other day.
GOV. PALIN: Yes, good.
FAKE SARKOZY: Excellent, are you confident?
GOV. PALIN: Very confident, and we’re thankful that polls are showing that the race is tightening.
FAKE SARKOZY: Well, I know very well that the campaign can be exhausting. How do you feel right now, my dear?
GOV. PALIN: I feel so good, I feel like we’re in a marathon and at the very end of the marathon you get your second wind and you plow through the finish.
FAKE SARKOZY: You see, I got elected in France because I’m real, and you seem to be someone who’s real as well.
GOV. PALIN: Yes, Nikolas we so appreciate this opportunity.
FAKE SARKOZY: You know, I see you as a president one day too.
GOV. PALIN: Haha, maybe in eight years.
FAKE SARKOZY: Well, I hope for you, you know we have a lot on common because personally, one of my favorite activities is to hunt, too.
GOV. PALIN: Oh, very good, we should go hunting together.
FAKE SARKOZY: Exactly, we could go try hunting by helicopter like you did. I never did that. Like we say in France, (says long French-sounding phrase).
GOV. PALIN: Well, I think we could have a lot of fun together as we’re getting work done. We could kill two birds with one stone that way.
FAKE SARKOZY: I just love killing those animals, mm mm, taking away life, that is so fun. I would really love to go as long as we don’t bring vice president Cheney, haha.
GOV. PALIN: No, I’ll be a careful shot, yes.
FAKE SARKOZY: Yes, you know we have a lot in common because from my house I can see Belgium. That’s kind of less interesting than you.
GOV. PALIN: Well, see, we’re right next door to other countries that we all need to be working with, yes.
FAKE SARKOZY: Some people said in the last days, and I thought that was mean, that you weren’t experienced enough in foreign relations and you know, that’s completely false. That’s what I said to my great friend, Prime Minister of Canada, (says French-sounding name).
GOV. PALIN: Well, you know, he’s doing fine too, when you come into a position underestimated, it gives you an opportunity to prove the pundits and the critics wrong. You work that much harder.
FAKE SARKOZY: I was wondering, because you are so next to him, one of my good friends the PM of Quebec, Mr. Richard Serroi. Have you met him recently? Has he come to one of your rallies?
GOV. PALIN: I haven’t seen him at one of the rallies, but it’s been great working with the Canadian officials in my role as governor. We have a great cooperative effort there, as we work on all of our resource development projects. You know, I look forward to working with you and getting to meet you personally and your beautiful wife, oh my goodness; you’ve added a lot of energy to your country with that beautiful family of yours.
FAKE SARKOZY: Thank you very much, you know my wife Carla would love to meet you. You know, even though she was a bit jealous that I was supposed to speak to you today.
GOV. PALIN: Well give her a big hug for me.
FAKE SARKOZY: You know my wife if is a singer and a former hot top model. And she’s so hot in bed, she even wrote a song for you.
GOV. PALIN: Oh my goodness, I didn’t know that.
FAKE SARKOZY: Yes, in French it’s called Rouge Alleve Serre Caution, or if you prefer in English “Joe the Plumber it is Life, Joe the Plumber”.
GOV. PALIN: Maybe she understands the some of the unfair criticism, but I bet you she’s such a hard worker too and she realizes you just plough through that criticism.
FAKE SARKOZY: I just want to be sure, I don’t quite understand the phenomenon Joe the Plumber, that’s not your husband, right?
GOV. PALIN: That’s not my husband, but he’s a normal American who just works hard and doesn’t want government to take his money.
FAKE SARKOZY: Yes, yes, I understand. We have the equivalent of Joe the Plumber in France, it’s called “Marselle the Guy with Bread Under his Armpit”. Oui.
GOV. PALIN: Right, that’s what it’s all about, the middle class and government needing to work for them. You’re a very good example for us here.
FAKE SARKOZY: I seen a bit, but NBC, even Fox News wasn’t an ally, an ally, sorry about as much as usual.
GOV. PALIN: Yes, that’s what we’re up against.
FAKE SARKOZY: I must say, Gov. Palin, I love the documentary they made on your life – you know, Hustler’s “Nailin’ Palin”.
GOV. PALIN: Oh good, thank you.
FAKE SARKOZY: That was really edgy.
GOV. PALIN: Well good.
FAKE SARKOZY: I really loved you. And I must say something else so governor, you’ve been pranked by the Masked Avengers, we’re two comedians from Montreal.
GOV. PALIN: Oh, [sic] we’ve been pranked. What radio station is this?
FAKE SARKOZY: This is for CKOY in Montreal.
GOV. PALIN: In Montreal? tell me there radio station call letters.
FAKE SARKOZY: CK… Hello? If one voice can change the world for Obama, one Viagra can change the world for McCain.
PALIN AID: I’m sorry, I have to let you go, thank you.
FAKE SARKOZY: Yay! Woohoo!
I loved the bit about the documentary Hustler’s “Nailin’ Palin” and the hapless Sarah Palin not understanding at all what he was on about, somoene please tell the lass and perhaps show her the tape! Really, out of touch, no. Probably out in space. *dead* Perhaps this was a wiser choice for work?




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Damn! What a shame! Very embarrassing!
Once upon a time I thought Bush support would be the worst thing to happen to Mcain. How wrong I was.
Have got to look for that documentary
Listened to it…she really shot herself inthe foot when it came to the moose killing…
The pranksters got her. But I wonder how, for more than 3 minutes, she failed to suspect somthing wierd about Pres Sarkozy telling her about how he loved killing innocent animals and how he told her that Carla Bruni was hot in bed.
How dumb does one have to be not to put ?? there?
Ooops, what embarassment!!
funny ! I must give it up to her for sustaining such a spaced out conversation for that long. Her PR skills must be good, coz normal people would have found an excuse to hang-up ages ago.
Palin is a blonde.Point blank.
@BF
I don’t think she is blond, she has black hair..
That was very embarrassing, couldn’t she ask herself how Zarkozy, even the bad boy that he is, telling her about his wife being hot in bed?
yeah, her PR skills are good…
Savvy, I’m thinking he didnt mean literally blonde. lol
Palin is just sad.
This was so funny!!! How can she believe a president would declare on radio that his wife is good in bed???
and the French man with the bread under his armpit!! teeheehee….woishee!
***SMH****. This woman is blonde
Lets first give Palin a break here,we can maybe point to the fact that she is really hot for a politician(Boyfulani-are you with me?)
If there is one person who has brought down the Mcain campaign with her public perfomances,it has to be this lady right here.Picture her as V.P?!?
Now Sarah can fade to obscurity seeing they’ve lost to Obama.