[ 01 November 2008: Message edited by: martin dufresne ]

I know many people think it makes Palin look dumb, but it also makes the audience look like it's primarily Joe Plumbers and Six-packs.

"Haha. They made funny with a famous person."

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Sarah Palin's campaign issued an "mildly amused" response to having joined Jacques Chirac and Nicolas Sarkozy in having been the victim of a prank by a pair of French-Canadian comedians who impersonated Sarkozy on a call with the Alaska governor.

The prankster talked hunting ("I just love killing those animals."), and Palin said she was a "careful" shot in contrast to Dick Cheney. He also made a reference she appeared to miss to a porn movie in the conversation, which can be heard here and here. He said he could see Belgium from his house, described "my special American adviser Johny Halliday," a French singer, and referred to Canadian singer Stef Carse as Canada's prime minister, as Palin continued the conversation until he explained it was a prank.

"Gov. Palin received a phone call on Saturday from a French Canadian talk show host claiming to be French President Nicholas Sarkozy," emailed spokeswoman Tracey Schmitt. "Gov. Palin was mildly amused to learn that she had joined the ranks of heads of state, including President Sarkozy, and other celebrities in being targeted by these pranksters. C'est la vie."

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I thought he said, "From my ass I can see Belgium." So did my son, who I didn't realize was listening! I listened to the rest on earphones. (Good thing, too - I don't really want to explain "Nailin Paylin" to him!)

[ 01 November 2008: Message edited by: Michelle ]

But I can't take being embarassed for someone else.

On the other hand, she's involved in some pretty serious freakin' business. And people should be aware of her abilities, such as they are.

On top of that, there's been stuff she's had to handle that's been sexist, and that's wrong even if it isn't our political ox being gored. For once.

Any way you slice it, painfull to watch. But much of it necessary, I suppose.

[ 01 November 2008: Message edited by: Tommy_Paine ]

Back in 1968, the Democrats ran ads making fun of Spiro Agnew that had nothing but canned laughter for a whole minute while the TV screen said "Spiro Agnew for Vice-President?" then at the end the voice over said "This would be funny if it wasn't so serious".

It's just not sitting right with me.

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Originally posted by martin dufresne:
It's too bad the radio hosts behaved like self-conscious twits, lobbing stupid, embarrassing jokes at her, instead of getting her to discuss...

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