This should be good.

This is going to be SO GOOD. Their call to Jacques Chirac was legendary. Although it made Stephen Harper come off much worse than Chirac!

I'm looking forward to this almost as much as the election!

So they don't screen VPs or phone calls?

Oh man, this will be epic

Apparently anyone with a heavy French accent is French President enough for them.

I hope it's a thick French-Canadian accent like with the Harper-Chirac prank. Because then it would be obvious she can't even tell apart French accents and Quebec accents. So much for seeing Canada from your back porch!

/I'm Jean Poutine, and I approved this message.

Palin has already exhibited enough FAIL to discourage anyone on the fence about her qualifications.
That being said, I can't wait to hear this tape.

MP3 here.

Donald_McRonald: MP3 here.

Stunning. Praying for the greenlight.

Oops.

She sounds like a retard, but on the other hand--how would you react if a country's leader just called you out of the blue? And she wasn't the least bit suspicious. Amazing.

Nailing' Palin--OMG

"We could go unting by elecopter!"

"I just love killing those animals!!"

cryinoutloud: Nailing' Palin--OMG

That shiat was extra funny. Click here if you haven't seen it. (new window watch it till the end)

You have got to be farking kidding me.

Some political staffer is gettin' fired...

Donald_McRonald: MP3 here.

Wow.

She's a moron.

This needs to go to the main page.

I can't believe how gullible she is, and the fact that they slipped "Nailin Palin" right by her.

JohnnyC: cryinoutloud: Nailing' Palin--OMG

That shiat was extra funny. Click here if you haven't seen it. (new window watch it till the end)

That's not the Nailin Palin that the pranksters were referring to.

absoluteparanoia: This needs to go to the main page.

I can't believe how gullible she is, and the fact that they slipped "Nailin Palin" right by her.

Seriously. First of all, has she ever heard a French person speak? That accent was ridiculously jokey. And how the fark can you not think its a joke when the dude talks about Cheney and his wife. Oy.

I can just imagine a prankster calling President Palin mimicking a drunk, pissed-off Putin. She'd nuke Moscow.

For God's sake, keep this idiot out of the White House, FOREVER.

whoah. I am....at a loss for words.

Lionel Mandrake: I can just imagine a prankster calling President Palin mimicking a drunk, pissed-off Putin. She'd nuke Moscow.

For God's sake, keep this idiot out of the White House, FOREVER.

Heck, they could do Yeltsin. Like she would know the difference.

Wow. That was... wow.

Figures all you libs would stand by and laugh as her first amendment rights are trampled like this.

Does this mean we have to go back to Freedom fries and Freedom toast?

How are her rights trampled? And, um, these were Canadian pranksters.

I love the part where "Sarkozy" tells her that his wife is jealous of her beauty, and she gracefully accepts the compliment. The Beauty Queen in her makes her quite vulnerable to this kind of prank.

Atypical Person Reading Fark: How are her rights trampled? And, um, these were Canadian pranksters.

I love the part where "Sarkozy" tells her that his wife is jealous of her beauty, and she gracefully accepts the compliment. The Beauty Queen in her makes her quite vulnerable to this kind of prank.

Seriously. And if she thinks she's hotter than Carla Bruni, she's insane.

Wow...kudos to her for handling it well when they told her, but holy crap, how can someone be that stupid? If not the terrible accent than for what he was saying.

Atypical Person Reading Fark: How are her rights trampled?

Sarcasm meter on the fritz again?

Transcript here (new window)

A: You know my wife is a popular singer and a former top model and she's so hot in bed. She even wrote a song for you.

P: Oh my goodness, I didn't know that.

A: Yes, in French it's called de rouge a levre sur un cochon, or if you prefer in English, Joe the Plumber...it's his life, Joe the Plumber.

For those of you unfamiliar with French, de rouge a levre sur un cochon is "lipstick on a pig".

That was rather painful.

I guess Palin's aids vet worse than McCains
(RIM SHOT!)

as a youtube vid, with a transcript (new window)

vid is at the bottom

Mordant: Figures all you libs would stand by and laugh as her first amendment rights are trampled like this.


10/10, given Palin's recent statements about the 1st ammendment.

Mordant: Figures all you libs would stand by and laugh as her first amendment rights are trampled like this.

hahaha... wait... what exactly do you think "First amendment rights" are?

The right not to be prank called?

I know she's not the sharpest tool in the shed, but I have to say I'm surprised she didn't catch on to the joke sooner.

Oh... My... God...

Oh.

Snap.

I can't believe she didn't notice the fake name for the Canadian PM.

What struck was the borderline cartoon-like accents the guys used. And no one on in the Palin camp suspected anything. Also, she seemed a little pissed at her staffer when she was handed the phone and "Sarkozy" wasn't on yet.

I love how she bluffs her way through all the fake names

"We could try unteeng from elicopter like you do!"

Epsilon: I know she's not the sharpest tool in the shed, but I have to say I'm surprised she didn't catch on to the joke sooner.

I'm not. Extreme gullibility is a highly desirable quality of world leaders. Just look at Winston Churchill.

Scientific fact- people believe anything you say, as long as it's in a foreign accent.

Hollie Maea: I can't believe she didn't notice the fake name for the Canadian PM.

The speaker did sort of plow through the names, so it's not impossible that she just assumed that she misheard it.

/Still, she's pretty dumb.

"It's called 'Marcel the guy with bread under his armpit'"

Looks like Mordant knows almost as much about the first amendment as Palin does (audio link). Only the US government can "trample" your first amendment rights, not citizens. Especially Canadian citizens.

That's hilarious.

Did that strike anyone else as sounding a lot like prank calls in high school?

Her campaign and the way she handled the call were amateur, at best. And people actually want that in the White House?

ÉCHOUER

Mordant: Figures all you libs would stand by and laugh as her first amendment rights are trampled like this.

Read the first amendment again.

Mordant: Figures all you libs would stand by and laugh as her first amendment rights are trampled like this.

I'm no Constitutional scholar, but I don't believe our first Amendment protects you against getting a prank phone call.

She fell for it - hook, line, and sinker - and willingly participated like the dumbass she is. Deal with it.

Is this not going to be the greatest week ever in the history of Fark?

oh man

/semi boner.

andrewagill: The speaker did sort of plow through the names, so it's not impossible that she just assumed that she misheard it.

"Stephen Harper" is a pretty easy name to hear, or in this case, not hear. It's twice as many syllables as Stef Carse!

Two Dogs Farking: Some political staffer is gettin' fired...


Fired 4 days before everyone else?

Yaknow, Mordant, you're getting a little too good at this.

I just came here to say congratulations to my Quebecois cousins for the very well executed prank.



Your biggest yet! (new window)

Gordo: Looks like Mordant knows almost as much about the first amendment as Palin does (audio link). Only the US government can "trample" your first amendment rights, not citizens. Especially Canadian citizens.

Nice, hooked another one.

Bill Frist: hahaha... wait... what exactly do you think "First amendment rights" are?

Gordo: Looks like Mordant knows almost as much about the first amendment as Palin does

RevMercutio: Read the first amendment again.

Joke
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Your heads

"From my ouse I can zee Belgium."

Rich.

Plus one to Mordant for all the bites he got.

Let me start by saying that I already voted for Obama here in Texas. A big part of me really wants this to be fake. I am so tired of America being the butt of jokes around the world.

It's bad enough to be in Texas, I don't want the US to play Texas to the rest of the world any longer.

/Not a Texan, just living here
//Pirate Fish tattoo and all

RevMercutio: Mordant: Figures all you libs would stand by and laugh as her first amendment rights are trampled like this.

Read the first amendment again.

Gordo: Looks like Mordant knows almost as much about the first amendment as Palin does (audio link). Only the US government can "trample" your first amendment rights, not citizens. Especially Canadian citizens.

Atypical Person Reading Fark: How are her rights trampled? And, um, these were Canadian pranksters.

I love the part where "Sarkozy" tells her that his wife is jealous of her beauty, and she gracefully accepts the compliment. The Beauty Queen in her makes her quite vulnerable to this kind of prank.

You guys are more gullible than Palin

Does she answer e-mails from Nigeria, too?

Is there any proof that's actually her, or you all getting excited over nothing?

Mordant: Figures all you libs would stand by and laugh as her first amendment rights are trampled like this.

Damn you're good.

This is a veritable tornado-within-a-hurricane of FAIL on the part of her staff. Setting up a call like this ought to take days spent coordinating every last detail between the respective parties' aides (for example, who gets on the line first is something of a power play and never done by accident). Didn't they notice the caller ID wasn't from France, or their email domain names, or that something was not right with whoever they were communicating with? Heads of state don't just call other people out of the blue and hope they're at their desk or not in the middle of dinner or something.

I see no flaw in the way Palin handled the situation. The staff member who answered the phone didn't adequately check to see if the people calling were who they claimed to be. Palin had to take her staffer's word.

Also, Palin quite possibly couldn't understand some of the things the caller was saying because of his accent, so she just ignored the comments or made best guesses as to what was being said. She was just trying to be polite by not repeatedly asking the caller to restate what he said just because his accent was too strong for her to comprehend properly.

I am sure if the messiah got duped in the same manner you liberals would be frothing at the mouth.

Did Palin actually talk to a foreign leader without preconditions?

Semi-Sane: I see no flaw in the way Palin handled the situation.

Except not recognize a fake canadian PM name.

DamnYankees: Atypical Person Reading Fark: How are her rights trampled? And, um, these were Canadian pranksters.

I love the part where "Sarkozy" tells her that his wife is jealous of her beauty, and she gracefully accepts the compliment. The Beauty Queen in her makes her quite vulnerable to this kind of prank.

Seriously. And if she thinks she's hotter than Carla Bruni, she's insane.

THIS

Semi-Sane: I am sure if the messiah got duped in the same manner you liberals would be frothing at the mouth.

Huh? I thought Palin WAS the messiah?
She did just get duped.

tehrza: Is there any proof that's actually her, or you all getting excited over nothing?

The campaign already acknowledged it over an hour ago.

The best part is when he says "I see you as President some day!" and she just giggled for like like a 13 year old girl!

tehrza: Is there any proof that's actually her, or you all getting excited over nothing?

No proof yet. But these guys have one hell of a track record.

Here is a more detailed account from the Globe and Mail (new window).

Oh man haha it was Ok funny but not hilarious funny

These guys screwed up a awesome prank call. Why didnt they talk dirty to her in a sweet french accent? Like "is this line private? Ok uhmmm You know i have many many luxury yachts and hotels maybe we can get together sometime wee wee" I watch you on tv late at night when my wife is out you know wee wee?

Ugh, I hate listening to audio clips that long.. somebody find me a transcript!

unit63: This is a veritable tornado-within-a-hurricane of FAIL on the part of her staff. Setting up a call like this ought to take days spent coordinating every last detail between the respective parties' aides (for example, who gets on the line first is something of a power play and never done by accident). Didn't they notice the caller ID wasn't from France, or their email domain names, or that something was not right with whoever they were communicating with? Heads of state don't just call other people out of the blue and hope they're at their desk or not in the middle of dinner or something.

This. I thought this had to be a fake at first... because there's just no way one head of state calls another so freely like that. Is there any proof this is actually real? Man I hope it is. It's hilarious. It's a great fake if it's fake...

LessO2: Did Palin actually talk to a foreign leader without preconditions?

OMG! Now that you mention it, she DID!

Hollie Maea: tehrza: Is there any proof that's actually her, or you all getting excited over nothing?

The campaign already acknowledged it over an hour ago.

Really? Links? This is too good to be true... I hope the media picks up on this soon before the election >D

Talon: Hollie Maea: tehrza: Is there any proof that's actually her, or you all getting excited over nothing?

The campaign already acknowledged it over an hour ago.

Really? Links? This is too good to be true... I hope the media picks up on this soon before the election >D

http://www.politico.com/blogs/bensmith/1108/Palin_responds_to_spoof_Cest_la_vie_ .html?showall


"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."

Palin gets fooled by Canadians, half of America gets fooled by a Kenyan...what can you do?

Not to be all partisan and all, but I just can't picture Obama or Biden falling for this.

Not fake

"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,' said Schmitt." (new window)

Begin posting your guesses at what "mildly amused" really means.

Barricaded Gunman: Not to be all partisan and all, but I just can't picture Obama or Biden falling for this.

Even moreso, I can't imagine their STAFFS falling for it and letting the call take place at all.

Mighty Horse: Palin gets fooled by Canadians, half of America gets fooled by a Kenyan...what can you do?

Work on your trolling skills.

mesohorny: These guys screwed up a awesome prank call. Why didnt they talk dirty to her in a sweet french accent? Like "is this line private? Ok uhmmm You know i have many many luxury yachts and hotels maybe we can get together sometime wee wee" I watch you on tv late at night when my wife is out you know wee wee?

wee wee? I never took French, but it is "oui".

This isn't odd, but it did catch me off guard and amuse me... but in French porn, they do call out "Oui! Oui!". :-)

Talon:
This. I thought this had to be a fake at first... because there's just no way one head of state calls another so freely like that. Is there any proof this is actually real?

From this article^ on the subject:

In an interview Saturday, Audette told The Canadian Press it wasn't easy setting up the interview with Republican presidential candidate John McCain's running mate, and described the accomplishment as the pair's biggest triumph to date.

"It really took a lot of work," he said.

"We had to go through the Secret Service, the people in her entourage. It's the biggest coup so far. We're proud to add (this prank) to our top hits."

That's the FAIL I was talking about.

From The Huffington Post:

Palin campaign spokeswoman Tracey Schmitt confirmed she had received the prank call.

"Governor 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," she said.

Bill Frist: Barricaded Gunman: Not to be all partisan and all, but I just can't picture Obama or Biden falling for this.

Even moreso, I can't imagine their STAFFS falling for it and letting the call take place at all.

No kidding. Just the opening banter with the staff sounded like the call was placed to a high school yearbook office.

unit63: This is a veritable tornado-within-a-hurricane of FAIL on the part of her staff. Setting up a call like this ought to take days spent coordinating every last detail between the respective parties' aides (for example, who gets on the line first is something of a power play and never done by accident). Didn't they notice the caller ID wasn't from France, or their email domain names, or that something was not right with whoever they were communicating with? Heads of state don't just call other people out of the blue and hope they're at their desk or not in the middle of dinner or something.

They probably got her staff to feel pretty good with themselves by saying that Sarkozy was going to be on the line, and then changed her mind about the whole thing mostly at the last second. These guys are good at this, and I wouldnt be surprised that the prank sounded a lot more convincing to the aide than to the actual VP. Probably the real names of Sarkozy advisors and aides were used, and when its time for the recorded pranks its time for "Joseph l'ouvrier" and stuff like that.

You see their prank is that they hit mostly idiot celebrities with something they would love to hear, SP likes to hunt? Propose hunting. SP likes compliments on her beauty? Drop a line or two.

They used the same trick on Britney, she likes to feel relevant? Get her a song with Tiger Woods!

Barricaded Gunman: Not to be all partisan and all, but I just can't picture Obama or Biden falling for this.

I dunno, the REAL questions they get are, "ARE YOU A COMMIE!?" so it may be hard to tell satire from reality at this point.

In the background after she starts to hand the phone back to her aids, does Palin say that it's a radio station in France? After they said they were a radio station in Montreal? Please tell me I heard that wrong.

Best thing to come out of Quebec evar!

Whargble

AcheronX: Bill Frist: hahaha... wait... what exactly do you think "First amendment rights" are?

Gordo: Looks like Mordant knows almost as much about the first amendment as Palin does

RevMercutio: Read the first amendment again.

Joke
-------
Your heads

I had a feeling. That's why I hedged my bets a bit.

LessO2: Did Palin actually talk to a foreign leader without preconditions?

Yes, but she didn't sit down with him.

Can anyone bring a parallel incident in American politics of Palin? She is a stunning anomaly.

horonto: Best thing to come out of Quebec evar!

Put your poutine away. My arteries are hardening just looking at that pic.

*A quick translation of the french that's slipped in there:
"we can also kill some baby seals"--- in the line about hunting

"Lipstick on a pig" --- the name of the Carla Bruni song


A transcript of a prank phone call between Quebec comedy duo "The Masked Avengers" and Alaska governor and Republican vice-presidential nominee Sarah Palin, released Saturday.


Sarah Palin: This is Sarah.


Masked Avengers: Ah, yeah, Gov. Palin.


Palin: Hello.


Avengers: Just hold on for President Sarkozy, one moment.


P: Oh, it's not him yet, they're saying. I always do that.


A: Yes, hello, Gov. Palin.


P: Hello, this is Sarah, how are you?


A: Fine, and you? This is Nicolas Sarkozy speaking, how are you?


P: Oh, it's so good to hear you. Thank you for calling us.


A: Oh, it's a pleasure.


P: 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.


A: I follow your campaigns closely with my special American adviser Johnny Hallyday, you know?


P: Yes, good.


A: Excellent. Are you confident?


P: Very confident and we're thankful that polls are showing that the race is tightening and...


A: Well I know very well that the campaign can be exhausting. How do you feel right now, my dear?

P: 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 to the finish.

A: You see, I got elected in France because I'm real and you seem to be someone who's real, as well.

P: Yes, yeah. Nico, we so appreciate this opportunity.

A: You know I see you as a president one day, too.

P: Maybe in eight years.

A: Well, I hope for you. You know, we have a lot in common because personally one of my favourite activities is to hunt, too.

P: Oh, very good. We should go hunting together.

A: Exactly, we could try go hunting by helicopter like you did. I never did that.

Like we say in French, on pourrait tuer des bebe phoques, aussi

P: Well, I think we could have a lot of fun together while we're getting work done. We can kill two birds with one stone that way.

A: I just love killing those animals. Mmm, mmm, take away life, that is so fun.

I'd really love to go, so long as we don't bring along Vice-President Cheney.

P: No, I'll be a careful shot, yes.

A: Yes, you know we have a lot in common also, because except from my house I can see Belgium. That's kind of less interesting than you.

P: Well, see, we're right next door to different countries that we all need to be working with, yes.

A: 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 the thing that I said to my great friend, the prime minister of Canada Stef Carse.

P: Well, he's doing fine, too, and yeah, 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.

A: I was wondering because you are so next to him, one of my good friends, the prime minister of Quebec, Mr. Richard Z. Sirois, have you met him recently? Did he come to one of your rallies?

P: I haven't seen him at one of the rallies but it's been great working with the Canadian officials. I know as governor we have a great co-operative 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.

A: Thank you very much. You know my wife Carla would love to meet you, even though you know she was a bit jealous that I was supposed to speak to you today.

P: Well, give her a big hug for me.

A: You know my wife is a popular singer and a former top model and she's so hot in bed. She even wrote a song for you.

P: Oh my goodness, I didn't know that.

A: Yes, in French it's called de rouge a levre sur un cochon, or if you prefer in English, Joe the Plumber...it's his life, Joe the Plumber.

P: Maybe she understands some of the unfair criticism but I bet you she is such a hard worker, too, and she realizes you just plow through that criticism.

A: I just want to be sure. That phenomenon Joe the Plumber. That's not your husband, right?

P: That's not my husband but he's a normal American who just works hard and doesn't want government to take his money.

A: Yes, yes, I understand we have the equivalent of Joe the Plumber in France. It's called Marcel, the guy with bread under his armpit.

P: 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.

A: I see a bit about NBC, even Fox News wasn't an ally as much as usual.

P: Yeah, that's what we're up against.

A: Gov. Palin, I love the documentary they made on your life. You know Hustler's Nailin' Paylin?

P: Ohh, good, thank you, yes.

A: That was really edgy.

P: Well, good.

A: I really loved you and I must say something also, governor, you've been pranked by the Masked Avengers. We are two comedians from Montreal.

P: Ohhh, have we been pranked? And what radio station is this?

A: CKOI in Montreal.

P: In Montreal? Tell me the radio station call letters.

A: CK...hello?

I've always wondered about this though. How do they verify that it's a world leader on the phone? Even here, how often does the US President call someone and then have to spend time trying to convince them that it's really the president?

I can assure you that she's not the least bit amused, mildly or otherwise.

Barricaded Gunman
Not to be all partisan and all, but I just can't picture Obama or Biden falling for this.

I doubt the call would have even got that far. Ditto for John McCain. Even if it had, I'd bet that those three would know what Sarkozy sounds like, so yeah. Palin's pretty much an easy mark, dontcha know?

WorldCitizen: I've always wondered about this though. How do they verify that it's a world leader on the phone? Even here, how often does the US President call someone and then have to spend time trying to convince them that it's really the president?

caller ID. No, really!

"I wanted to see how (Palin) was on an intellectual level," Audette said, comparing the latest prank to the duo's crank call with pop idol Britney Spears.

"You can see that she's, well, not really brilliant."

Link (new window)

ruta: Not fake

"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,' said Schmitt." (new window)

Begin posting your guesses at what "mildly amused" really means.

It means that no one has explained to Saint Sarah that she really wasn't speaking with the President of France.

A: I follow your campaigns closely with my special American adviser Johnny Hallyday, you know?

P: Yes, good.

-

Wow. The woman is clueless.

Although it's embarrassing she fell for it, I don't condone this sort of thing and I'm not gonna listen to it.

horonto: Best thing to come out of Quebec evar!


Begs to differ

John Paul Jones: Yaknow, Mordant, you're getting a little too good at this.

Yeah, you're going to have to throw some of those back. You're way over the limit...

McBatt: WorldCitizen: I've always wondered about this though. How do they verify that it's a world leader on the phone? Even here, how often does the US President call someone and then have to spend time trying to convince them that it's really the president?

caller ID. No, really!

So political leaders at all times have on them a list of all legit phone numbers from which other world leaders might call them? I can see that of a president as they have that huge staff with them at all times and have all the resources of all the years of the office of the presidency to develop them. But do VP candidates have all of this same information with them at all times?

Talon: unit63: Setting up a call like this ought to take days spent coordinating every last detail between the respective parties' aides (for example, who gets on the line first is something of a power play and never done by accident).

lol You watch too much tv or are only thinking of "international crisis" calls between state leaders.

Didn't they notice the caller ID wasn't from France, or their email domain names, or that something was not right with whoever they were communicating with? Heads of state don't just call other people out of the blue and hope they're at their desk or not in the middle of dinner or something.



Sure they do. It's not like this is the 1960s and it was Krushchev calling.

Mildly amused Eh?

// dripping baby juice on a long jet flight amused, i'm sure

Sarkozy is such a good example to us.

Isn't the Canadian Prime Minister Steve Harper?

Holy shiat he busted her bad on that one.....and, I don't believe Quebec has a Prime Minister.


Freakin' gold

Gosh...we're SO close to being able to start World War III with a prank phone call and a fake Russian accent.

JohnBigBootay: Although it's embarrassing she fell for it, I don't condone this sort of thing and I'm not gonna listen to it.

Yeah I understand you feel cheated that your VP pick is a total moron that has stupid aides at her side. That really is embarrassing.

On the other hand, welcome to fark.

Also FTFA:

"In an interview Saturday, Audette told The Canadian Press it wasn't easy setting up the interview with Republican presidential candidate John McCain's running mate, and described the accomplishment as the pair's biggest triumph to date.

"It really took a lot of work," he said.

"We had to go through the Secret Service, the people in her entourage. It's the biggest coup so far. We're proud to add (this prank) to our top hits.""

....Yes, yes, I understand, we have the equivalent of Joe the Plumber in France , it's called, Marcel, the guy with bread under his armpit, oui.


In canada its called "Laura, the girl with two beavers."

Oh, and pranksters also have gotten through the White House switchboard to the President impersonating other state leaders. Some good links on this around here somewhere. Seems like there was another recent one where some kid from Iceland got Bush on the line. I recall some with Clinton and Reagan, too.

ruta: Not fake

"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,' said Schmitt." (new window)

Begin posting your guesses at what "mildly amused" really means.

Being fooled by pranksters just means she's a maverick.

WorldCitizen:
So political leaders at all times have on them a list of all legit phone numbers from which other world leaders might call them? I can see that of a president as they have that huge staff with them at all times and have all the resources of all the years of the office of the presidency to develop them. But do VP candidates have all of this same information with them at all times?

Um, seconding the Caller ID thing: you don't even need to know what France's country code ACTUALLY IS to know that it's not "1" (Canada's). That's why this is so unbelievably dumb on the part of her staff, and dumb on the part of Gov. Palin for having such dumb staff.

/Poor carpenter blames his tools etc...

jackc126: Talon: unit63: Setting up a call like this ought to take days spent coordinating every last detail between the respective parties' aides (for example, who gets on the line first is something of a power play and never done by accident).

lol You watch too much tv or are only thinking of "international crisis" calls between state leaders.

You quoted the wrong person. I didn't say what's quoted. Unit63 did :P

Guys, she knew it was prank call all along:

Palin: Very confident and we're thankful that polls are showing that the race is tightening and...

Skleenar: Sarkozy is such a good example to us.

I'm pretty sure she meant that he was a good example as a leader. By the way, what kind of government does France have ?

total fail. the team gave her so many clues that it was fake, from the name of the canadian PM to the name of the special american adviser.

shame on her, really.

jackc126: Oh, and pranksters also have gotten through the White House switchboard to the President impersonating other state leaders. Some good links on this around here somewhere. Seems like there was another recent one where some kid from Iceland got Bush on the line. I recall some with Clinton and Reagan, too.

He didn't actually get Bush on the line but he did call some kind of private number that earned him a visit from the cops.

eRico: The best part is when he says "I see you as President some day!" and she just giggled like a 13 year old girl!

Yeah, I especially liked that part too.

She is so NOT amused. Oh, poor John McCain. Seriously.

Video and transcript (new window)

Mordant: Figures all you libs would stand by and laugh as her first amendment rights are trampled like this.

Props for the nice haul. I didn't know WTF you were talking about either at first. Luckily this is one of those rare occasions where I read the thread first before shooting my keyboard off.

/Thanks for the discount clue, Five Minute Standup

"Hajlooo!" i'll start answering my phone that way too.

jackc126: Talon: unit63: Setting up a call like this ought to take days spent coordinating every last detail between the respective parties' aides (for example, who gets on the line first is something of a power play and never done by accident).

lol You watch too much tv or are only thinking of "international crisis" calls between state leaders.

Have you ever placed or received a call for someone who thinks they're pretty important? This stuff matters a lot.

oops, sorry bout that, Talon

RogerDodger - thanks, you rock!

Ah, uh Miss Paleen....is your refridgahchrator ruinin?

Aaannnnnnnnnnd CUT!

unit63: jackc126: Talon: unit63: Setting up a call like this ought to take days spent coordinating every last detail between the respective parties' aides (for example, who gets on the line first is something of a power play and never done by accident).

lol You watch too much tv or are only thinking of "international crisis" calls between state leaders.

Have you ever placed or received a call for someone who thinks they're pretty important? This stuff matters a lot.

Yes. XD

Good thing they didn't do this to Biraq Obama. They would be charged with a hate crime by the media.

The fact that Sarkozy doesn't speak English ought to have given them a clue that something was up.

Seems to me that she is not the only one who they have tricked. So guess Bill Gates and all the others are dumb, hicks, etc. etc. etc. too. Oh I forgot because she is a REPUBLICAN that makes her DIFFERENT.

Get a life you morons.

Are these the same guys who got through to Queen Elizabeth a few years ago? They had her on the line for several minutes too, don't think she ever caught on either.

And to think she could be in charge of our National Security some day.

Whargarbl.

nelbuts1: Seems to me that she is not the only one who they have tricked. So guess Bill Gates and all the others are dumb, hicks, etc. etc. etc. too. Oh I forgot because she is a REPUBLICAN that makes her DIFFERENT.

Get a life you morons.

Did Bill Gates not know who the head of Apple was when a fake name was thrown out?

Just because they "pranked" other people doesn't mean they all lookd as foolish.

She was trying to compliment "Sarcozy" on his wife, but then she couldn't remember what her name was.

But that's OK--I remember all the gossip, but I don't remember her name either.

She got picked because she's a wicked easy target, which makes it essential if you're a comedian.

Besides, stupidity like hers and those she puts on her staff needs exposure. There is no way I would ever vote someone like her into our Executive Branch.

on pourrait tuer des bebe phoques, aussi!

Bad_Seed: The fact that Sarkozy doesn't speak English ought to have given them a clue that something was up.

You're giving Palin and her staff wayyyyy too much credit.

Glenechocreek: Does she answer e-mails from Nigeria, too?

Not after the first 4 times didn't work out...

ruta: Not fake

"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,' said Schmitt." (new window)

Begin posting your guesses at what "mildly amused" really means.

Trig won't be getting his seizure medication tonight.

They got her so bad they ran out of things to say after getting down to the documentary Nailin' Pailin


When's the last time America was clever enough to have their radio DJs prank a prominent foreign politician?

Oh good lord. I almost feel bad for her

Thrakkerzog: mesohorny: These guys screwed up a awesome prank call. Why didnt they talk dirty to her in a sweet french accent? Like "is this line private? Ok uhmmm You know i have many many luxury yachts and hotels maybe we can get together sometime wee wee" I watch you on tv late at night when my wife is out you know wee wee?

wee wee? I never took French, but it is "oui".

This isn't odd, but it did catch me off guard and amuse me... but in French porn, they do call out "Oui! Oui!". :-)

Yeah i dont speak french either but you get the idea,

i give these guys props on pulling it off but they missed a huge opportunity for some real comedy.


They should have did it with a Pepe Le Pew voice/personality


Ah, my Alaskan darling, it is love at first sight, is it not, no?

You know, eet ees not just a case of physical attraction. I admire your mind too.

Thees ees my first affair so please be kind.

You stop resisting me, bebe, and I'll stop resisting you

I am zee abdominal snowman, no?

P: 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.

// she appears to have a touch of the downs herself...
none of her sentences work very well...that works real well in boozy sex talk, foreign affairs, not so much.
about 1st grade level for cogent expression.

She is running for the second highest office in the US and she doesn't even have caller ID.

Celine's actually from hell, so stop blaming Quebec.

I am now beginning to think that the McCain campaign is being run by undercover Dems. There is no farkin way these people are that stupid.

Not to be all partisan and all, but I just can't picture Obama or Biden falling for this.

Actually I can imagine Biden falling for this. He gets punked by real questions all the time.

And for the person who was laughing about the Prime Minister of Quebec--from Wikipedia:

"The Premier of Quebec (in French Premier ministre du Québec, sometimes literally translated as Prime Minister of Quebec) is the first minister for the Canadian province of Quebec."

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Premier_of_Quebec

Mordant: Figures all you libs would stand by and laugh as her first amendment rights are trampled like this.

Some people just aren't cut out for logic. You are clearly one of them. Read this, then explain exactly how her first amendment rights were violated. By a couple of Canadians.

You've got a real case of industrial strength stupid going on there, son. I can see why you're so defensive. Birds of a feather, and all that.

Just wow.
It's like the worst kind of train wreck, it's so bad that you don't even want to watch but somehow, no matter how horrible it is, you can't look away.

Why are F'ers ignoring the fact that if it was not a prank she FAILED at being any sort of ambassador for America. Do you want her honestly acting like a half-wit to a real head of state. SHE IS A farkING MORON AND THIS IS THE MOST RAW PROOF YET.

/Canadian
//If you let Paling in your white house Canada is not your hat its the balls on your face.

"You liked my pron movie? Gee, thankyew."

A heartbeat away...country first my ass

What a farking dimwit c#nt

Mordant: Figures all you libs would stand by and laugh as her first amendment rights are trampled like this.

10/10 You sir, are a genius!

HUH? First amendments right trampled? OMG LOL!

It would have been better if they hadn't let her in on the prank, and let her brag at some rally about being called by Sarkozy. Having the prank come out after she touted it as foreign relations cred would have been so so cruel/awesome.

The interview as an mp3:

Link (new window)

Surely, this is a scene from the sequel to Idiocracy.

In my own tin foil hat world I believe Palin knew it was a prank and went along with it from the get go. Those who already hate her will make fun of her but most people will simply feel sorry for her. In politics, sympathy is good.

Figures all you libs would stand by and laugh as her first amendment rights are trampled like this.



.....Huh?

worlddan: but most people will simply feel sorry for her.

wishful thinking

I gotta cut Palin a bit of slack on this. I mean how would you know, maybe Sarkozy is some sex freak, and even so you aren't going to hang up on the guy and potentially create international distrust. If it was me, I'm sure I would be thinking WTF after a minute or so, but wouldn't dare call him out on it.

worlddan: In my own tin foil hat world I believe Palin knew it was a prank and went along with it from the get go. Those who already hate her will make fun of her but most people will simply feel sorry for her. In politics, sympathy is good.

We're laughing at you, not with you.

It's funny cuz it's true!

Good lord. His accent is OBVIOUSLY french Canadian. How could you possibly confuse them?

tartie_pants: I am now beginning to think that the McCain campaign is being run by undercover Dems. There is no farkin way these people are that stupid.

I've been thinking for a while now that maybe the McCain campaign *wants* to lose this.

unit63: Setting up a call like this ought to take days spent coordinating every last detail between the respective parties' aides (for example, who gets on the line first is something of a power play and never done by accident). Didn't they notice the caller ID wasn't from France, or their email domain names, or that something was not right with whoever they were communicating with? Heads of state don't just call other people out of the blue and hope they're at their desk or not in the middle of dinner or something.

You sound like you watch a lot of TV, probably 24 and The West Wing.

AmazingRuss: Gosh...we're SO close to being able to start World War III with a prank phone call and a fake Russian accent.

THIS. I don't know whether to laugh or begin building a bunker.

frostalicious: I gotta cut Palin a bit of slack on this. I mean how would you know, maybe Sarkozy is some sex freak, and even so you aren't going to hang up on the guy and potentially create international distrust. If it was me, I'm sure I would be thinking WTF after a minute or so, but wouldn't dare call him out on it.

To a certain extent, yes. However, when they referenced the name of the Canadian PM as "some guy" it does just a little undercut her thing about being Sarah the Magnificent esp when concerning countries that border her state.

Mordant: By the way, what kind of government does France have ?

I believe it is So Cal-ist.

Bill Frist: worlddan: but most people will simply feel sorry for her.

wishful thinking

I do kind of feel sorry for her, but damn, honey, you wanna run with the big dogs....you're going to get torn to bits.

Go home and shoot a wolf or something.

Hiro's Protagonist: When's the last time America was clever enough to have their radio DJs prank a prominent foreign politician?

I heard recently that the FCC has threatened to fine radio stations from making cold crank calls to people. I believe all those wacky morning zoo type prank calls are all done in-house, and no-one really calls anybody without their express permission first.

As far as Sarah Palin, well, she's a moron, is anybody surprised at this point? I guess we are just surprised that she didn't say she loves those major French imports including Fries and Toast.

Those French accents were outrageous

^^Les Farceurs^^

OMFarkingG. That was sick, but funny as heck. I am so glad I know enough French to have picked up the jokes :)

Well within the limits of standard Canadian political comedy, for sure. I hope to heck that the GOP DOESN'T win this election or we might have to watch out for the bombers ....

You're out of your element: Good lord. His accent is OBVIOUSLY french Canadian. How could you possibly confuse them?shiat.

That accent was pure Pepe le Pew.

Gifted Many Few: She is running for the second highest office in the US and she doesn't even have caller ID.

Yeah, agree there, but another question here is if she was called at a campaign office or in the governor's office.

In this day where everyone has a cellphone with caller ID, it's surprising how few high-level government office phones have caller ID like we think of it in our homes and businesses. Sure, someone sees the number somewhere and it gets logged on computer, but not always at the phone (or even in the office) where it is answered or in the way we think.

You're out of your element: Good lord. His accent is OBVIOUSLY french CanadianPepe LaPeu. How could you possibly confuse them?

FTFY

Oh, that's gold.

SchlingFocker: unit63: Setting up a call like this ought to take days spent coordinating every last detail between the respective parties' aides (for example, who gets on the line first is something of a power play and never done by accident). Didn't they notice the caller ID wasn't from France, or their email domain names, or that something was not right with whoever they were communicating with? Heads of state don't just call other people out of the blue and hope they're at their desk or not in the middle of dinner or something.

You sound like you watch a lot of TV, probably 24 and The West Wing.

LOL no I don't watch shows like that. I didn't mean it took days of continuous work setting up the call, only it probably would have been done with multiple contacts over the course of several days where something fishy ought to have been detected by her staff about who they were communicating with. And the pranksters themselves did say it took a lot of work and multiple points of contact.

gilgigamesh: You're out of your element: Good lord. His accent is OBVIOUSLY french Canadian. How could you possibly confuse them?shiat.

That accent was pure Pepe le Pew.

Glad I'm not the only one who thought that was a total cartoon accent.

The problem is that Palin, and her staff by extension, are so narcissistic that they take this as a matter of course, and that their view of the world is so stereotypical that a Warner Brothers style stereotype from 50 years ago still fits into their world view.

Yeah, I feel bad for the staffer that handled the call; at minimum she probably got a good ass reaming.

Then again, I'll bet Palin's staff are used that.

I_Love_Cheesecake: Begs to differ

Someone should feed that poor boy.

She just earned my vote.

Does anyone else find it odd or disturbing that even when she is supposedly talking to a foreign leader, she refuses to drop the talking points she has memorized?

That's worse than the time George Takei thought he was talking to the guy from Fantasy Island...and that's because Takei wasn't running for political office.

Joan o' Fark:

Yeah, I feel bad for the staffer that handled the call; at minimum she probably got a good ass reaming.

Then again, I'll bet Palin's staff are used that.

Can you imagine what it's going to be like tuesday night at Palin headquarters?

jaymzz: I_Love_Cheesecake: Begs to differ

Someone should feed that poor boy.

Is that the dead girl/live boy everyone's been talking about?

What I wouldn't have been to have been a fly on a wall in her room for the next few minutes after that call.

Ignominiousbob: She just earned my vote.

...

OK.

Please enlighten us what exactly about that sorry incident gave you your epiphany.

I can't wait to hear this.

Testiclaw: Did that strike anyone else as sounding a lot like prank calls in high school?

Her campaign and the way she handled the call were amateur, at best. And people actually want that in the White House?

ÉCHOUER

ÉCHOUÉ

/I agree with the rest of your post.

Unbelievable! What a disaster this woman is!
That cornball french accent is pure gold, and would have tipped off anyone with half a brain. Palin's familiarity with the world outside of the United States clearly matches that of Bush.

HOLY shiat THAT WAS HILARIOUS!

You know I'm an Obama supporter but to everyone claiming she did not handle the prank call well, she does have an election coming up rather soon and I can imagine that her time is not necessarily as liberal as some of you farkers, that being said, she probably didn't have time to laugh it off. Her reaction was probably one of "well I just wasted a valuable six minutes of my time that I could have been reading up on the Bush doctrine" or something like that.

InternationalShoe: You know I'm an Obama supporter but to everyone claiming she did not handle the prank call well, she does have an election coming up rather soon and I can imagine that her time is not necessarily as liberal as some of you farkers, that being said, she probably didn't have time to laugh it off. Her reaction was probably one of "well I just wasted a valuable six minutes of my time that I could have been reading up on the Bush doctrine" or something like that.

I think most of us are laughing at the fact that this was a blatantly obvious prank and she is so credulous she didn't see what was going on.

Yeah, that's a woman I want dealing with dangerous foreign powers. And she could be the president soon.

Huh. I guess that isn't really funny after all.

Nice work, America! The world laughs at you. Thank Christ you'll soon be insignificant.

AmazingRuss: Gosh...we're SO close to being able to start World War III with a prank phone call and a fake Russian accent.

This.

gilgigamesh Don't get me wrong, I'm not defending her ignorance of foreign policy. I was defending her response after she realized how much of a clusterfark she is.

Lord Summerisle: Nice work, America! The world laughs at you. Thank Christ you'll soon be insignificant like England.

FTFY

I want to hear it when Rick Mercer gets his shot...

I_Love_Cheesecake: horonto: Best thing to come out of Quebec evar!


Begs to differ

Jebus, ...I'm trying to eat here...jebus, jebus...

Lord Summerisle: Nice work, America! The world laughs at you. Thank Christ you'll soon be insignificant.

For a world that laughs at us... there sure are an awful lot of you who want to come live here...

JackBauer48: Does anyone else find it odd or disturbing that even when she is supposedly talking to a foreign leader, she refuses to drop the talking points she has memorized?

I came here to say this. So I guess I just say this.

InternationalShoe:

You know I'm an Obama supporter but to everyone claiming she did not handle the prank call well, she does have an election coming up rather soon and I can imagine that her time is not necessarily as liberal as some of you farkers, that being said, she probably didn't have time to laugh it off. Her reaction was probably one of "well I just wasted a valuable six minutes of my time that I could have been reading up on the Bush doctrine" or something like that.

Good gracious... Are the other concern trolls embarassed to sit at the same table in your high-school cafeteria?

Lord Summerisle: Nice work, America! The world laughs at you. Thank Christ you'll soon be insignificant.

Hey, how's that whole "the sun never sets on our empire" thing working out for yall these days?

Launch any more wars on seal-infested rocks lately in some futile effort to maintain a shadow of former relevance?

shotglasss: Good thing they didn't do this to Biraq Obama. They would be charged with a hate crime by the media.



Wow, you are SO smart with your special spelling of your next president's name.


/assume you are American
//sure you're an a*s

LOL. Pwned!! Nail in the coffin

How many nails do you think this coffin can hold?

Nice work, America! The world laughs at you. Thank Christ you'll soon be insignificant.

Lighten up, Taffy! This dizzy broad won't get anywhere near the white house.

Wow. That actually made me feel a little bad for her. She was blindsided, and obviously flattered to have been called, and, well, it was kind of like a football hero shoving a retarded kid who idolizes him out of the way, and laughing about it.

She's too easy a target, I guess. That takes the joy out of it and just makes it feel like cruelty.

Bear in mind I do not like her, but I wouldn't toy with her like that, either. I get the feeling she couldn't win a battle of wits, even if she came armed with an assistant loaded with the finest, organic home-grown wit one can find.

Nice. I'm also friends with the Prime Minister of Quebec, as well as the King of London.

maxheck: InternationalShoe:

You know I'm an Obama supporter but to everyone claiming she did not handle the prank call well, she does have an election coming up rather soon and I can imagine that her time is not necessarily as liberal as some of you farkers, that being said, she probably didn't have time to laugh it off. Her reaction was probably one of "well I just wasted a valuable six minutes of my time that I could have been reading up on the Bush doctrine" or something like that.

Good gracious... Are the other concern trolls embarassed to sit at the same table in your high-school cafeteria?

That's cute....I see what you did. You made a joke that implies I'm in high-school. It's like "oh look he's probably young" lets call him out on that. First of all, I'm entitled to my opinion as is everyone else here. I'm also allowed to express a contradictory opinion to the majority. I hate douchebags like you that claim every opposing position is a troll. If you don't agree with my stated opinion, then point out what you disagree with. Arbitrarily calling me a troll and in high school shows a low level of maturity that even a high schooler would find repulsive.

Anyone else notice that her folksy fake Wisconsin accent and folksy expressions simply vanished when she thought she was on the phone with a foreign president?

The President of France calls and you say "Hi, this is Sarah". Not very presidential. How about "Good evening Sir, this is Governor Palin". And then she banters with her aid about screwing up the initial answering while the "President" of France comes on the line. She can't even answer the phone without sounding like a small town, redneck, right wing hick; I seriously can't stand idiots like her. Oh please! Obama you better win this thing.....

I think I heard him say from my ASS I can see Belgium

InternationalShoe:


That's cute....I see what you did. You made a joke that implies I'm in high-school. It's like "oh look he's probably young" lets call him out on that. First of all, I'm entitled to my opinion as is everyone else here. I'm also allowed to express a contradictory opinion to the majority. I hate douchebags like you that claim every opposing position is a troll. If you don't agree with my stated opinion, then point out what you disagree with. Arbitrarily calling me a troll and in high school shows a low level of maturity that even a high schooler would find repulsive.

Well, no, actually I was just pointing out that your post was lame even by Concern Troll standards.

Joan o' Fark: Yeah, I feel bad for the staffer that handled the call; at minimum she probably got a good ass reaming.

Then again, I'll bet Palin's staff are used that.

Ah, don't feel too bad. She'll be out of a job come Tuesday.
Not like the President or VP is gonna employ her. After all, she worked for the losing side :)

/ Don't hate on me, I'm from Scotland, have nothing invested in this at all.
// Just following the polls.

maxheck: InternationalShoe:


That's cute....I see what you did. You made a joke that implies I'm in high-school. It's like "oh look he's probably young" lets call him out on that. First of all, I'm entitled to my opinion as is everyone else here. I'm also allowed to express a contradictory opinion to the majority. I hate douchebags like you that claim every opposing position is a troll. If you don't agree with my stated opinion, then point out what you disagree with. Arbitrarily calling me a troll and in high school shows a low level of maturity that even a high schooler would find repulsive.

Well, no, actually I was just pointing out that your post was lame even by Concern Troll standards.

Yeah I got that, and I'm pointing out that you are a douchebag even by Fark standards.

bub2000: I think I heard him say from my ASS I can see Belgium

No, he just said house w/o the H being pronounced like the French would pronounce a word beginning w/ an H.

I saw this on Daily Kos earlier today and LMAO'ed. How is she really this farking stupid? She has no clue who the farking PM of Canada is and she's running for VP? I also liked that Sarkozy's Special American Asst. is Johnny Holiday (famous French singer). Bwaahahaa! Their comments in French were priceless!

InternationalShoe:

Yeah I got that, and I'm pointing out that you are a douchebag even by Fark standards.

I'll be sure to lose sleep over your opinion.

/ I'll pray for you as well.

bub2000: I think I heard him say from my ASS I can see Belgium

Yeah, I had to go over the transcript on that one.

Perhaps Trig would have done better.

// Yeah I SAID IT! It needed to be said, someone had ta SAY IT!

maxheck: InternationalShoe:

Yeah I got that, and I'm pointing out that you are a douchebag even by Fark standards.

I'll be sure to lose sleep over your opinion.

/ I'll pray for you as well.

Good god, I just checked out your profile. I don't even know why I cared in the first place. You are clearly the expert on what is cool versus what is lame. Have fun playing WoW in your parents basement, its going out time.

Gifted Many Few: She is running for the second highest office in the US and she doesn't even have caller ID.

Perhaps. Or maybe she should have spent some of her wardrobe budget hiring someone who knows what caller ID is.

MrHacks: HOW TO DESTROY MANKIND IN A NUCLEAR HOLOCAUST:

1. Vote for John McCain

2. Watch John McCain win

3. Wait for the breaking news that John McCain has died of a stroke from one of his angry outbursts. The John we see on TV may be cool-headed, but that is because he says "Foooo-baaaar" a lot. But this time, it won't work."

4. Swear in Sarah Palin as President of the United States.

5. PRANK CALL THE WHITE HOUSE! (202) 456-1414 (Switchboard). If no one answers, call the Presidential Bomb Shelter (possibly (804) 840-8040 or (804) 840-1234, supposedly. But don't tell anyone I told you that...oh shi-.)
PROTIP: Find a pay phone, far, far away from your house somewhere in the country. Unless you want the Secret Service to be knocking on your door, you probably should not use ANY phone in your house, in your community, at anyone you know's house, your work, your ex's (although you wish you could) or at your favorite bar.

6. POSE AS AN IMPORTANT GENERAL WORKING AT CHEYENE MOUNTAIN! Protip: DO YOUR HOMEWORK! In preparation for this step, you MUST KNOW the following information!
a. Someone who works in United States Air Force Space Command at Peterson Air Force Base, Colorado who is a general, who has access to nuclear weapons. Goal is to make friends with the guy. Earn his trust. Then when he is not looking, "borrow" his wallet and write down all the important numbers, such as social security, date of birth, military ID number. In the computer hacking business, this is known as SOCIAL ENGINEERING.
b. What state Cheyene Mountain is in. (Hint: IT IS NOT WYOMING!)
c. Realize that no matter how many times you have seen Wargames starring Matthew Broderick, you are NOT Matthew Broderick and this is not a movie.
d. Make friends with someone at Cavalier Air Force Station in Pembina County, North Dakota and try step 6a.
7. Now that you have the REAL information you need, PRANK CALL THE WHITE HOUSE, DEMAND THAT YOU SPEAK WITH PRESIDENT PALIN (*ha ha ha!* sorry, I had to laugh.)
8. Tell them you are looking at the radar and you see THOUSANDS of RUSSIAN ICBMS headed toward the United States and that Al Qaeda set them off! Remember, you have to remind her that you are a legitmate General from the United State Air Force Space Command. Do your best Orson Welles War of the Worlds impersonation. It's all in the nose, bud. (Nose bud.)
9. If you did everything right: the following Mrs. Palin should be gullable enough to ignore her security advisor just like President Bush did, only with more dramatic results.
If you fail, be sure to rub your ass with alot of vasoline before the Secret Service, FBI, or who ever comes to pick your ass up.

HOW NOT TO DESTROY MANKIND:
1. Vote Obama.
2. Watch Obama win.
3. Watch every nut in the country try to get him only to fail MISERABLY! Trying to take down Obama is like the Coyote trying to catch the damn Road Runner.
4. Watch Obama kick ass for the next four years.
5. Reelect for a second term if things are OK.

Paranoid much?

MrHacks:

"Ok, but if you don't get the president on the line you're going to have to answer to the Coca Cola company."

Not enough bandwidth on the site. It's melting down. Thanks to Donald_McRonald for the mp3 link.

Note how she asks for the "call letters" so she can prosecute.

Ooops. They start with a "C" instead of a "K" or "W".

Good thing they didn't start with a "U".

I hate Palin as much as most liberals...but after listening to the call, I got the feeling that she definitely thought something was up...her laughter seemed really nervous and uncomfortable...but she wasn't going to take the risk of calling him out and finding out, oops, it really was Sarkozy!

But she still sounds like a moron...she seems unable to drop the talking points, as if she actually believes them...wtf.

Ever see pictures of moose?

They're almost always hanging around a swimming pool, in the middle of some street, by a parked car.

Gee, Moose don't seem too scared of being around people. Hunting them must be REEEAAALLY hard!

Anyway, about TFA, did anybody notice that the supposed "proof" comes from the same website that did the article on the crank in the first place. Not that politico.com would ever lie. right before an election. when disproving stuff is a lot harder since every asshole liar is out to smear candidate X.

Nah, it's as real and authentic as hunting moose. Right?


/Obama supporter.
//Almost hopes this would knock Palin/McCain out
///If I would do/believe/support ANYTHING to win, might as well join the GOP.
////You people are a bit too gullible even if this IS true.

Mimikittie
I hate Palin as much as most liberals...but after listening to the call, I got the feeling that she definitely thought something was up...her laughter seemed really nervous and uncomfortable...but she wasn't going to take the risk of calling him out and finding out, oops, it really was Sarkozy!

I think she started to figure things out when 'Sarkozy' said "I just love killing animals" or whatever he said...that's when she started getting a little uncomfortable.

But holy crap did she fall for it before that..

This just keeps getting better and better.

Lincoln LoGolas:

I noticed.

Preston Preston: Mordant: Figures all you libs would stand by and laugh as her first amendment rights are trampled like this.

Some people just aren't cut out for logic. You are clearly one of them. Read this, then explain exactly how her first amendment rights were violated. By a couple of Canadians.

You've got a real case of industrial strength stupid going on there, son. I can see why you're so defensive. Birds of a feather, and all that.

And another one takes the bait.

InternationalShoe: and I can imagine that her time is not necessarily as liberal as some of you farkers

lolwut?

After Palin's rallies today scaring the absolute crap out of me, this is so therapeutic. Thank you submitter.

Oh man. I couldn't keep listening, I feel so embarrassed for her.

Everytime... I think it's the final nail... along comes a bigger nail.
She stayed on the phone afer the nailin' palin comment. epic win.

I wonder what she'd say if I told her the word "gullible" isn't in the dictionary.

Atypical Person Reading Fark: How are her rights trampled? And, um, these were Canadian pranksters

Bill Frist: hahaha... wait... what exactly do you think "First amendment rights" are?

Epsilon: She fell for it - hook, line, and sinker - and willingly participated like the dumbass she is. Deal with it.

Gordo: Looks like Mordant knows almost as much about the first amendment as Palin does

Preston Preston: Read this, then explain exactly how her first amendment rights were violated. By a couple of Canadians. You've got a real case of industrial strength stupid going on there, son.

RevMercutio: Read the first amendment again.

Welcome to my Favorites list, Mordant.

It seems Sarah Palin can't tell the difference between a pop star and a prime minister. What happened to her foreign policy credentials? I mean, her house is closer to Canada than it is Russian, right? This woman is a joke.

PALIN is a MORON.

Comedy GOLD! I knew we kept our Frenchies around for a reason! Vive le Québec comédie!

/love my fellow peppers
//they're the only thing keeping Canada interesting

WorldCitizen: McBatt: WorldCitizen: I've always wondered about this though. How do they verify that it's a world leader on the phone? Even here, how often does the US President call someone and then have to spend time trying to convince them that it's really the president?

caller ID. No, really!

So political leaders at all times have on them a list of all legit phone numbers from which other world leaders might call them? I can see that of a president as they have that huge staff with them at all times and have all the resources of all the years of the office of the presidency to develop them. But do VP candidates have all of this same information with them at all times?

He didn't try that shiat on Joe the Senator!!

sjbiars:PALIN is a MORON Moran

FTFY

/Sorry, pet peeve.

McCain for five years didn't have the benefit of having a running mate that was stupid enough to be tricked by a tacky french accent.

Preston Preston: Mordant: Figures all you libs would stand by and laugh as her first amendment rights are trampled like this.

Some people just aren't cut out for logic. You are clearly one of them. Read this, then explain exactly how her first amendment rights were violated. By a couple of Canadians.

You've got a real case of industrial strength stupid going on there, son. I can see why you're so defensive. Birds of a feather, and all that.

This comment must be pretty embarrassing for you. I'm going to go ahead and quote it to make sure it gets full exposure.

This was so bad that at points I figured she HAD to know it was a prank but was playing along, SNL-style.

Then I heard her frantically conferring with her staffers after the radio guys told her she'd been pranked.

I don't know which is more astounding - her stupidity or her ignorance.

You need more proof that conservatives are treasonous?

They want HER in the oval office. Yikes.

This can't be real.

I mean, Palin's terrible, I'm shocked that she's able to shock me more with her stupidity.

But this CAN'T be real.

Can it?

Five Minute Standup: Mordant: Figures all you libs would stand by and laugh as her first amendment rights are trampled like this.


10/10, given Palin's recent statements about the 1st ammendment.

Yes, and he said it in a thread that went to the main page, where there are sure to be Farkers who don't pay a whole lot of attention to current developments in politics. For that sort of strategery...

unit63: How many nails do you think this coffin can hold?

I think we're way beyond nails at this point, they should've encased it in concrete and dumped it in the ocean by now

I'm sitting here finding it hard to believe that Palin can really be this.. Unbelievable, no words exist.

/Would like to hear the Obama prank tho...

this is like the biggest troll evar.

either that or you guys are so damn stupid to believe that palin would talk to canadians that don't matter on the radio. and especially considering how easily it is to get someone who is an impersonator to call in or receive the call...

you guys all get a big huge fail tag.

So someone convinced Palin she was talking to Sarkozy for 6 minutes. Big whoop. Someone's managed to convince Obama he can make a difference for the next four years.

/good luck with that

InternationalShoe:
Yeah I got that, and I'm pointing out that you are a douchebag even by Fark standards.

Woah there homeslice, when did FARK get standards?

What the hell is wrong with Jacque Cherac? Kevin and Bean on KROQ in Los Angeles also did a successful prank call to him pretending to be Jerry Lewis.

Figures all you libs would stand by and laugh as her first amendment rights are trampled like this.

Isn't this what Bush had in mind all along?

Was Palin's call to Ashley Todd also six minutes long?

/ still want to hear THAT recording
// for Christ's sake !
///good Evangelicals don't say that in vain

Kenwhat: but most Canadians can't even tell you the difference between a French and a French-Canadian accent

Is that statement from experience or is it an assumption?

everlastinggobstopper: Someone's managed to convince Obama he can make a difference for the next four years.

He can and it isn't going to be pretty.

farm machine: everlastinggobstopper: Someone's managed to convince Obama he can make a difference for the next four years.

He can and it isn't going to be pretty.

Its there a measure on the ballot im not aware of that dissolves congress? Puts an end to lobbying? Removes all earmarks? Provides for a line item veto?

Pimpin' Dubya: this is like the biggest troll evar.

either that or you guys are so damn stupid to believe that palin would talk to canadians that don't matter on the radio. and especially considering how easily it is to get someone who is an impersonator to call in or receive the call...

you guys all get a big huge fail tag.
.....

Tattoo that fail tag to your forehead. Her campaign has acknowledged that she got pranked.

She must be dumb. Biden wouldn't have fallen for that. He and Obama have super-hearing.

I'm still wondering what first amendment right protects you from getting prank called?

Is it against her religion? Were the DJs a US government entity? No?

Carry on.

Bwahahahaha!

Maybe these two will show up on her doorstep next...



/obscure?
//C'est bon, les Pop tarts!
///shamelessly hotlinked, hostie!

How hot was her pussy?

TheMega: Figures all you libs would stand by and laugh as her first amendment rights are trampled like this.

Her First Amendment rights seem to be her biggest problem....particularly when she keeps using them.

/Oooooh, darnit!
//Hey, we can bomb Canada for this, right?
///Darn right, we can!!!

Haha, that was genius.

Her staffers let the call through because they hate her guts.

alsih2o: Can anyone bring a parallel incident in American politics of Palin? She is a stunning anomaly.

Actually, I think Dubya is a very close parallel. They have a lot in common.

de_Selby: total fail. the team gave her so many clues that it was fake, from the name of the canadian PM to the name of the special american adviser.

shame on her, really.

To be fair, pretty much nobody in the English-speaking world knows who the hell Johnny Hallyday is....

shotglasss: Good thing they didn't do this to Biraq Obama. They would be charged with a hate crime by the media.

Weird, I never knew the media could press charges. I always thought that was a sovereign power of the state. you learn something new everyday. Idiot.

I want to feel sorry for her, but she just won't let me.

Bill Frist: Semi-Sane: I see no flaw in the way Palin handled the situation.

Except not recognize a fake canadian PM name.

Or a fake French accent.

Preston Preston: Some people just aren't cut out for logic. You are clearly one of them. Read this, then explain exactly how her first amendment rights were violated. By a couple of Canadians.

You've got a real case of industrial strength stupid going on there, son. I can see why you're so defensive. Birds of a feather, and all that.

Tard.

Sarah, PLEASE. PLEASE disappear!!!!

mmarteen: Not to be all partisan and all, but I just can't picture Obama or Biden falling for this.

Actually I can imagine Biden falling for this. He gets punked by real questions all the time.

And for the person who was laughing about the Prime Minister of Quebec--from Wikipedia:

"The Premier of Quebec (in French Premier ministre du Québec, sometimes literally translated as Prime Minister of Quebec) is the first minister for the Canadian province of Quebec."

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Premier_of_Quebec

A premier is not the same as a prime minister. A province's premier is the equivalent to a state governor, like Sarah Palin for instance.

farm machine 2008-11-01 10:29:56 PM
everlastinggobstopper: Someone's managed to convince Obama he can make a difference for the next four years.

He can and it isn't going to be pretty."

// lots of folks will be eatn humble pie,
working harder...putting air in their tires...

The ending of the great "excuse"

the chip will be removed from the shoulders of 'u know who they are'
way cool, that one.

maxheck: MrHacks:

"Ok, but if you don't get the president on the line you're going to have to answer to the Coca Cola company."

Came for the obvious humor, and left with more.

If it wasn't for the repetition of banal talking points (with someone who theoretically would not care), she did better than a pig with lipstick.

/ Add nice hair and high-heels FTW
// Help wanted: Office aide. Temporary position.

I can't believe this. Is this huge or what? Will this be on CNN tomorrow? I told my wife that this will be huge.

I am now beginning to think that the McCain campaign is being run by undercover Dems. There is no farkin way these people are that stupid.

I've been thinking for a while that Obama has strategically placed moles in the McCain campaign. Obama has a habit of announcing what McCain is about to do, a couple days prior.

Also think it's possible Sarah wore that Donkey-Vote scarf on purpose. Before she was nominated, she said some positive things about Obama, and she hasn't seemed too pleased with the campaign she is in, of late.

She sounds like a nice lady on the phone, but also a dimwit.

That prank was so unbelievably bad that I was cringing. I kept waiting for her to say "wait, are you for real?"

The only point where it seemed "real" was when Sarkozy wasn't on the line right away. But the Sarkozy voice turned out to be sillier than Sarkozy's "assistant"'s voice.

The real idiot is Palin's assistant, who didn't screen the call at all evidently.

What the hell was going on with her staff?


Were they expecting a call from Sarkozy? Do they really just hand her the phone that easily?

Mighty Horse: Palin gets fooled by Canadians, half of America gets fooled by a Kenyan...what can you do?

Poor McBushies, try to get over it - Whadayasay, Kenya?

Holy crap. Or merde I suppose. This is real? Palin better hope she can land a job as a tv host after this cause her political career is over.

Can you imagine the practical jokes Putin and Chavez would play on her if McCain croaked?

Actually on second thought don't think about that.

VideSupra: I'm still wondering what first amendment right protects you from getting prank called?

Another one!

Wow...the dumb is strong tonight.

Preston Preston: Oh noes! I called the troll stupid! What was I thinking?

NO, you didn't NOTICE it was a troll and made a dumb reply, totally missing the reference for the joke.

not sure if this has been posted yet ... very cute

www.palinaspresident.us ^

"What's the call letters of this station? What's the call letters? Cuz, like, I'm gonna call President Cheney and he'll drop a Hellfire on your ass in like ten minutes."

Smelma_Kayak: /obscure?

Le Willi Waller (new window)

Bill Frist: Barricaded Gunman: Not to be all partisan and all, but I just can't picture Obama or Biden falling for this.

Even moreso, I can't imagine their STAFFS STAVES falling for it and letting the call take place at all.

FTFY.

Sorry, pet peeve.

nelbuts1: Seems to me that she is not the only one who they have tricked. So guess Bill Gates and all the others are dumb, hicks, etc. etc. etc. too. Oh I forgot because she is a REPUBLICAN that makes her DIFFERENT.

Get a life you morans.

FTFY

A: 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 the thing that I said to my great friend, the prime minister of Canada Stef Carse.

P: Well, he's doing fine, too, and yeah, 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.

FAIL

whargullible

JohnBigBootay Although it's embarrassing she fell for it, I don't condone this sort of thing and I'm not gonna listen to it.

yes, it's hilarious that she didn't catch canadian PMs name, but al gore fell for the same prank in '99 on rick mercer's talking to americans. he said he looked forward to working with prime minister jean poutine.

Girl_in_Vegas: God damn it cyberquog, that actually made me laugh so hard I peed my pants. Further, it was totally worth it.

Bravo, Sir. Bravo.

/changing underwear.

God damn it cyberquog, that actually made me laugh so hard I peed my pants. Further, it was totally worth it.

Bravo, Sir. Bravo.

/changing underwear.

I was suprised Palin didn't catch on, especially a couple spots where they seemed to give it away, so they could get her angry reaction.

But she just kept going along, like she "knew all about it"

Seems the two fellas conducting the prank call brought it to an end because they probably felt ashamed they had exposed Gov. Palin as far beyond not-too-bright. In a way, it's not funny that a person this close to possbily being President can be so unworldly. And let's face it, if Obama has some skeleton in his closet , and McCain gets elected, Palin probably would be President of the United States at some point.

Now think about that for a moment. Funny Time is over.

THe average $8 hour pizza hut phone-answerer might have had enough common sense to detect a dishonest person than Gov. Palin did.

Russad: This comment must be pretty embarrassing for you. I'm going to go ahead and quote it to make sure it gets full exposure.

Oh noes! I called the troll stupid! What was I thinking? How shall I ever live with myself?

I am ruined forever! Forever, I tell you!

[cringe]

I know who Johnny Halliday is--he's the biggest rock star in France--it's people in his native country who don't know who he is. To tell the truth, I only heard of him recently myself. Think: Robin Williams (the musician, not the comedian) or Cliff Richards.

A big star can be known by a billion people or two in Asia and completely unknown to most of us North Americans.

I didn't quite get the name Steph Carse when a clip of this aired on the evening news and I still don't know why he was selected by the prankers--there is an artist named Steph Carse (with a bilingual website--but Adobe Flash Movie Plugin isn't working well with Google Chrome--I can't even get it to download with Firefox for some reason.)

I think Steph Carse may have been promoted to Prime Minister of Canada because Harper really blew his chances of gaining seats in Quebec by playing to his redneck western Canadian WASP base by cutting funding to the arts.

In Quebec arts means culture and culture is used in the anthropological sense of the word so it means French and French means gimmee, gimme, gimme or you die.

So it was a political jibe which rhymes with arse. As an after-thought, it may also be a jab at Stéphane Dion, the hapless and professorial Liberal leader who is hated in nationalist circles in Quebec for being a federalist--not quite as hard line as Jean Chrétien but the major driver behind the Clarity Act which laid down the law on a legal separation of Quebec from Canada by referendum after the last rather misleading question. But Americans know all about referendum questions designed to confuse the majority of voters.

Probably the best joke in the whole lot and totally incomprehensible unless you are a French Canadian or are at least obsessive-compulsive enough to Google words and names you don't know.

Good one, les boys. That's almost as good as the guy who punked the Queen of England.

Radio pranks seem to be a spécialité of French Canadians. It's like all of that Juste pour Rire gags stuff. One of my favourites had a guy dressed like Jesus walk out onto a canal to fetch a soccer ball. They did it the same way they do it for the tourists who visit the Sea of Galilee--plexiglass just under the water.

It's a much simpler gag than most but I liked it.

Steph Carse has a website. I don't know anything about him because I can't see his website. You tell me who the Hades he is.

Actually, he's a musician.

http://www.stephcarse.com/

You can see his Achy Breaky Heart Dance:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O8uqkgwXihg

Or his Pagliachio:

http://www.tagtele.com/videos/voir/12415

Pagliachio!

Gesundheit!

Apparently he is a cible populaire. I guess the fake President isn't the only one who has a lot in common with him. Sarah Palin is a bit of a butt herself.

Of jokes.

I meant of jokes.

Not to put lipstick on a pig or anything, but you have to admit all of the world's cartoonists, comedians, satirists and mockers are praying for McCain to win as indemnification against the tragic crash of the market in Dubya jokes.

I'm still chuckling over the Steph Carse joke (now that I get the reference, several webpages later). It's the perfect French jeu-de-mots. It's a pun (in English); it works on two or three levels at least; it's barbed against more than one target, including the audience, the jokers, the butt of the joke and the other butt of the joke (Stephen Harper, Steph Carse, Anglos, Pepsis, Steph Carse's music and fans, possibly Stéphane Dion). It even works as a crude pun in English while meaning very little as a joke unless you know French Quebec politics, culture and music.

These guys can think and talk circles around your simple linear Anglo-American brains, my sons. Let them laugh at you--it's better than letting them laugh up their sleeves like you're some kind of backwoods retard. Er....

Revenons à nos moutons.

They'd have your head off and in a bag before you knew your throat was cut.

If you think that is bilingual and multicultural, you should see Acadie Man. There are literary figures there that comparative literature scholars have not found words for yet.

People who are essentially bilingual (from early childhood to adulthood)--and not just accidentally bilingual (as anyone who learns a language after the age of reason--like me)--can play with two or more languages like James Joyce does in Finnegans Wake. Back and forth between six layers of meaning in a single word. Probably more than six, but there are places the unilingual and unicultural minds can not follow--like hidden dimensions beyond the usual three of space and one of time.

Steph Carse is the Céline Dion of Quebec.

Oh, that's enough.

I don't even know the guy's music. Why should I make fun of him?

Ach, I forgot this went green!

I want to post some of the most failicious things about this interview, for non-Canadians and non-French speaking folks

1. Sarah Palin's foreign policy experience. Canadians noted with derision that she claimed our border with Alaska made her experienced in Canadian policy. I think the only leader from Canada she's met is the guy who runs the Yukon, a territory of 31,000 hearty people that is right next to Alaska.
- The Prime Minister of Canada, Stephen Harper, just got reelected TWO WEEKS ago and even though our election was quite boring, this was still duly reported in all of the international press. He's also a Conservative and sort of in love with Bush/Cheney ideas and style, and he's got to be pretty choked that Sarah Palin can't even get his name right tonight. He's been in power for two years now, and he hails from the province Palin probably had most private sector dealings with in negotiating her pipeline - Alberta. She really, really, really, really should have known that one.
- The Prime Minister/Premier (they mean the same in French - premier ministre) of Québec is Jean Charest. Anyway, I forgive her, mostly, for being confused about Jean Charest. He is only the Premier of Canada's second-largest province and is important for a serious U.S. politician, who is interested in the leaders of the provinces that border the United States and/or economic/trade policy, to be roughly familiar with, kind of like how a Mexican Presidential candidate should probably know who Bill Richardson is. His province is also partly in the Arctic, so she should have some familiarity with other Arctic-bordering jurisdictions... Now, this brings up the other issue: why the hell would any Premier of Québec be going to Palin rallies?

2. Sarah Palin knows fark-all about France:
- Faux-Sarko: "I was elected in France because I'm real". HAHAHAHAHA! No. Sarko is the exact opposite of working class you-betcha style. His style is more, "The little people are so beneath me."
- I have never heard of a Parisian who hunts. Warning bells!
- Marcel, the guy with bread under his armpit, oui: Should be mega-warning bells. This is just the radio host mocking Parisians as well as Sarkozy and Palin now.

3. The jokes in French were brilliant:
- "Frank L'Ouvrier", Sarko's assistant, means "Frank the Manual Labourer", a takeoff on that Joe the Plumber thing
- Stef Carse, the name they gave her for Stephen Harper, is this god-awful country singer who covered Billy Ray Cyrus's "Achy Breaky Heart" in French in the 90s. It's hilarious because Harper is sort of perceived as a wannabe American/Bush-style cowboy
- Richard Z. Sirois is a Quebec humourist, mostly on radio
- "On pourrait tuer des bébés phoques aussi", we could kill some baby seals as well. From the popularly perceived (outside Canada) "barbaric" hunt of seals. In Canada, people do not really care except PETA types. Still it is a general standard impression here of people getting all butthurt about killing things in a brutal way.
- "du rouge à lèvres sur une cochonne"- Lipstick on a pig is the translation straight up, but "cochonne" in French means like... incredibly nasty in bed. They basically called her a dirty ho with the implication she'd do anything in the sack, the filthier the better.

3. She has no idea how to deal with foreign leaders, OMFG.
- How appropriate is it for a Vice President to inform a President of France that she and McCain "love him"? Before they're in a close relationship, should she really introduce herself as "This is Sarah"?
- How many foreign leaders would really make a "LOL, Don't bring Cheney! He'll shoot me in the face!" in the first conversation between them? Plus saying his wife is hot in bed?.. Really.
- Almost all of her responses to Sarko were complete non sequiturs. Why can't she have a conversation? Wouldn't she want to ask HIM anything?

4. She's sequestered from her own coverage in the press:
- Unfamiliar with the actual state of the race. The polls are tightening? Or, does she actually believe her own press people? Or, would she lie to foreign leaders about it?
- "I seen a bit about NBC even Fox News wasn't an ally, an ally, sorry, about as much as usual." Despite the maybe limited access, she didn't disagree that Fox is basically the Republican Party's media arm.
- "I love the documentary they made on your life, you know, Hustler's "Nailin Palin." Is it possible she hasn't heard of the video?!?!

Anyway, this will give Canadians (most of us are glued to this race) grounds to feel absolutely politically superior over Americans for... months. Maybe even years. We still relish the fact that one of our comedians got George W. Bush to say our Prime Minister's name was "Jean Poutine" in 2000. Note that most of the jokes require knowledge of American and French politics to be amusing, so this will further inflate egos. Most of our politicians are not stupid, although many are morally compromised, douchebags or drunks, so this sense of superiority is actually somewhat justified on our part.

Sarah Palin... for inflating our national Smug Index, we thank you. We will present you with one seal club. Come and beat a baby seal to death any time.

i actually feel kinda bad for the staffer who let the call through

Macinfarker: Trig

When you really think about it, you come to the realization that Trig is the *only* member of the Palin family who hasn't said or done anything stupid.

I just peed myself a little listening to that, and not from laughter.

With respect to everyone's caller ID comments, ever heard of blocking caller ID? Aka *67 with some telephone companies.

Good lord, some of you are as dense as Palin.

To the resident genius who thought most Canadians couldn't tell a French Canadian accent from a French one: FAIL. Miserable and utter failure. They are very distinct, and it is a very small minority of born and raised Canadians that cannot tell the difference. It's like the difference between Margaret Thatcher's accent and John McCain's. Both are speaking English, but it's exceedingly easy to tell which accent is American and which is British.

Because of this prank I now know what 'pnwed' really means.

brantgoose: Steph Carse is the Céline Dion of Quebec.

And here I thought that Céline Dion was the Céline Dion of Quebec.

Mordant: Figures all you libs would stand by and laugh as her first amendment rights are trampled like this.

Actually that would be 4th amendment, and I am still laughing.

Stepqhen:

Let me start by saying that I already voted for Obama here in Texas. A big part of me really wants this to be fake. I am so tired of America being the butt of jokes around the world.

Other than the fact that Sarah Palin is American,
can you tell me how this makes fun of the "home of the brave"?

Lighten up Francine.

Having said that I would fark Sarah Palin every which way.
She's hot in a school marmish kind of way.
I'd fark the fundamentalist Christian out of her wipe myself on her drapes and head off into the night.

WorldCitizen: In the background after she starts to hand the phone back to her aids, does Palin say that it's a radio station in France? After they said they were a radio station in Montreal? Please tell me I heard that wrong.

No, I heard that clearly too. She thinks Montreal is in France. Holy Shiat.

/Posting from Toronto, England

log_jammin: i actually feel kinda bad for the staffer who let the call through

Apparently they arranged the call over a period of five days and were vetted through secret service and others in her staff, so I don't feel sorry for the staffer, I feel sorry for all of them, including Palin, for being so stupid. I can't imagine how something this farked up could happen. The way the campaign should have handled it was to arrange a time in advance and then had HER people call HIM to arrange the call instead of the other way around. What a bunch of morans.

stpats: With respect to everyone's caller ID comments, ever heard of blocking caller ID? Aka *67 with some telephone companies.

Good lord, some of you are as dense as Palin.

They had to call manny times to get this set up, and left their phone number.

Someone in Palin's organization should have figured that 514-xxx-xxxx was not the same thing as 0-11-33-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx.

They also mentioned on a tv interview this morning that they dealt with someone who used to work for U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice.

Good lord, some of you are as dense as Palin.

With all due respect, I think this statement applies more to you than to the others in this thread.

P.S.: They're supposed to be on CBS tomorrow morning to explain all of this.

Flab: stpats: With respect to everyone's caller ID comments, ever heard of blocking caller ID? Aka *67 with some telephone companies.

Good lord, some of you are as dense as Palin.

They had to call manny times to get this set up, and left their phone number.

Someone in Palin's organization should have figured that 514-xxx-xxxx was not the same thing as 0-11-33-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx.

They also mentioned on a tv interview this morning that they dealt with someone who used to work for U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice.

Good lord, some of you are as dense as Palin.

With all due respect, I think this statement applies more to you than to the others in this thread.

P.S.: They're supposed to be on CBS tomorrow morning to explain all of this.

No, it's you who will be joining the others for making assumptions. I didn't say anything about them leaving or not leaving a number. I commented on blocking caller ID, specifically to those who were commenting "WTF doesn't anyone in the Palin camp have caller ID?". They don't appear to know much about the subject of caller ID.

Preston Preston: Russad: This comment must be pretty embarrassing for you. I'm going to go ahead and quote it to make sure it gets full exposure.

Oh noes! I called the troll stupid! What was I thinking? How shall I ever live with myself?

I am ruined forever! Forever, I tell you!

I suppose you could spin it that way. That's probably preferable to admitting that you were too busy frothing at the mouth to get the joke and made yourself look stupid in the process.

Hint: telling a joke and trolling are different things.

Cliche_Guevara: A premier is not the same as a prime minister. A province's premier is the equivalent to a state governor, like Sarah Palin for instance.

That's a convention we've adopted in the English parts of Canada, but it's not literally true. They are equivalent; "Premier" really is the French equivalent of "Prime Minister." You don't see Quebec newspapers saying "Prime Minister" of Canada, they say "Premier" of Canada. (At least the couple of times I've skimmed Quebec newspapers. . . I don't speak French.)

Outside of Canada, you see the terms used interchangeably quite often. For example, I've seen NYT articles refer to the Prime Minister of France as "prime minister" and "premier" within the same article. (Which must have been doubly confusing for people who only vaguely understand that France has both a president and a prime minister.)

She's Definitely Sucking.

One stop shopping.

Is the media basically ignoring this? Nothing on Drudge (well duh), and a blurb on Foxnews.com spinning it as "Palin in 2016?" but I haven't seen anything else.

Alan_Metcalfe: One stop shopping.

AHAAHAHAHAHAHA!

Haha, nice.

I wonder if Lovely Carla and whatshisname have heard this yet...

Preston Preston: Oh noes! I called the troll stupid! What was I thinking? How shall I ever live with myself?\

riiiiiight.

you lose, be a man and own it.

mesohorny: Oh man haha it was Ok funny but not hilarious funny
These guys screwed up a awesome prank call. Why didnt they talk dirty to her in a sweet french accent? Like "is this line private? Ok uhmmm You know i have many many luxury yachts and hotels maybe we can get together sometime wee wee" I watch you on tv late at night when my wife is out you know wee wee?

and this is why their hilarity is in the news today and yours is, well...on fark.

If you listen really close at the end, immediately after she asks for the call letters of the station you can hear her say "For chrissake..." Take the Lord's name in vain much?

bobbette

Nice insight. Thanks for taking the time to write all that.

This really doesn't interest me at all. I don't care about Sarkozy and making Palin look dumb is like shooting fish in a barrel...dead fish.

/make Hillary look stupid

Prank or no prank, what's sad is as Gov. of Alaska, she doesn't even know who Canada's prime minister and his deputy prime ministers are.

Haha. Hey, how did it go when they called up Joe Biden and tricked him?

gilgigamesh: Ignominiousbob: She just earned my vote.
Please enlighten us what exactly about that sorry incident gave you your epiphany.

Being a big fan of ignominy, how can I not vote for my soul mate? I was on the fence until now, but this episode closes the deal.

Scary scary stuff... why mccain why!? Embeddable flash of call on Entertonement below, with script and innuendoes explained.

Sarah Palin pranked on the Masked Avengers

Kenwhat: bobbette:
She claimed she could see Russia, not Canada. Not only that, but most Canadians can't even tell you the difference between a French and a French-Canadian accent, so why the hell would an American?

I'm pretty sure just about any Canadian can hear the difference between:
"Zat zere, over zere" and
"dat dere over dere".

Most of us Canadians suffered from many years the fate of cruelly being taught by federal mandate the wrong damn french in school. What little we did absorb would be just about useless in Quebec.

I am, however, now fully fluent in cereal-box french. Gratis Prix!

/Tabarnac, it's a seperatiste plot!

If your Canadian and you can't tell the difference between Quebecois and Francais you are a moron. It is like Ukranian and Russian, very different....

Silovik: If your Canadian and you can't tell the difference between Quebecois and Francais you are a moron. It is like Ukranian and Russian, very different....

if you can't tell the difference between your and you're, you are a moron.

/i kid
/kinda

I think she handled herself pretty well. =)