Sara Palin get's phone pranked

[feel the light]

Maybe I should have put this in the Sara thread, but it is so cool I didn't want anyone to miss it.:)

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/11/01/masked-avengers-prank-cal_n_140023.html

[habbywall]

I loved the part about the documentary on her life. They should have continued that part farther.

[petad]

"we could go try unting by elicopter..."

massive lolage.

[feel the light]

It was like a gag of sorts. Listening to it several times, I kinda love Sara. She is so sweet and loves to be flattered.:cool:

It's the off the phone stuff that you hear in the back ground, at the start and the end that makes it so real. I feel sorry for Sara at the end. I can feel her cringe sorta, I betcha you can to, we are all real Americans ;)

Well, except the rest of you all.;)

[Mikefule]

Does the idiot not realise she is applying for an important job?

[unicycledood]

Shes seems to be a idiot?

But also, if you thought you were talking to someone like that, you would just try to be as polite as possible.

[UniKid2]

Man, Us Quebec-ers Are kickass at Phone pranks.

EDIT: "Du rouge a lèvre sur une cochonne" XD

[ntappin]

Have you seen the documentary on your life? Hustler's Nailin Pailin?

[Emile.m]

Man, Us Quebec-ers Are kickass at Phone pranks.

EDIT: "Du rouge a lèvre sur une cochonne" XD


Lol.

The voice is so much NOT french from france lol..

[ThisGuyIKnow]

I think the most insulting part is that Palin tried to hand the phone back to her assistant when it was the Sarkozy assistant instead of Sarkozy. In those assistant to assistant kind of calls someone has to wait for the other party and she seems to think Sarkozy, a sitting president, should have to wait for her, a VP candidate. It says a lot about her priority structure.

[johnfoss]

I thought the lamest part was when they identified the Prime Minister of Canada with a different person's name and she never even noticed. Though you have to use binoculars to see Russia from Alaska, let's not forget that Canada and Alaska share a *tremendous* amount of border! So much for her Canada expertise...

[harper]

I think the most insulting part is that Palin tried to hand the phone back to her assistant when it was the Sarkozy assistant instead of Sarkozy. In those assistant to assistant kind of calls someone has to wait for the other party and she seems to think Sarkozy, a sitting president, should have to wait for her, a VP candidate. It says a lot about her priority structure.

Wait. Are you serious? Who exactly was insulted here? You? Marc-Antoine Audette and Sebastien Trudel?

[ThisGuyIKnow]

Wait. Are you serious? Who exactly was insulted here? You? Marc-Antoine Audette and Sebastien Trudel?

You don't see how it could be insulting that Palin refuses to hold the line for the supposed President of France.

[harper]

You don't see how it could be insulting that Palin refuses to hold the line for the supposed President of France.

She did that? Wow. And I thought it was just a phone prank. You're right, this is an international incident.

[Mikefule]

If she thought she was dealing with the President of France, then her behaviour demonstrates her attitude towards the President of France.

I have never spoken to a President of France, but I must say I would be surprised if he phoned me and boasted about how good his wife is in bed.

The prank was just a joke, but the consequence was that Palin had an opportunity to reveal herself as stupid and vain, and she seized it with both hands.

[feel the light]

These guys are good. He lies to Sara's aid, "I have him here, I am putting him on". Then, when he get's Sara, he says he will now get Sarcosi. Salesmanship, she doesn't have to wait, but has a moment to anticipate. This anticipation helps get her to buy into the prank.;) These guys are good !:)

[harper]

If she thought she was dealing with the President of France, then her behaviour demonstrates her attitude towards the President of France.

I have never spoken to a President of France, but I must say I would be surprised if he phoned me and boasted about how good his wife is in bed.

The prank was just a joke, but the consequence was that Palin had an opportunity to reveal herself as stupid and vain, and she seized it with both hands.

Oh, OK then, Mike. I thought it might be ThisGuyIKnow living in Hollywood for too long and being unable to distinguish reality from make believe. But you've got me convinced. This phone prank really constitutes an international incident. But I am surprised that all heads of state aren't phoning you at odd hours telling you of their spouses libido. They call me constantly. It's annoying.

[JJuggle]

Oh, OK then, Mike. I thought it might be ThisGuyIKnow living in Hollywood for too long and being unable to distinguish reality from make believe.
When a detective tells someone under interrogation that his accomplice has already confessed and implicated him when, in fact, he hasn't, the detective is playing make believe.

When the person under interrogation then confesses, is he?

[harper]

When a detective tells someone under interrogation that his accomplice has already confessed and implicated him when, in fact, he hasn't, the detective is playing make believe.

When the person under interrogation then confesses, is he?

No.

[JJuggle]

No.
So two people can have a conversation which for one is make believe, and for the other is not. Correct?

[thejdw]

These guys are good. He lies to Sara's aid, "I have him here, I am putting him on". Then, when he get's Sara, he says he will now get Sarcosi. Salesmanship, she doesn't have to wait, but has a moment to anticipate. This anticipation helps get her to buy into the prank.;) These guys are good !:)

Ingenious how your repition etches those 4 words into the reader mind ;)

[Mikefule]

So two people can have a conversation which for one is make believe, and for the other is not. Correct?

JJuggle with the Socratic dialogue.:D


The phone call was not an international incident and I never suggested it was. What it was was an opportunity to observe Sarah Palin in an unrehearsed moment. Not a pretty sight.

[ThisGuyIKnow]

Oh, OK then, Mike. I thought it might be ThisGuyIKnow living in Hollywood for too long and being unable to distinguish reality from make believe.

Before she took the call she had no reason to suspect it was a prank. If Palin's assistant had thought it was a prank she would never have given the phone to Palin, so clearly Palin did not know it was a prank when she wanted to give the phone back to her assistant rather than hold for the President of France. Giving the phone back to her assistant would effectively make the President of France hold the line for her.

I can only assume this is how she would treat the actual President of France or other dignitaries.

[JJuggle]

JJuggle with the Socratic dialogue.:D
I have learned with texting my daughter that only one question at a time works.

If, for example, I text her, "Hey how was school today? Where are you and when will you be home?

The response will be, "fine".

So, I have to text a question at a time. It actually works.

I once inadvertently leaned over to kiss my cousin's new bride to congratulate her. Silly me. They're orthodox Jews and boy did she recoil. I should have remembered, of course. Personally, I think Palin could be coached how to behave with heads of state and foreign dignitaries as well as anyone else. For me that's not where the problem with her lies.

[harper]

So two people can have a conversation which for one is make believe, and for the other is not. Correct?

Correct.

[JJuggle]

Correct.
So, it is possible that while for the pranksters the call was make believe, for Palin it was real.

[harper]

So, it is possible that while for the pranksters the call was make believe, for Palin it was real.

Raphael-

I don't understand where we are going with this. I have already conceded that this is a phone prank that has rightfully been escalated to the status of an international incident. Why to you have to use these shallow, leading questions to take me down the narrow path of your desired logic? Is it because if not done step by step that other, equally logical paths will appear?

This is the way shoddy salesmen work. "Am I selling a safety product? Don't you want your family to be safe?" And so on with the leading questions until apparently you have to realize that you're an ogre unless you buy their smoke alarm rather than Billy's at WalMart.

In reality, wouldn't Nicolas Sarkozy be much more insulted by his countrymen's patronage of Euro Disney? Sarkozy was pranked by the same Quebecois and no international incident arose. Is this because the political bigots in France don't use fear and hatred of the opposition to garner support for their issues? They really wouldn't be bigots then, would they?

I will admit, though, Sarah is not as hot as Miss Ayelery.

[JJuggle]

Raphael-

I don't understand where we are going with this...

..I will admit, though, Sarah is not as hot as Miss Ayelery.
Damn, and I was just one post away.

[Mikefule]

Personally, I think Palin could be coached how to behave with heads of state and foreign dignitaries as well as anyone else. For me that's not where the problem with her lies.

So she needs coaching on how to behave with heads of state, yet her party's line is that Obama is unsuitable because he is so inexperienced?

Over here in the UK, it has been impossible to get any politician from any party to express support for or criticism of any of the presidential/vice presidential candidates since the start of the campaign. The line is always, without fail, "This is for the American people to decide and we look forward to working with whichever candidate wins."

This is such a basic of international politics that any reasonably informed voter would be surprised by any breach of this protocol.

The idea that the French head of state would make an informal call to the VP candidate - especially when they clearly do not know each other personally - is so absurd that Sarah Palin has demonstrated her complete naivetée.

And for her to remain credulous when the supposed President was talking about his wife, singing a song she had allegedly written for Palin, and talking about 'untin in a 'elicopter... gosh darn, do I think she's stupid? You betcha.

She obviously thinks that Presidents are not busy people. She said herself that she has no idea what a VP does.

[JJuggle]

So she needs coaching on how to behave with heads of state, yet her party's line is that Obama is unsuitable because he is so inexperienced?...You betcha.

She obviously thinks that Presidents are not busy people. She said herself that she has no idea what a VP does.
I am not trying to defend Sarah Palin. But here, you may recall, is seasoned politician Dick Cheney at a commemoration of holocaust victims at Auschwitz:

http://billandkent.com/blog/blogimages/cheney-01282005.jpg

I think that we can agree that all that is missing is a pom pom on his ski cap.

And I have to admit that I was so distressed by the prank that I couldn't bring myself to listen to more than a few seconds.

[peleschramm]

Does no one else think that this is probably fake?

[JJuggle]

Does no one else think that this is probably fake?
Canadian comics' Palin prank a big hit
Jessica Murphy
The Canadian Press
3 November 2008
Copyright (c) 2008 Kitchener-Waterloo Record.

The Quebec comedians responsible for pranking Sarah Palin are getting the star treatment from the international media.

...

In a statement, Palin's team said, "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.

[johnfoss]

I guess this is the start of her "real" foreign policy experience. :) (they're Canadians afterall, eh?)

[Mikefule]

I am not trying to defend Sarah Palin. But here, you may recall, is seasoned politician Dick Cheney at a commemoration of holocaust victims at Auschwitz:



Our equivalent: Michael Foot, Labour leader, at the Cenotaph in a donkey jacket.