# Sarah Palin- Election Present for Obama Supporters from Canada **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [November 1, 2008, 7:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sarah-palin-election-present-for-obama-supporters-from-canada/470615 "2008-11-01T19:15:33Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![The\_Flying\_Dutchman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/9fc348/32.png) [@The\_Flying\_Dutchman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Flying_Dutchman)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2008, 7:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sarah-palin-election-present-for-obama-supporters-from-canada/470615/1 "2008-11-01T19:15:33Z")
You are gonna have to open up this present, and you don’t have to wait till the election. [Election Present](http://ca.news.yahoo.com/s/capress/081101/national/prankster_palin) ---
**Author:** ![Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e99b99/32.png) [@Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diogenes_the_Cynic)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2008, 7:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sarah-palin-election-present-for-obama-supporters-from-canada/470615/2 "2008-11-01T19:20:54Z")
Thanks. I wish we could see a transcript or her the audio already. I can’t believe they actually got through to her. I just wish they weren’t waiting until monday to release the tape. ---
**Author:** ![Rhythmdvl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/85f322/32.png) [@Rhythmdvl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rhythmdvl)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2008, 7:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sarah-palin-election-present-for-obama-supporters-from-canada/470615/3 "2008-11-01T19:26:15Z")
Where/when will it be posted somewhere? (I know it’s totally unrelated, but did anyone else sort of hear Palin telling the interviewer that the front fell off?) ---
**Author:** ![Larry\_Mudd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/f14d63/32.png) [@Larry\_Mudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larry_Mudd)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2008, 8:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sarah-palin-election-present-for-obama-supporters-from-canada/470615/4 "2008-11-01T20:38:44Z")
> [@Rhythmdvl](#): > > Where/when will it be posted somewhere? It’s already posted on their website, _Les Justiciers Masqués_. It’s getting hammered right now, though - it’ll probably be a while before it’s being reliably served up again. Ninja edit: here ya go - [http://www.tindeck.com/audio/filestore/w/wwdo-SarahPalin.mp3](http://www.tindeck.com/audio/filestore/w/wwdo-SarahPalin.mp3) ---
**Author:** ![Morgenstern](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Morgenstern](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morgenstern)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2008, 8:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sarah-palin-election-present-for-obama-supporters-from-canada/470615/5 "2008-11-01T20:44:03Z")
Here is a youtube video of it [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/QbEwKcs-7Hc/hqdefault.jpg "Sarah Palin Got Pranked") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QbEwKcs-7Hc) ---
**Author:** ![5-HT](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/5/f19dbf/32.png) [@5-HT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/5-HT)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2008, 8:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sarah-palin-election-present-for-obama-supporters-from-canada/470615/6 "2008-11-01T20:59:21Z")
I feel a little sorry for Palin in this as I sure as hell have no idea who Johnny Hallyday, Stef Carse, or Richard Z. Sirois are. I would doubt it if you could find many Americans who do know them. That said, I know that Stef Carse(whoever that is) isn’t the Prime Minister of Canada and it’s pretty disturbing that Palin doesn’t. ---
**Author:** ![Darth\_Nader](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ad7895/32.png) [@Darth\_Nader](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darth_Nader)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2008, 9:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sarah-palin-election-present-for-obama-supporters-from-canada/470615/7 "2008-11-01T21:03:07Z")
Good ghod… That’s truly stunning. Bonus points for gratuitous use of the word “Belgium”, though. ---
**Author:** ![KarmaComa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e36b37/32.png) [@KarmaComa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KarmaComa)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2008, 9:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sarah-palin-election-present-for-obama-supporters-from-canada/470615/8 "2008-11-01T21:08:26Z")
Gaaah! She said PUNDINTS! What was the name of the Carla Bruni song? Something something under a pig? 4:02. ---
**Author:** ![Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e99b99/32.png) [@Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diogenes_the_Cynic)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2008, 9:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sarah-palin-election-present-for-obama-supporters-from-canada/470615/9 "2008-11-01T21:41:38Z")
“I liked the documentary on your life – 'ustler’s _Nailin’ Palin_. It was edgy.” In fairness, I think she had some trouble understanding the fake accent, but still, it should have become fairly obvious to her fairly quickly that she was not talking to Nicolas Sarkozy. She didn’t sound like she was even suspicious and she was totally taken by surpise when they told her she’d been pranked. I have a feeling somebody got chewed a new asshole for letting Palin get on the phone with these guys. ---
**Author:** ![erislover](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/71e660/32.png) [@erislover](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/erislover)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2008, 9:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sarah-palin-election-present-for-obama-supporters-from-canada/470615/10 "2008-11-01T21:51:44Z")
It is both funny and sad. Sometimes, this woman pisses me off so much I think she deserves all this and more (anytime “terrorist” comes out of her mouth). Other times, I really feel bad for her. Even telling myself that she could have turned down the ticket doesn’t really help. ---
**Author:** ![Morgenstern](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Morgenstern](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morgenstern)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2008, 10:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sarah-palin-election-present-for-obama-supporters-from-canada/470615/11 "2008-11-01T22:26:48Z")
> [@Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](#): > > I have a feeling somebody got chewed a new asshole for letting Palin get on the phone with these guys. I’ll bet you’re right. Someone is off the campaign plane and taking a taxi home tonight. Also, if anyone speaks French, could you translate the song for us? ---
**Author:** ![Tuckerfan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/eada6e/32.png) [@Tuckerfan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tuckerfan)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2008, 10:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sarah-palin-election-present-for-obama-supporters-from-canada/470615/12 "2008-11-01T22:28:36Z")
I’m not sure if this an example of epic stupidity on the part of the McCain campaign, or if its a case of people in the campaign trying to fork the bitch they feel has forked them. World leaders **do not** just “happen” to call somebody. These things are elaborately choreographed, with lots of calls from one party to another, not only to verify that it is indeed who it is supposed to be, but also to make sure that both Very Important People have a free moment in which to talk. If, somehow, the guys managed to BS their way through all of that, without getting caught, then my hat’s off to them, because they’re clearly some first class bullshitters and are wasting their talents by not going into politics. If, however, the McCain campaign was so desperate to take the call because they thought that it would give her some cred and _didn’t_ bother going through the vetting process, then they should have somebody standing right by her, punching names into Google to make sure they were who they said they were (Palin also should have been saying the names given to her out load, along with their titles, since there probably wasn’t anyone on her side listening into the phone call). I don’t seem to recall Obama getting pranked like this, and I’m sure people have tried. ---
**Author:** ![Max\_the\_Immortal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/6de8d8/32.png) [@Max\_the\_Immortal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Max_the_Immortal)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2008, 11:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sarah-palin-election-present-for-obama-supporters-from-canada/470615/13 "2008-11-01T23:10:10Z")
> [@Morgenstern](#): > > Also, if anyone speaks French, could you translate the song for us? “Lipstick on a Pig”, of course. ---
**Author:** ![Frank](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Frank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frank)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2008, 11:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sarah-palin-election-present-for-obama-supporters-from-canada/470615/14 "2008-11-01T23:25:50Z")
I feel sorry for her. I’m not a fan of practical jokes. Practical jokers should be defenstrated into Vlad the Impaler’s courtyard. Personal feelings aside, I have to agree with those who wonder at the competence of a campaign which allowed this to happen. ---
**Author:** ![detop](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/bcef8e/32.png) [@detop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/detop)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2008, 11:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sarah-palin-election-present-for-obama-supporters-from-canada/470615/15 "2008-11-01T23:29:45Z")
> [@Tuckerfan](#): > > I’m not sure if this an example of epic stupidity on the part of the McCain campaign, or if its a case of people in the campaign trying to fork the bitch they feel has forked them. World leaders **do not** just “happen” to call somebody. These things are elaborately choreographed, with lots of calls from one party to another, not only to verify that it is indeed who it is supposed to be, but also to make sure that both Very Important People have a free moment in which to talk.\ A bit of both I would say : > [@Yahoo news](#): > > 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.” > > It took the pair, known for securing surreptitious interviews with celebrities, politicians and heads of state, five days to set up the call, Audette said. The secret to getting powerful people on the line? Time and persistence. (bolding mine) ---
**Author:** ![The\_Flying\_Dutchman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/9fc348/32.png) [@The\_Flying\_Dutchman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Flying_Dutchman)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2008, 12:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sarah-palin-election-present-for-obama-supporters-from-canada/470615/16 "2008-11-02T00:09:38Z")
They got through the Secret Service ? Why are the Secret Service screening calls? What if these comediennes were terrorists ? ---
**Author:** ![Kimstu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ecd19e/32.png) [@Kimstu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kimstu)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2008, 12:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sarah-palin-election-present-for-obama-supporters-from-canada/470615/17 "2008-11-02T00:15:25Z")
> [@Frank](#): > > I feel sorry for her. I’m not a fan of practical jokes. […] Me too. I mean, I don’t mind if somebody pranks me for April Fools or something as a giggle, but I don’t like setups where somebody deliberately tries to fool somebody in order to publicly mock them for having been fooled. I tried to listen to the recording in the link, but I couldn’t stand it and had to stop as soon as “Sarkozy” started talking. I don’t mind mercilessly ridiculing Palin for any and every stupid mistake she makes in her public appearances, and I do think that if she were better-informed about political issues it would be harder to prank her, but I just don’t feel right about making fun of her for silly mistakes that somebody deliberately and deceitfully entrapped her into making. I mean, I think a little slapstick humor is funny in the proper context too, but if some prankster pulled down Obama’s pants duing one of his public appearances, I wouldn’t go look at the pictures of that. (Um, well, okay, to be totally honest, maybe I would, but it wouldn’t be to make fun of him.) > [@Frank](#): > > Personal feelings aside, I have to agree with those who wonder at the competence of a campaign which allowed this to happen. Word. Were some campaign workers just pissed off at her so that they thought it would be funny to let her make a fool of herself in a prank phone call, without realizing that the pranksters were going to publicize the result to this extent? If so, I bet they are **so** fired. ---
**Author:** ![Max\_the\_Immortal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/6de8d8/32.png) [@Max\_the\_Immortal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Max_the_Immortal)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2008, 12:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sarah-palin-election-present-for-obama-supporters-from-canada/470615/18 "2008-11-02T00:31:03Z")
> [@Kimstu](#): > > Word. Were some campaign workers just pissed off at her so that they thought it would be funny to let her make a fool of herself in a prank phone call, without realizing that the pranksters were going to publicize the result to this extent? If so, I bet they are **so** fired. Imagine having to explain to prospective employers that you got fired from the freakin’ Palin campaign. ---
**Author:** ![Larry\_Mudd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/f14d63/32.png) [@Larry\_Mudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larry_Mudd)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2008, 12:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sarah-palin-election-present-for-obama-supporters-from-canada/470615/19 "2008-11-02T00:47:40Z")
> [@Kimstu](#): > > I tried to listen to the recording in the link, but I couldn’t stand it and had to stop as soon as “Sarkozy” started talking. […] I just don’t feel right about making fun of her for silly mistakes that somebody deliberately and deceitfully entrapped her into making. There wasn’t a trace of deceit in that call. Anybody with an IQ above room temperature would have been able to detect the tugging at their leg before being required to formulate the first reply. There was nothing sly or subtle about the pranking - it’s “deceptive” in the same way that a pair of joke Groucho Marx glasses are deceptive. I get that it may be impolitic to assume that someone with an over-the-top comic accent is kidding, after all maybe the president of Russia’s accent really does in no way resemble a Russian accent - maybe it’s some sort of speech impediment that nobody had ever mentioned. I can just _barely_ accept that an American governor might not know the name of the actual premiere of Quebec, but to not blink when a well-publicized pornographic film is characterized as your own “biography” – come on. I guess there’s a _little_ pity there. The sort of pity one feels for people who are born that way. A little pity for the Alaskan electorate, and a little less for the GOP. It’s spread pretty damned thin, though. ---
**Author:** ![Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e99b99/32.png) [@Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diogenes_the_Cynic)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2008, 1:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sarah-palin-election-present-for-obama-supporters-from-canada/470615/20 "2008-11-02T01:38:30Z")
It serves the public to expose her for just how slow she really is. This person might end up being one 72 year-old ticker away from being President of the United States. That is clearly a responsibility she should never be handed. I guarantee this wouldn’t have happened to Biden. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sarah-palin-election-present-for-obama-supporters-from-canada/470615.md?page=2)