# Sarah Palin- Election Present for Obama Supporters from Canada

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sarah-palin-election-present-for-obama-supporters-from-canada/470615>\
**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")\
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**Author:** ![matt\_mcl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7ab992/32.png) [@matt\_mcl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/matt_mcl)\
**Post date:** [November 4, 2008, 8:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sarah-palin-election-present-for-obama-supporters-from-canada/470615/81 "2008-11-04T08:08:19Z")

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> [@atomicbadgerrace](#):
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> Not to hijack, but does anyone know if the prank call to the Queen is available online? My Google-fu isn’t working.

I’ve never been able to find it. But I have heard one line: the fake Jean Chrétien asked if they could switch to French, and the Queen briskly rapped out, “Bon, allez.”

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**Author:** ![Measure\_for\_Measure](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/measure_for_measure/32/557_2.png) [@Measure\_for\_Measure](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Measure_for_Measure)\
**Post date:** [November 5, 2008, 2:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sarah-palin-election-present-for-obama-supporters-from-canada/470615/82 "2008-11-05T02:22:10Z")

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Well I for one think pranks are great, provided they fight ignorance or tell us something about the world. In this case it’s simply a reminder: a voice on the other end of a phone line isn’t necessarily who they say it is.

I don’t think Palin did too badly, considering her inexperience.

I am surprised though that her staff didn’t run this one by the French Embassy. Somebody should have done more careful vetting.

For completeness, I’ll provide a link to an example of the great and intelligent Bill Clinton being pranked, through no fault of his own. (Actually, it was CNN that got pranked, but…) [Wankel's statement on the CNN chat prank](http://www.boredom.org/cnn/statement.html)

> [@Kimstu](#):
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> Where the fucking hell does “traditional-marriage”, “family-values”, Christian-Right-pinup-girl Sarah Palin get off gushing about how wonderful Carla Bruni is?

Palin was probably just making chit chat.

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**Author:** ![Hostile\_Dialect](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e495f1/32.png) [@Hostile\_Dialect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hostile_Dialect)\
**Post date:** [November 5, 2008, 11:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sarah-palin-election-present-for-obama-supporters-from-canada/470615/83 "2008-11-05T11:14:42Z")

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> [@Measure for Measure](#):
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> Somebody should have done more careful vetting.

That seems to be a theme with the GOP this year, doesn’t it?

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