# Sarah Palin Pranked; Thinks She's Talking to the President of France **URL:** \ **Category:** Great Debates\ **Created:** [November 3, 2008, 4:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sarah-palin-pranked-thinks-shes-talking-to-the-president-of-france/470876 "2008-11-03T16:24:02Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 15\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Frostillicus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e9bcb4/32.png) [@Frostillicus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frostillicus)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2008, 3:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sarah-palin-pranked-thinks-shes-talking-to-the-president-of-france/470876/21 "2008-11-04T03:32:36Z")
I find it a bit unsettling that a 44 year old woman constantly giggles like a 12 year old girl. And listening to the actual tape is much more enlightening than reading the transcript because the shock jocks use the most god-awful Pepe Le Pew accent during the interview. ---
**Author:** ![Cisco](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ccd318/32.png) [@Cisco](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cisco)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2008, 5:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sarah-palin-pranked-thinks-shes-talking-to-the-president-of-france/470876/22 "2008-11-04T05:22:58Z")
> [@Frostillicus](#): > > I find it a bit unsettling that a 44 year old woman constantly giggles like a 12 year old girl. And listening to the actual tape is much more enlightening than reading the transcript because the shock jocks use the most god-awful Pepe Le Pew accent during the interview. Was it fake? It didn’t change after the reveal. ---
**Author:** ![Fubaya](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/c2a13f/32.png) [@Fubaya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fubaya)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2008, 6:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sarah-palin-pranked-thinks-shes-talking-to-the-president-of-france/470876/23 "2008-11-04T06:09:50Z")
There’s a [story](http://rawstory.com/news/2008/Canadian_DJs_Palin_more_gullible_than_1103.html) on the pranksters where they say Brittney Spears and Palin are the only two that have never figured out they’re being pranked, although it isn’t clear how many they have pranked. As for the accent, they describe themselves as “Two stupid comedians with a bad French accent.” ---
**Author:** ![CairoCarol](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cairocarol/32/3825_2.png) [@CairoCarol](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CairoCarol)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2008, 6:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sarah-palin-pranked-thinks-shes-talking-to-the-president-of-france/470876/24 "2008-11-04T06:25:01Z")
I pretty much agree with **mswas** and **Cisco**. Yes, Palin is a total idiot and there is no way I want her as VP, but I’d cut her some slack on this one. She was probably exhausted from the campaign and doing her best to be upbeat and polite, possibly even thinking it was a prank but figuring “hanging up on the president of France after accusing him of a prank call = much, much worse than being polite to a prankster.” Also, I am SO RELIEVED that this was done by Canadians. It would look like a very cruel trick by Democrats if Americans had done it and might have cost some votes. ---
**Author:** ![AuntiePam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f19dbf/32.png) [@AuntiePam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AuntiePam)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2008, 11:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sarah-palin-pranked-thinks-shes-talking-to-the-president-of-france/470876/25 "2008-11-04T11:28:27Z")
Does Sarkozy speak English? Whenever I’ve seen him speaking to English-speaking leaders, he’s used a translator. ---
**Author:** ![Punintentional](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/9de0a6/32.png) [@Punintentional](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Punintentional)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2008, 12:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sarah-palin-pranked-thinks-shes-talking-to-the-president-of-france/470876/26 "2008-11-04T12:05:40Z")
> [@CairoCarol](#): > > She was probably exhausted from the campaign and doing her best to be upbeat and polite, possibly even thinking it was a prank but figuring “hanging up on the president of France after accusing him of a prank call = much, much worse than being polite to a prankster.” Do you realise that if she figured out it was a prank, she wouldn’t have been hanging up on the President of France? ---
**Author:** ![Jayn\_Newell](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Jayn\_Newell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jayn_Newell)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2008, 1:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sarah-palin-pranked-thinks-shes-talking-to-the-president-of-france/470876/27 "2008-11-04T13:19:27Z")
I can’t help but wonder how much Palin actually understood. They were laying on the accent (as bad as it is) pretty thickly. There probably was a fair bit of politeness that was just because she wasn’t entirely sure what he was saying. ---
**Author:** ![JThunder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e95f7d/32.png) [@JThunder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JThunder)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2008, 1:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sarah-palin-pranked-thinks-shes-talking-to-the-president-of-france/470876/28 "2008-11-04T13:27:09Z")
> [@Punintentional](#): > > Do you realise that if she figured out it was a prank, she wouldn’t have been hanging up on the President of France? And do you realize that if there were any chance that she was wrong – even a 1% chance – the consequences would have been disastrous? It’s easy to say “I would have just hung up!” if you have nothing to lose by doing so. That’s what people forget when they express condescension at the fact that she stayed on the line. ---
**Author:** ![Mutters](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c5a1d2/32.png) [@Mutters](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mutters)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2008, 2:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sarah-palin-pranked-thinks-shes-talking-to-the-president-of-france/470876/29 "2008-11-04T14:57:52Z")
> [@](#): > > I find it a bit unsettling that a 44 year old woman constantly giggles like a 12 year old girl. And listening to the actual tape is much more enlightening than reading the transcript because the shock jocks use the most god-awful Pepe Le Pew accent during the interview. Obviously you have not heard the former Prime Minister of Canada … Jean Chretien could butcher the english language. To be honest Pepe Le Pew was easier to understand. ---
**Author:** ![Sitnam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Sitnam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sitnam)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2008, 4:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sarah-palin-pranked-thinks-shes-talking-to-the-president-of-france/470876/30 "2008-11-04T16:31:51Z")
I think you guys feel bad for her only because you pity Sarah in general, not the kind of feeling a possible world leader should invoke. If this had happened to Biden even democrats would be laughing. ---
**Author:** ![Wakinyan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wakinyan/32/352_2.png) [@Wakinyan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wakinyan)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2008, 5:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sarah-palin-pranked-thinks-shes-talking-to-the-president-of-france/470876/31 "2008-11-04T17:38:32Z")
> [@mswas](#): > > My impression was that she seemed unsure about the whole thing but wanted to err on the side of being cordial. I actually felt kind of sorry for her. She sounded a bit star struck. You know like the unpopular girl who thinks she is being invited to the cool kids party and subliminally knows she is being made fun of but doesn’t want to call them on it in case she’s actually in the process of being accepted. My thoughts exactly. I couldn’t enjoy the tape though I have no problem with laughing at Sarah Palin (hours of YouTube material) in general. ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2008, 6:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sarah-palin-pranked-thinks-shes-talking-to-the-president-of-france/470876/32 "2008-11-04T18:10:24Z")
> [@Clu-Me-In](#): > > Actually, the stupid and idiotic thing is to think that the President of France would call the “Sarah Palin” of the losing side of a super-charged election process to chit-chat and brag about how hot his wife is and carry on and on about bull-crap for 2-minutes. A first term Senator would hangup after the first 30-seconds if such a call manages to get through his aides. They fooled:French president Jacques Chirac, Pres. Sarkozy, QEII, the Pope, and others. And she took it like a good sport. Of course, she’s _still_ the least qualified person nominated in quite a while. ---
**Author:** ![erislover](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/71e660/32.png) [@erislover](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/erislover)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2008, 6:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sarah-palin-pranked-thinks-shes-talking-to-the-president-of-france/470876/33 "2008-11-04T18:16:39Z")
> [@Jayn\_Newell](#): > > I can’t help but wonder how much Palin actually understood. They were laying on the accent (as bad as it is) pretty thickly. There probably was a fair bit of politeness that was just because she wasn’t entirely sure what he was saying. I agree. I really don’t like this, but I’m not a fan of practical jokes anyway. PS - Go Obama! ---
**Author:** ![control-z](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/eada6e/32.png) [@control-z](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/control-z)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2008, 8:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sarah-palin-pranked-thinks-shes-talking-to-the-president-of-france/470876/34 "2008-11-04T20:46:59Z")
The president of France also got pranked by these guys. It would be tough to be put on the spot like that. ---
**Author:** ![jackdavinci](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackdavinci/32/3259_2.png) [@jackdavinci](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jackdavinci)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2008, 8:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sarah-palin-pranked-thinks-shes-talking-to-the-president-of-france/470876/35 "2008-11-04T20:52:57Z")
Nah. This close to the election it would take a much bigger surprise to sway people away from how they are already voting. Even if it was a month ago, I doubt this would sway anyone who didn’t already think Palin was an idiot. As for myself, I’m not a Palin supporter, but I’d give her a break. I think it says more about the people who are in charge of vetting her calls than her. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sarah-palin-pranked-thinks-shes-talking-to-the-president-of-france/470876.md?page=1)