Fwiw, that Washington Post transcript isn't totally accurate.

For one, the name of US advisor that the fake French President is said to have was given in that transcript as "Jean". However, in other accounts of this prank that I have read, that name is given as "Johnny Hallyday", a very popular French singer. This was one clue if Sarah Palin knew anything about French contempory culture. At the least, it was an inside joke for French people and other people who do know something French contemporary culture.

Also, the transcript mentions "French sounding phrases and French sounding names. But those phrases and names are part of the "joke" for French speaking people. For instance, I read that the title of the song that the fake French President's wife supposedly composed for Palin was something about lipstick on a pig. And especially because the newly re-elected Prime Minister of Canada {Stephen Harper} has a very English sounding name, giving a French sounding name for that Prime Minister should have been a big clue that this was a prank call.

In a word, this prank was embarrassing for Sarah Palin, and I think, for all Americans. To think that Sarah Palin could be one heart beat away from the Presidency of the USA. If nothing else, this prank showed how lax the Republican's procedure is for approving
in-coming telephone contact with their vice-presidential candidate.