Q, I heard Palin's clip, and she neither "clearly" said "cojones" nor "cajones." She pretty much said "cuh- ho - nes." To me, that sounds more like the "ah" vowel sound than like a long "o" sound, but I'll give her the benefit of the doubt.   The good side of this episode is that maybe it will teach a lot of people what the actual slang word ("cojones") is and how to spell it & pronounce it so it doesn't sound (or look) like they're asking men to "have the boxes to stand up for principle."

When people too quickly borrow terms from other languages they're not familiar with, the results can be comical, embarrassing, or both.

Oh, and I think both Mousethief and Art are spot on.