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01 Nov 08 - 09:31 PM (#2482080) Subject: BS: Fake French President phones Palin From: Alice TORONTO (AP) -- Sarah Palin unwittingly took a prank call Saturday from a Canadian comedian posing as French President Nicolas Sarkozy and telling her she would make a good president someday. "Maybe in eight years," replies a laughing Palin. The Republican vice presidential nominee discusses politics, the perils of hunting with Vice President Dick Cheney, and Sarkozy's "beautiful wife," in a recording of the call released Saturday and set to air Monday on a Quebec radio station. Palin campaign spokeswoman Tracey Schmitt confirmed she had received the prank call. "Governor Palin was mildly amused to learn that she had joined the ranks of heads of state, including President Sarkozy and other celebrities, in being targeted by these pranksters. C'est la vie," she said. The call was made by a well-known Montreal comedy duo Marc-Antoine Audette and Sebastien Trudel. Known as the Masked Avengers, the two are notorious for prank calls to celebrities and heads of state. Audette, posing as Sarkozy, speaks in an exaggerated French accent and drops ample hints that the conversation is a joke. But Palin seemingly does not pick up on them. He tells Palin one of his favorite pastimes is hunting, also a passion of the 44-year-old Alaska governor. |
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01 Nov 08 - 09:39 PM (#2482082) Subject: RE: BS: Fake French President phones Palin From: Alice Her staff should have known better in screening calls than to let that one go through. The blame game must be huge in that campaign right now. |
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01 Nov 08 - 09:42 PM (#2482085) Subject: RE: BS: Fake French President phones Palin From: Azizi Here's a link to that prank phone conversation: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k4aHL12vtEM Here's the summary that was written for that YouTube video: "Quebec comedy duo notorious for prank calls to celebrities and heads of state has reached Sarah Palin, convincing the Republican vice-presidential nominee she was speaking with French President Nicolas Sarkozy. In the roughly six-minute telephone interview released Saturday, Palin and the pranksters known as the Masked Avengers discuss politics, pundits, and the perils of hunting with Vice-President Dick Cheney. "We have such great respect for you, John McCain and I, we love you," Palin is heard to gush to comedian Marc-Antoine Audette, masquerading as Sarkozy. Palin doesn't seem to realize she's being tricked until Audette tells her at the end of the interview. "Oh, have we been pranked?" she says. Seconds later, Palin's aide can be heard before the line goes dead. Throughout the conversation, Audette drops plenty of clues that something's amiss. He identifies French singer and actor Johnny Hallyday as his special adviser to the U.S., singer Stef Carse as Canada's prime minister and Quebec comedian and radio host Richard Z. Sirois as the provincial premier". |
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01 Nov 08 - 09:47 PM (#2482087) Subject: RE: BS: Fake French President phones Palin From: Bee-dubya-ell With all the money those Republicans have, you'd think they could afford phones with caller ID. |
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01 Nov 08 - 09:52 PM (#2482089) Subject: RE: BS: Fake French President phones Palin From: Big Mick How could anyone make the point any better than that? |
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01 Nov 08 - 10:04 PM (#2482100) Subject: RE: BS: Fake French President phones Palin From: Bee-dubya-ell How could anyone make the point any better than that? Substitute Tina Fey for Palin and see if anyone notices? |
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01 Nov 08 - 11:42 PM (#2482148) Subject: RE: BS: Fake French President phones Palin From: wysiwyg SarAH! Heads of state don't CALL you when you're just a candidate-in-waiting!!!! ~S~ |
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01 Nov 08 - 11:43 PM (#2482149) Subject: RE: BS: Fake French President phones Palin From: katlaughing Jeez! Thanks Alice and Azizi! |
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02 Nov 08 - 02:40 AM (#2482224) Subject: RE: BS: Fake French President phones Palin From: Cluin So she's joined an illustrious club. Remember when Canadian comedian Rick Mercer told George W. Bush that Canadian Prime Minister Poutine was behind him all the way? No, probably not. |
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02 Nov 08 - 03:56 AM (#2482248) Subject: RE: BS: Fake French President phones Palin From: gnu Cluin... I have mentioned that quite often here. It was one of those, "Oh my fuck!" moments for me. The first was when he was first elected pres and said he was looking forward to meeting the leader of the biggest trading partner of the US, Mexico. And, let's not forget what PM Poutine himself did when he served Garge Alberta beef and PEI potatoes!... and, not reported, they were served on dishes from the White House (no, I have NO support for the dishes). BTW, before anyone mentions that Sarah was also invited baby seal hunting, she was invited in French. Unfair shot! Especially since she has such a hard time speaking English to begin with. |
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02 Nov 08 - 05:23 AM (#2482288) Subject: RE: BS: Fake French President phones Palin From: John MacKenzie Now we know who put the alas in Alaska. XG |
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02 Nov 08 - 05:24 AM (#2482289) Subject: BS: sarah palin interview From: The Sandman Transferred from another thread have alaugh at this.http://www.soundlantern.com/UpdatedSoundPage.do?ToId=18576http://www.soundlantern.com/UpdatedSoundPage.do?ToId=18576 |
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02 Nov 08 - 06:39 AM (#2482318) Subject: RE: BS: Fake French President phones Palin From: Beer Is he the fellow who also got through to Pope JohnXX111? Beer (adrien) |
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02 Nov 08 - 06:52 AM (#2482321) Subject: RE: BS: Fake French President phones Palin From: bobad They've done it to Chirac, Mick Jagger, Britney Spears and Sarkozy himself. |
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02 Nov 08 - 07:02 AM (#2482325) Subject: RE: BS: Fake French President phones Palin From: catspaw49 .......hook, line, and sinker....... Spaw |
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02 Nov 08 - 07:03 AM (#2482327) Subject: RE: BS: Fake French President phones Palin From: GUEST,Volgadon I know that you have to be careful, because you don't want to offend an ally, but it became pianfully obvious early on tht they were joking. |
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02 Nov 08 - 07:27 AM (#2482338) Subject: RE: BS: Fake French President phones Palin From: wysiwyg Hey, we ALL want to believe, "They really, really want me!" ~S~ |
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02 Nov 08 - 07:40 AM (#2482343) Subject: RE: BS: Fake French President phones Palin From: Azizi Here's a link to a Washington Post article that contains the complete transcript of that conversation: http://voices.washingtonpost.com/sleuth/2008/11/sarah_palin_pranked_by_sarkozy.html#more |
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02 Nov 08 - 08:19 AM (#2482353) Subject: RE: BS: Fake French President phones Palin From: Azizi 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. |
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02 Nov 08 - 08:30 AM (#2482357) Subject: RE: BS: Fake French President phones Palin From: GUEST,Volgadon To her credit, Palin did handle the discovery pretty well. No tantrums or hissyfits. |
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02 Nov 08 - 09:55 AM (#2482422) Subject: RE: BS: Fake French President phones Palin From: john f weldon Good grief, even the Washington Post can't find a francophone? |
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02 Nov 08 - 10:01 AM (#2482425) Subject: RE: BS: Fake French President phones Palin From: bobad The scary part is that her "people" didn't know who Sarkozy was. |
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02 Nov 08 - 10:43 AM (#2482449) Subject: RE: BS: Fake French President phones Palin From: bankley Quebec rides again... these guys are good, they even pranked the Queen once pretending to be Prime Minister Jean Chretien.. |
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02 Nov 08 - 10:51 AM (#2482458) Subject: RE: BS: Fake French President phones Palin From: Jeri On the bit of it I heard on the news, it sounded like she was playing along. She wasn't particularly funny, but a VP doesn't need to be. I think that might be the Secretary of State's job. Of course that means she'll probably never be a regular on Saturday Night Live, but I can see how it was more the writer's fault than Palin's. |
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02 Nov 08 - 10:54 AM (#2482461) Subject: RE: BS: Fake French President phones Palin From: gnu "... pretending to be Prime Minister Jean Chretien." Dat's not hard. If it was hard, it would be hard, but it's not hard, so for it to be done it would not be hard to do. |
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02 Nov 08 - 11:04 AM (#2482475) Subject: RE: BS: Fake French President phones Palin From: Alice "Starting with persistent phone calls to Alaska, Audette said it took the duo -- which also includes Sebastien Trudel -- about four days of phone calls to Palin's handlers to finally get in touch with her." What do you think of the giggling way Palin talks to someone whom she thinks is a head of state? How embarrassing. |
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02 Nov 08 - 11:36 AM (#2482496) Subject: RE: BS: Fake French President phones Palin From: Bill D The whole thing was not terribly relevant...just one more 'nail in her coffin', as they say. And as noted, HER STAFF should be ashamed for not vetting it all better and asking for a PHONE # so they could call back. |
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02 Nov 08 - 11:57 AM (#2482506) Subject: RE: BS: Fake French President phones Palin From: Celtaddict 'ashamed for not vetting it all better'? You are talking about McCain, right? |
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02 Nov 08 - 12:27 PM (#2482525) Subject: RE: BS: Fake French President phones Palin From: Bill D as we say in Philosophy, that's the 'remote' cause. |
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02 Nov 08 - 12:59 PM (#2482542) Subject: RE: BS: Fake French President phones Palin From: Cool Beans Chretien? Harper? You mean to say Poutine is no longer prime minister of Canada? Mon Dieu! |
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02 Nov 08 - 01:51 PM (#2482569) Subject: RE: BS: Fake French President phones Palin From: katlaughing Not so sure she didn't have a hissyfit, she sounded kind of PO'd as she was passing the phone back to her assistant; sounded as though they cut it off before she got started. I'll bet someone got an earful. |
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02 Nov 08 - 01:59 PM (#2482572) Subject: RE: BS: Fake French President phones Palin From: Cluin "... pretending to be Prime Minister Jean Chretien." Non, I am not about to hopen dat Pandora's box of wormz at dis time. |
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02 Nov 08 - 02:26 PM (#2482605) Subject: RE: BS: Fake French President phones Palin From: Ed T My guess is somewhere in a republican office, an advisor likely paid for the lack of telephone screening. While some may wishfully insist that Palin was "just playing along," I suspect the majority will see that the lady is really an eager novice. Hopefully, if elected, she will not push the red "launch" button when a russian "comedian-president" calls on her. Maybe she should get listed in the "do not call" political list? |
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02 Nov 08 - 02:37 PM (#2482608) Subject: RE: BS: Fake French President phones Palin From: Little Hawk NoboDY helse can talk like da little guy from Shawinigan! No-boDY. If 'e give a call to Sarah Palin, by gar, she gonna get an earful straight from da heart. I t'ink dis was a cheap trick to pull on 'er, dat's what I t'ink. If someboDY pull dat one on me, I grab dat bastard by da NECK next time I see 'im and 'e won't do dat to me again noHOW, no WAY. Dese comedians, dey don' mess wit da little guy from Shawinigan! |
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02 Nov 08 - 03:32 PM (#2482658) Subject: RE: BS: Fake French President phones Palin From: Bee Chretien was more at ease with comedians than Harper is, for sure. Marg, Princess Warrior, had a real relationship with Chretien and most of the rest of Parliament Hill, and my god, those were some funny scenes! |
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02 Nov 08 - 03:46 PM (#2482671) Subject: RE: BS: Fake French President phones Palin From: Cluin I miss him. He didn't do a whole lot (except keep us out of Iraq thankfully), but he was entertaining as hell. My favourite was when he ditched his RCMP bodyguards and jumped on the tourist bus to gladhand and give his own guided tour. He didn't need bodyguards anyway as long as there was a good Inuit soapstone sculpture to hand or even if he could get his giant mitt around your throat. |
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02 Nov 08 - 05:52 PM (#2482739) Subject: RE: BS: Fake French President phones Palin From: akenaton "What do you think of the giggling way Palin talks to someone whom she thinks is a head of state? How embarrassing." What I think, is that the vitriolic, partisan Democrats on this forum are much more of an embarrassment than Mrs Palin. |
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02 Nov 08 - 06:01 PM (#2482748) Subject: RE: BS: Fake French President phones Palin From: Alice I'll say it again. Palin is an embarrassment to the USA. |
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02 Nov 08 - 07:04 PM (#2482804) Subject: RE: BS: Fake French President phones Palin From: Riginslinger Reading the transcript of the phone call, it looks like Palin figured out the guy was a phoney and was just playing along. She has proven to be a whole lot smarter than the left wing media has given her credit for. They must pull their hair out everytime she shows them up for the chumps they've proven themselves to be. |
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02 Nov 08 - 07:47 PM (#2482838) Subject: RE: BS: Fake French President phones Palin From: Bee Riginslinger, do you know what a Poe is, in internet-speak? Because I keep thinking you have got to be a very good one. |
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02 Nov 08 - 08:09 PM (#2482857) Subject: RE: BS: Fake French President phones Palin From: bankley The funny thing about the Queen and Chretien prank is that they had previously met and had talked on occasion.... so hit's all depen on da numero pis le fron a faire ca |
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02 Nov 08 - 10:15 PM (#2482944) Subject: RE: BS: Fake French President phones Palin From: Riginslinger "do you know what a Poe is, in internet-speak?" Let's see, Poe as in Edgar Allen? |
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02 Nov 08 - 11:49 PM (#2482975) Subject: RE: BS: Fake French President phones Palin From: Big Mick Riggy.... you are kidding, right? I mean, the recording is right there to listen to ....... I want you to google up "state of denial". Mick cya Tuesday |
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03 Nov 08 - 02:29 AM (#2483010) Subject: RE: BS: Fake French President phones Palin From: Big Al Whittle Je t'aime, mais non moose.... |
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03 Nov 08 - 03:43 AM (#2483037) Subject: RE: BS: Fake French President phones Palin From: Mr Red we have had our own instances of this in the UK. But in our case they didn't let on for a year and they used the information gained to embarrass the government outside of the comedy programme that Rory Bremner (impersonator) fronted. He was totally unrepentant. I don't watch him any more. Comedy has to plumb the depths in order to be noticed these days. It is a step too far. |
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03 Nov 08 - 05:13 AM (#2483084) Subject: RE: BS: Fake French President phones Palin From: Monique I'll add that the title of the song supposedly written for her is "Le rouge à lèvres sur une cochonne" and though it seems to mean "lipstick on a pig", it's a double entendre. We don't use the feminine word to mean a pig, we use the masculine "cochon" or "porc". A "cochonne" is used to mean "dirty little girl" (kind of eating with her fingers and smearing chocolate all over her face) but about a grown up woman, it's used pejoratively to mean "a woman who likes sex" |
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03 Nov 08 - 08:14 AM (#2483160) Subject: RE: BS: Fake French President phones Palin From: Riginslinger I knew there was something I liked about her! |
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03 Nov 08 - 08:29 AM (#2483171) Subject: RE: BS: Fake French President phones Palin From: Bobert Word on the street is that she fakin' it... |
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03 Nov 08 - 10:11 AM (#2483273) Subject: RE: BS: Fake French President phones Palin From: Cluin "I'll have what she's having." |
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03 Nov 08 - 10:43 AM (#2483321) Subject: RE: BS: Fake French President phones Palin From: julian morbihan No-one so far has mentioned the fact that Nicholas Sarkozy doesn't speak English! So the hoax call should have been a non-starter from the beginning 'cause I'm sure that Sarah Palin doesn't speak French. Which seems to say that all of the USA, Canada and most of the rest of the English speaking world were taken in my this radio programme... But for a possible president (if McCain gets in and then snuffs it) of the leading country not knowing what is going on is just going to give us more of what we have at the moment with dear George. When will Americans get it that they are not the only people in the world? Hey ho. |
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03 Nov 08 - 11:02 AM (#2483333) Subject: RE: BS: Fake French President phones Palin From: Riginslinger That's a good point, Julian! |
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03 Nov 08 - 11:44 AM (#2483365) Subject: RE: BS: Fake French President phones Palin From: Little Hawk "When will Americans get it that they are not the only people in the world?" Boy, there's the 64,000 dollar question! |
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03 Nov 08 - 12:54 PM (#2483432) Subject: RE: BS: Fake French President phones Palin From: McGrath of Harlow Are we sure this wasn't Tina Fey? |
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04 Nov 08 - 10:51 AM (#2484477) Subject: RE: BS: Fake French President phones Palin From: Charley Noble Minique- Thanks for your translation of "Le rouge à lèvres sur une cochonne." Inquiring minds always want to learn more and that makes the song title even wittier. Charley Noble |
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04 Nov 08 - 11:26 AM (#2484512) Subject: RE: BS: Fake French President phones Palin From: Monique And here you can check that Nicolas Sarkozy doesn't speak English |
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04 Nov 08 - 01:34 PM (#2484686) Subject: RE: BS: Fake French President phones Palin From: bankley actually, he could probably run for Prime Minister of Canada and get by okay... we're used to it |