Palin Punk’d, the Annotated Version

Jake is a happy boy.

I thought this election entered the silly season a few weeks ago but this tops everything. How did Palin’s staff not stop this from happening? Her staff is out to get her.
(And I say this as an Obama supporter who really dislikes the McCain-Palin ticket).
The Nailin’ Palin comment was pretty funny, though. Sigh.

H E L L O, Jake thanks for linking to the station. How funny. It appears that she did not know that Harper is the Prime Minister of Canada. I found that surprising because she is the Governor of Alaska.

To Pacific Moderate:
Obama in a debate last year said the leader of Canada is the president of Canada.
So if you want a president to know the leader of Canada is the prime minister you have to vote for McCain.
To Pacific Moderate she could have been talking to her aides that this is a prank call and not been listening to every word and they had an accent.

To Jl:
How funny is is that Obama supporters are bashing Palin when Obama last year said the president of Canada is the leader of Canada.
What hypocracy.
So if you want a president that knows that the leader of Canada is not the president you can’t vote for Obama.
If you want a president who knows who the leader of Canada is then that rules out Obama.

People that use to support Obama and are now supporting McCain are really coming out of the woodwork on these blogs. They have all the Sludge Report talking points and they seem very upset that nobody takes them seriously. I suggest they seek treatment by getting an enema for their brain.

There is a huge double standard in this country.
Obama called the leader of Canada the president of Canada.
Obama is on top of the ticket.
If you want a president who knows that the leader of Canada is the prime minister you have to vote for McCain.
Obama has been given a free ride to the presidency. He is at the top of the ticket.

ziadora,
No way, no how
Obama said the leader of Canada was the president of Canada.
Canada has no president.
No way, no how then.
Or is there a double standard that because Obama is at the top of the ticket he can say anything.
After all Obama is running on THE TOP of the ticket not the bottom.

I find that the time spent posting this so this bit of nonsense can be read and commented on despicable.
Why not cover how you can spend an hour with an Obama advisor for as little as 28 grand. That is worth reading. This crapola is fit for HS punks.
Americans are looking for differences between these candidates and this is what we get.

“Obama in a debate last year said the leader of Canada is the president of Canada.
So if you want a president to know the leader of Canada is the prime minister you have to vote for McCain.”
John McCain has spoken of our relations with Czechoslovakia, a country that ceased to exist 15 years ago.
And he did so more than once.

She seems like a nice and friendly woman in that call, who should be kept as far away as possible from the levers of power.

Omg, how embarrassing. I wonder who in the campaign got fired for letting this call go through.
Posted by: annie | Nov 1, 2008 8:39:19 PM
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Yeah, I’m sorta curious about how they got through to her.

Yea, I used to ring doorbells when I was 8 years old too. Used to call the grocery store and ask if they had pigs feet.
But, then I grew up.
How about you, Jake, did you ever grow up?

How many states has Obama (D-ACORN) visited in the US?
57 isn’t it?

Dumb Americans for McCain Palin

I support Senator Obama, but this prank really shouldn’t matter any more than Obama’s father’s half-sister does.

It’s amazing the the VP candidate for the republicans doesn’t know the name of the Prime Minister of the country that is the US’s biggest trading partner, Canada?
There’s only 2 countries that border the US and she doesn’t know the name of the Prime Minister of one of them?
Alaska is next door to Canada, so how hard can it be to not know the name of the Canadian Prime Minister? After all, she can probably see Canada from her front door too:)
Mrs energy expert doesn’t even know the name of the prime minister of the country that is the biggest supplier of energy to the US?
Let alone her not knowing the name of the Premier of Quebec, the 2nd largest Canadian province. Or that there is no prime minister of quebec, it would be like a Canadian thinking there is a president of the state of florida.
What an embarrassment. The US has already had one joke as president, does it really need another as VP?

Funny prank.

Are there seriously any of you Repubs on here that think the President of France would say out loud that his wife is good in bed? Come on! That should have been her first clue that this was false. This should give anyone with any intelligence good enough reason to vote AGAINST PALIN!

Obamacrat: McCain gave five times more money to Khalid than the Woods Fund gave to an organization which Khalid’s wife ran in the south side of Chicago. I’ve got the Woods Funds tax records in front of me. Do you think McCain is a secret Muslim? Obama did not say the Warren court was not radical enough for him – he said that there may have been too much focus on the courts during the fight for civil rights. He’s not actually making a big issue out of it – McCain is simpl desperate. He has no solutions for anything, so he attacks Obama. What do you expect him to talk about? By the way, if I win, health care goes to the insurance industry and they can exclude anyone they want. That means you – if you smoke, are overweight, have diabetes, have ever taken an anti-depressant…not where he wants to g. He likes to talk about war a lot – but not what it will cost us. All we know is that with John McCain, we won’t have to worry about paying for the GI bill for the people who risked their lives to get an education, or for care for the disabled vets – because McCain doesn’t support that either – he has a 20% apporval rating from disabled vets.
The mainstream media simply let Palin speak and that was about all it took. As for corruption, it wasn’t the media – it was a bipartisan group in Alaska who found that she had been unethical, she is still under investigation for other problems and they haven’t even started the investigation into her Canadian pipeline. Ever tried to get a government contract? You’ll get 20 bids for a $10,000 job. Sarah claims she got ONE for a $30 Billion dollar job – and it went to Trancanadian. The head of her review board for the pipelne just happened to have left a job with Transcanadian as a lobbyst. Her job? To help them understand how to frame bids for government contracts. $30 Billion. To a Canadian company. So much for McCain, intergrity and his hatred of those darn lobbyists.

Janet, her first clue should have been that ‘Sarkozy’ was speaking English and sounds nothing like the real Sarkozy.

I support Obama but this was just mean.

Why are Palin supporters blaming Obama for the prank call, he didn’t have anything to do with it, and you should be blaming her for being so dumb as to believe that it was really Sarkozy. It’s just unbelievable that she thought it was him.

I just found out that Sarkozy doesn’t english, that’s even more embarrassing! God forbid McCain wins and if he whens lets home he lives.

Its hard to find a more revered and loved American than Andy Griffith. When I think of a true American I think of him. Andy Griffith stands for truth and wisdom, and has been considered a faithful veteran, and someone who would never support communism. Andy grew up when the world was under attack by nationalism, and then he was a part of our national fight against communism. Often during his show, The Andy Griffith Show he would teach us lessons on right and wrong, and what the true American way is. His son in the show, famed director Ron Howard is also considered an American icon, and someone you can trust to do the right thing for America. Ron and Andy have put their support behind Barack Obama for President, because they believe he represents the BEST for America. They would NEVER support someone who didnt love this country as much as they do, nor would they support someone who was a threat to us all. Lets all be like Andy Griffith and vote for Barack Obama! Lets make America the America that Andy Griffith believes in! Obama/Biden, as American as apple pie!

This is such a non-story. When the man purporting to be President Sarkozy says something factually incorrect or ridiculous, she just says “Oh Good” or laughs it off. She is certainly not going to correct the guy, assuming she thinks it is Sarkozy, so the fact he misstates a person’s name and she does not chime in with the correct name is no big deal. Perhaps she thinks Sarkozy is drunk. Best stategy in dealing with a drunk on the phone is to just go along with whatever stupid thing they say.
In a way, I actually liked how Pakin handled this. Biden would have gotten into a fight with the guy (even while thinking it is actually Sarkozy.)

Who cares how she handled it, this just shows that she is too dumb to handle anything that involves public affairs.

Where are Palin’s medical records?
What is she hiding?
Is she really the…

Obama said the leader of Canada was the president of Canada.
Canada has no President.
There is no one above Obama.
If you want a president who knows who the leader of canada is then McCain is your choice.
Obama didn’t know that the leader of Canada is the prime minister.
Canada has been under parliamentary rule for 140 years.
Obama never visited europe before this past july.
Obama has never been south of the border.
Obama has no experience and has never been vetted.
The choice is Obama or McCain and the choice is clear.

There are so many more pressing stories to be reported. This one should have been left for the blogs.

The blogs of other, bored, Americans.

And Biden’s response would have probably been, “Is this a joke?”

Can’t wait to see this aired on TV. What a laugh. We all need some comic relief, and Sarah Palin is the right one to deliver it. She should go into entertainment after the election.

And Biden’s response would have probably been, “Is this a joke?”
Posted by: cincyr | Nov 1, 2008 9:57:05 PM
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Exactly. At least he is able to identify the ridiculous!
Obama/Biden ’08

ziadora
It’s hit MSNBC and a bunch of the others already tonight and it’s a big hit.
Can’t say what’s happening on Faux News, I boycotted that channel years ago after OReilly promised to apologize to the entire US if no WMDs were found in Iraq. Naturally, he never did.

ziadora
It’s hit MSNBC and a bunch of the others already tonight and it’s a big hit.
Can’t say what’s happening on Faux News, I boycotted that channel years ago after OReilly promised to apologize to the entire US if no WMDs were found in Iraq. Naturally, he never did.
Posted by: This is SO Old | Nov 1, 2008 10:00:50 PM
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I gotta turn on the TV. Me too. I don’t even give Faux News the time of day.

Hmmm, interesting how my comments get deleted. Thankfully, I always save them. So, here i 1 from a few hors ago that got deleted:
Jake,
You forgot to annotate the part where Gov Palin LAUGHS/giggles when fake-Sarkozy says “I just love killing those animals. Mmm, mmm, take away life, that is so fun”. Pro-life, eh?
To David,
It’s very easy to confuse president with prime minister (like i wrote before), especially when you are in a country that doesn’t use a similar gov’t system as the one you are talking about. However, it is an entirely different matter when you don’t know WHO the person is (as opposed to what their title is). If you don’t know who the person is, as is very likely the case with Gov Palin (I’m not trying to smear her, just observing), then it is very unlikely that you would know what the person stands for or have an extensive knowledge of their positions. We are not talking about a far away land. Its Canada. Borders Alaska.
[she says "Well, he's doin' fine, too".. Stef Carse?? She was just over-eager to relate him and his experience to her situation in an attempt to defend herself. Why?? This is a call from a head of state, for goodness sake. Why is she spending the time talking about such silly things. She said nothing of substance that one would expect of a potential head of state. And she is very much a potential head of state given Sen McCain's age, which is what makes it very relevant to me. I could have had a similar conversation, and i am most definitely not qualified for the vice-presidency. I am just not impressed by this revealing call.]
And I absolutely agree: While its possible that she just didn’t hear properly, its also very important to try to clarify what you haven’t heard. Basic principles. I think this call reveals more about Gov Palin than the Katie C. interviews did.

Jake,
You are taking a step down lower each day…..Can this be good for your career??….is this respectable journalism????

Dem you can’t be serious to think she knew this was a prank. You really think a potential vp would intentionally play along. She was laughing like a giddy school girl.

Still not a big deal.
Bigger deal: Newspapers getting kicked off the Obama plane because their editorial pages endorsed McCain. A lot bigger deal!
Makes one wonder what would happen if they pranked foot-in-mouth Joe (not that he needs assistance in saying stupid things) if Obama the president. Can the Obama-ites enforce a Fairness Doctrine dictated equal time rebuttal across the US-Canadian border?
Sounds far-fetched? So does the Fainess Doctrine but it will be a reality if Obama is elected.

WOW! for somebody who prides to be more experience than Obama, she does not even know the name of the current Canadian prime minister!And she even sounds like she knows the PRIME MINISTER of Quebec! No wonder her next door neighbour is Russia!

Maybe I’ll check this video out, that is after I get through all the Biden ones where he inserts foot squarely in mouth with no provocation needed. I’m laughing just thinking about them all, but I can’t decide on if the Indian 7-11 one or him trying to make paralyzed man walk again is the best one. But there is also the one where he says if Obama is elected…That one is actually a little bit scary.

Since we on the topic of French leader Sarkozy, read this excerpt from Jake’s report(Oct 28) about what the REAL Sarkozy had to say:
The respected Israeli newspaper Ha’artez reports that according to a “senior Israeli government source, the reports reaching Israel indicate that Sarkozy views the Democratic candidate’s stance on Iran as ‘utterly immature’ and comprised of ‘formulations empty of all content.’”
Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., met with Sarkozy in July and they are said to have discussed Iran at length.
(End excerpt.)
It seems that many people on this thread think Palin is a fool because of a Sarkozy impersonator. Meanwhile, it seems Sarkozy (himself) thinks Obama is a fool. For what it is worth.

I seriously hope that this twit does not get in office.

Lets see, I’ll try it this way: I will view the Palin video right after I view the video of Obama and friends, which a certain newspaper in the second lsrgest market is holding back from us, is released. I promise.
Therfore, Noc 5 is internet video day for me. Thanks, certain newspaper, for messing with my Wednesday.

I doubt this is going to change many votes, even those of undecideds. I can’t play the audio on my computer, but from the transcript and people’s comments it would seem that while Palin apparently didn’t know she was being pranked, it still does seem likely that she was just going along in some senses. It also seems that if you want to look fairly at this, you have to put yourselves in Palin’s shoes. As for her not calling him out on his inaccurate statements, a story from CTV (“Quebec pair prank Palin with faux-Sarkozy phone call”) says the comedian talked fast, for one thing. And again, it seems Palin wouldn’t likely contradict him or be motivated even to scrutinize very closely what he was saying in order to criticize him. She clearly seems happy to hear from him, especially at this point right before the election. I’m sure any time candidates get friendly calls from leaders at this point, they’re all going to be friendly in reply. And we rarely if ever hear what’s said in such calls, especially at the time they happen, so what do we the average public know about what these high-stakes calls are like? We do know how important “friends” and alliances and schmoozing are in politics.
I would also think that a “go along” attitude would be what would be expected of politicians in general whenever they end up talking with other leaders, even of friendly countries, and even if nothing objectionable gets said. I wouldn’t doubt that there have been some leaders here and there that might make some inappropriate or questionable remarks, and the most logical thing is treat all talks as first being between heads-of-state, not between people. Caution should have to be put before candor, shouldn’t it? You’re not going to talk to another leader who is apparently an ally without being on guard. They might not be an ally, they might not be trustworthy, and in this, Sarkozy is the leader of another country. In dealing with international relations, being cautious and delaying reactions is the only prudent course and would seem to be fundamental. If an average person happened to have a few minutes alone with a powerful leader, and that leader said slipped in some strange or inappropriate things, you’d probably think it wise not to react right then either if you could avoid it, much less if who knows what in international relations and also in politics was at stake. Among other things, the average person would immediately wonder if that leader could possibly make trouble for him. He’d want to get out of there and think over what happened.
So if this really had been Sarkozy, then, what was she to say, given all these factors? Such a call wouldn’t have caused some international incident or crisis between the U.S. and France, but that a leader would have an unstable side like that – particularly apparent in the remarks on his wife and Hustler, which even in this “joke” could easily be considered sexism and actual sexual harassment against Palin by the comedian – would seem to have to be reported somewhere, particularly to intelligence, even though he was only talking to a VP candidate. If the comedian hadn’t identified himself, it stands to reason that something would have been done about ithe conversation afterward (although it probably also would have been suspected to have been a hoax). That would be logical, considering we’re talking international relations and national security concerns, but then again, I always assumed that presidential candidates would have to fill out a form with someone in the federal government and present their IDs to some government office somewhere, and then have all their information and their IDs verified by the office, not much differently from having to present IDs for things like a driver’s license or anything else. And that it’s apparently not the case means that some change in the law needs to be demanded so that a process like that is legally required.

try to clean it up all you want. she has no clue
PALIN THE UNAWARE

I will fear for America if this woman and the man who chose her are elected into office.

Her biggest fault was being too trusting and believing the person on the phone had honestly identified themselves.
I don’t see anything wrong with any of her responses.
More dirty tactics from people who want Obama in power is all I get from this.

I’m an Obama supporter but I have to say, under the circumstances, Sarah Palin handled this pretty well. While she needs to be more informed about who’s who, she responded with graciousness in spite of those two jokers. As a last note, I’ve voted to my new president and so should everyone else. Come November 4th, we’ll see who takes the office.

Olivia Justice,
I have no qualms with her being tricked. Her staff should have verified this call. That is more of a reflection on the quality of their campaign organisation than on Palin.
However, she sounded more like a teenage girl than a stateswoman and she failed to pick up on all the heavy hints the guy was dropping.
She really came off stupid. She sounded like she wanted to polish Sarkosy’s shoes or something.
Did you listen to the tape or just read the transcripts?
The transcripts just don’t do the interview justice. You have to hear her giggle and coe to understand.

There is a huge double standard in our country.
Obama thought Canada had the same political system as the U.S.
Obama said in a debate last year he would work with the president of Canada.
Canada has no president.
Canada has a prime minister as their leader.
What is scary is that the dems have it backwards.
The dems have their inexperienced person at the TOP of the ticket.

Palin’s ignorance was on display and now will be broadcast world wide. She is so clueless that she thinks it is proper protocol for her to receive a personal call from Sarkozy, and she addresses him as “Nicholas”, instead of “Prime Minister” as if he were the waiter or busboy. She never picked up on the tasteless clues that this was not a real call. Her ego surpasses McCain’s, her handlers are even more stupid and inexperienced than she is and she deserves to go back to Alaska in shame for thinking she is in any way qualified even to be Mayor of Wasilla, much less VEEP.
This performance of hers give new meaning to “ignoramus”. She is too ignorant to even know she is ignorant.
No wonder she thinks she is the second coming of Christ.

Why did she stay on the line? Didn’t she realize something was up?

And too think.. this woman.. could have been our next VP.. and may sooner or later the President. To the rest of the world.. we are one big joke! Someone wake me up on Wednesday.

Jamba,
I just wish we had one more week before the election, so SNL could do a skit on THE PHONE CALL FROM FRANCE.
The fact that she was pranked is no big deal. It was the childish way she spoke with Sarkosy that was scary.
She could be the VP!

The left really is out there. If Palin had responded to the misidentification of Stef Carse instead of Harper as the Prime Minister of Canada, you all would be screaming, “OMGOMG what if that HAD been the real Sarkozy and she had corrected the President of France!!!1!11! She would have caused an international incident!! This woman is too stupid and undiplomatic to lead!!”
Biden mispeaks regularly. Obama has changed his positions so many times you need box scores to know what position he is playing today. But, if Palin or McCain were eating and asked for grape jelly with their biscuit and then called the waitress over and asked instead for strawberry jam, the headlines on ABC, CBS, MSNBC, etc and every liberal blog would be, “Republicans so indecisive can’t order breakfast”. Then there would be 200 responses about how stupid Palin is and that if she can’t be decisive about jelly at breakfast how can she make policy decisions. The worst part is that the left is completely oblivious of their own hypocrisy and double standards.

All of you republicans can dream on about this election and this bimbo.
History, and the entire world, will laugh in your face for the mere suggestion that this moron is in any way capable of anything but stealing from the very people she is supposed to represent.

Isn’t it reassuring to know that if that prank call comes at 3:00 AM, our dear Sarah will be ready??? God forbid this airhead gets anywhere near the presidency!

$500 bribe? What are you drinking? McCain is after you with a $5000 bribe that he calls health insurance. You know how much health insurance that will buy a family of four? About 3 months’ worth. Plus he will have to raise taxes (and start a patriotic draft) to pay for the invasions of Iran, Syria, Pakistan…all in the name of security. Yup, let’s keep torturing prisoners, holding people illegally in Gitmo, making friends all around the world just like Bush. How can so many people think that will work?

Talk about fishy timing….here it is and from Canadians? Tell them to keep their filthy crude humor north of the border….we Americans do not appreciate it one bit!!

I find it really sad that people like “Equalityrpt” who call Canadians filthy are so narrow minded that they can’t see that they are being told “they’re the best” to keep them from seeing how much better off they can be.
I am Canadian. I have free health care. I can go to any part of Canada and see ANY doctor, surgeon, or specialist, or go to any hospital and pay nothing. I can get an MRI, CAT scan, mammograms, blood work, get my children delivered, chemo if I need it, medical checkups and even JUST reassurances from a doctor and it costs me nothing. My medication costs much less than in the US and if I lose my job I can still go to the doctor and don’t have to worry about how I am going to pay for my or my children’s medical care.
Universal health care is standard in Canada, UK and even in developing countries like Brazil.
Even Canada’s education system provides greater access. As an example, university rankings put the University of Michigan at 18 and the Canadian university McGill at 20. Pretty equal in a ranking of 100, so shouldn’t costs for students be similar too? Just tuition and fees for an out of state student interested in Arts/Science to attend Michigan is $33,069/year. While at McGill it is $5,378.40. This doesn’t include room, boarding food etc.
Minimum wage in Canada is set at the provincial level and ranges: $8.00-$10.00/hr In the US, it’s $6.55. Even with a lower dollar Canada seems to be in a better situation.
Canada has THE best banking system in the world, followed by Sweden. The US’ banking system is rated 40.
Canada is a FREE and DEMOCRATIC nation. We are not Socialist. We watch the same TV shows, buy the same stuff off our shelves and are both Capitalists countries.
So Wake UP America! Wake UP!