Palin falls for prank call from fake French President
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Palin Pranked
Daily Kos — A Canadian comedy duo called The Masked Avengers from CKOI 96.9 FM in Montreal, Quebec pranked Sarah Palin, convincing her (and her team) they were receiving a call from French President Nicolas Sarkozy. In the interview, which lasts about six minutes, Palin and the pranksters discuss politics, pundits, and the dangers of hunting with current vice-president Dick Cheney. Listen to the hilarious call here. EPIC FAIL. Grandpa McCain isn't going to be happy about this one. Their website must be getting slammed because it isn't loading for some.  Here is the YouTube (h/t ...

Nobody Wants To End The War More Than Joe Lieberman
Eschaton — Nobody Wants To End The War More Than Joe Lieberman It is true that Joe Lieberman has made some terrible choices. If not for his deeply dishonest 2006 Senate campaign I might even give him a bit of credit and say he stuck to his principles. He gambled on the straight talk express, and is probably going to lose.

Battleground States
Eschaton — Nobody Wants To End The War More Than Joe Lieberman It is true that Joe Lieberman has made some terrible choices. If not for his deeply dishonest 2006 Senate campaign I might even give him a bit of credit and say he stuck to his principles. He gambled on the straight talk express, and is probably going to lose.

Palin takes prank call from fake French president
Democratic Underground Latest Breaking News — Source: AP MONTREAL (AP) — Sarah Palin has unwittingly taken a prank call from a Canadian comedian posing as French President Nicolas Sarkozy and told him she may make a good president in eight years. The Republican vice presidential nominee discussed politics, the perils of hunting with Vice President Dick Cheney, and Sarkozy's "beautiful wife," in the telephone call released Saturday. When the caller told Palin she would make a good president, she laughed and replied: "Maybe in eight years." Read more: http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5g6h1fK1yrnh6Tqp-SAGx... ...

Predictable As Sunrise
Eschaton — Predictable As Sunrise Indeed.

"Sarah" and "Nicholas"
The Reality-Based Community — [image] "Sarah" and "Nicholas" A pair of Montreal radio clowns tricks Sarah Palin into believing that she's on the line with Nicholas Sarkozy. She doesn't notice that "Sarkozy" uses the names of pop stars as the prime ministers of Canada and Quebec, or all the other stupid things "Sarkozy" says. Amateur hour. Does the Governor really not know that heads of state don't make such phone calls in the midst of election campaigns? Not as bad as suggesting that we're currently in a "war" with Iran , but pretty damned silly nonetheless.

Le Rouge À Lèvres Sur Un Cochon
Obsidian Wings — by hilzoy You may, by now, have heard about the prank call made to Sarah Palin by two Canadian comics pretending to be Nicholas Sarkozy. If not, here it is: And here's the Palin campaign's response: "Gov. Palin received a phone call on ...

Sarah Palin Got Pranked
Firedoglake — It was remarkably easy for a Quebec comedy duo to get through to Palin three days before the election, convincing her he was speaking with French President Nicolas Sarkozy: "SARKOZY":  I must say Governor Palin, I loved the documentary they ...

Audio: Sarkozy Impersonator Pranks Palin
Drudge Retort — Canadian radio comedian Marc-Antoine Audette pretended to be French President Nicolas Sarkozy in a six-minute phone conversation with Sarah Palin, bragging about his wife's sexual prowess and saying they should hunt by helicopter together. Transcript ...

Palin Gets Punked by Nicholas Sarkozy
Politicol News — The Palin campaign aides prove to be amateur material as they put a call through to their Vice Presidential candidate from a supposed President of France Nicholas Sarkozy. Now what on earth would the President of France be calling Governor Palin for anyway? It just seems even more hilarious that the call came from a Canadian radio station jock who had a real laugh on punking Governor Palin while posing as Nicholas Sarkozy and his aide. The results are just…priceless. The French translation of the part you did not hear unless you speak French is the radio jock saying ...

Evening Thread
Eschaton — Evening Thread Out for awhile. No blog for you until I return.

Palin Punk'd, the Annotated Version
Political Punch — Previous | Main Palin Punk'd, the Annotated Version November 01, 2008 7:34 PM Tracey Schmitt, the spokeswoman for Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin, announced that "Governor Palin received a phone call on Saturday from a French Canadian talk show host claiming to be French President Nicholas Sarkozy. 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." You can listen to the call from the "Masked Avengers" HERE or HERE. Following is the transcript of the relevant part with a few ...

"Le Rouge A Levres Sur Un Cochon"
Political Animal — by hilzoy You may, by now, have heard about the prank call made to Sarah Palin by two Canadian comics pretending to be Nicholas Sarkozy. If not, here it is: And here's the Palin campaign's response : "Gov. Palin received a phone call on Saturday from a French Canadian talk show host claiming to be French President Nicholas Sarkozy," emailed spokeswoman Tracey Schmitt. "Gov. 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." Now: I do not want to make fun of Sarah Palin over this. (I would be prepared to ...

Audio: Palin pranked
Hot Air » Top Picks — Audio: Palin pranked posted at 8:17 pm on November 1, 2008 by Allahpundit Send to a Friend | printer-friendly Clip via Tapper , who has a transcript. Starts off cute, ends with them congratulating her on that Hustler porno Larry Flynt made about her. She handles it as well as anyone could, although the left will seize on the fact that she would have known it was a prank sooner if she had recognized the fake names of the Canadian officials. Quoth her spokesman, “C’est la vie.”

Open Thread
Eschaton — Open Thread I had to leave my costume party early. My "Admiral Stockdale" outfit just doesn't go over that well anymore. UPDATE: Nice phone bank workers the McCain campaign is hiring, wow!

Sarah Palin, pranked
The Reaction — By Michael J.W. Stickings As you may have heard already, a couple of notorious radio hosts on Montreal's CKOI-FM -- The Masked Avengers -- called Sarah Palin today pretending to be French President Nicolas Sarkozy. I generally don't like "comedy" like this -- tricking people and making them look stupid -- even when Palin's the target. But it is somewhat funny when "Sarkozy" talks about wanting to go hunting in helicopters with Palin (and, in French, mentions killing baby seals); claims ...

More Thread
Eschaton — More Thread It's nice that John McCain is getting that historical punchline thing out of the way early. How Maveriffic!

Poll Porn
Eschaton — Poll Porn CNN sez Hagan up 53-44 over Dole. ...McCain losing ground in Gallup.

Palin Pranked
Informed Comment — Sarah Palin gets pranked by a comedy team from Montreal pretending to be French President Nicolas Sarkozy. Scariest things about the interview: 1. Palin laughs pleasantly when "Sarkozy" says he loves to kill little animals 2. Palin seems to think that there is an analogy between the American relationship with Russia and the French relationship with Belgium 3. Palin's idea of bringing "energy" to politics is to involve supermodels; does she think that is the way to resolve the mortgage crisis?

links for 2008-11-02
FullosseousFlap's Dental Blog — YouTube - Sarah Palin Got Pranked A 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. +++++++ HAHAHA Those Canadians are hysterically funny, eh? ...

Matt Lewis: Palin Was Pranked
Townhall.com Blog's TownHall Blog — I think she handled it quite well. BTW, these guys have gotten lots of celebs, including Mick Jagger... ?(Were the Romney boys behind this one???)

Listen to the Palin/Sarkozy prank tape
BuzzFlash.org - Progressive News and Commentary with an Attitude | Fight Ignorance: Read BuzzFlash — A BUZZFLASH NEWS ALERT One of the responsibilities of a president and vice president is speaking to foreign leaders. One thing that would help is whether you can figure out if you are talking to that foreign leader. As we found out, Sarah Palin still needs a few lessons. Gov. Palin got pranked by Marc Antoine Audette of CKOI, Montréal. She thought Audette was French President Nicolas Sarkozy. Oops. French singer Johnny Halladay There were numerous clues. His American advisor was Johnny Hallyday, a ...

McCain/Palin Bashing (Final Edition)
Discourse.net — America doesn’t like a loser. Not perhaps our best trait, but there it is. Monday tech President, Obama Bandwagon Effect on Facebook Kos, McCain Aides Admit Winning Would Be A “Miracle” Digby, The Scooter Paradigm TalkLeft, Karl Rove’s Prediction: Obama 338, McCain 200 TMI a little place to whine, McCain = Socialism Political Animal, An object lesson in vetting TPM, Her Sleaziest Moment Yet(Saying A Lot) Political Animal, ...

Listen to Sarah Palin Get Punked by “Nicholas Sarkozy”
The Hollywood Liberal — Some Radio DJ’s in Canada fooled Sarah Palin (which I am guessing is not that hard to do) into thinking she was talking to French President Nicholas Sarkozy on the phone. Hilarity ensues. Check it out. This entry was posted on Friday, November 7th, 2008 at 3:42 pm and is filed under Videos ...

Top 10 Viral Political Videos of 2008
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Daniel Kurtzman: 2008's Most Laughable Political Antics
Politics on HuffingtonPost.com — In a year when everyone was looking for a bailout, politicians did more for political comedy than any other industry. We had governors gone rogue, reverends gone wild, shoe-throwers, imaginary snipers and, of course, everyone's favorite mavericky, Prada-wearing hockey mom. As a salute to those who made this the funniest year since, well, last year, here's a look back at 2008's most memorable feats and foibles, in words and glorious video: Worst photo op: Sarah Palin's turkey pardoning fiasco -- a.k.a. "wattlegate" -- in which she pardoned a turkey at a farm in Wasilla, and then gave an interview while other turkeys were ...

YouTube: Top-15 political videos ranked
The Swamp — by Mark Silva The surprise shoe-attack of former President George W. Bush, protected, one would think, within the confines of the Green Zone in Baghdad, during his final tour of Iraq as president stands out as one of the great moments in YouTube political fare. So say the folks at eGuiders.com - which bills itself as a "hugely buzzed about site (modesty never paid any bills) that serves as the ultimate guide to the best of original online content.'' It is "curated'' by some Hollywood types -- Damon Lindelof, Jerry Stiller, Shawn Ryan and Jon Cassar, among them. And they have ...