International Law

The Sarah Palin gotcha call

According to Politico's Ben Smith, Sarah Palin was only "mildly amused" when a pair of French-Canadian comedians spoke to her impersonating Nicolas Sarkozy:

Sarah Palin's campaign issued an "mildly amused" response to having joined Jacques Chirac and Nicolas Sarkozy in having been the victim of a prank by a pair of French-Canadian comedians who impersonated Sarkozy on a call with the Alaska governor.

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"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."

Palin didn't say anything particularly compromising in the call, and indeed, wouldn't take the bait when "Sarkozy" said he saw her as a president.

"Maybe in eight years," she said.

It's unclear whether she suspected it was a prank as the call grew increasingly absurd.

Read more here and listen to the audio here.

Full post as published by Freedom to Differ on November 01, 2008 (boomark / email).