Well, this is spreading like wildfire.

I posted this earlier, but you really need to listen, there is a lot to miss. From Politico.

The prankster talked hunting ("I just love killing those animals."), and Palin said she was a "careful" shot in contrast to Dick Cheney. He also made a reference she appeared to miss to a porn movie in the conversation. He said he could see Belgium from his house, described "my special American adviser Johny Halliday," a French singer, and referred to Canadian singer Stef Carse as Canada's prime minister, as Palin continued the conversation until he explained it was a prank.

Speaking on behalf of Bible Spices and Mooselinis everwhere, I decry this modern day gotcha journalism.
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Wow, you should read the comments on Huffington Post. People are trying to type as they are laughing their asses off. Seriously.

Here are the French interpretations:

"Like we say in French, on pourrait tuer des bébés phoques." - "We can kill baby seals."

"In French [the song] is called 'Du rouge à lèvres sur une cochonne'" - "Lipstick on a Sow"

Hey guys! One of my rare weekend appearances on here...but the second I heard about this, I had to jump online to see if it was true!

OMG, this is humiliating!!! Olbermann and Tweety are doing specials on MSNBC tonight, and I'll be my ass this will be talked about extensively!

I can't listen to it. Don't need to.

Wow.

Wow.

Has she appeared at any rallies since this was released???????

I'm boring-

How did they "get her number" and like someone else upthread, how the hell does the campaign "let them through"?????. That's funnier than anything on the tape to me. And very sad.

When did this call take place? By Monday, the entire world may have heard it by then!

This may even hurt her Presidential chances in 2012!

ROGUE 2012 - THANKS, BUT NO THANKS!

Sasha Cohen should call next pretending to be the President of Georgia. That would be a riot. Well...how could it be more of a riot than this?

Years ago when I worked in a busy emergency room we would sometimes unwind by calling back with bogus questions (when we knew it wasn't busy). There was an unspoken respect for the person who could keep people going the longest. I called once, saying that a gnat had bit me on my earlobe and it got very swollen; I said I managed to catch the gnat. After a week the swelling was going down but the gnat just died and I wanted to know what to do. I had my friend going until then, when my fake accent faltered! This prank makes me feel like a major amateur!

She's dumb as a brick and no offense to the brick.

Clear evidence this country is in danger of becoming the lauging stock of the world.

McCain was right about one thing. Sarah Palin sure has added a lot of excitement to this campaign.

I thought it was funny and sent the link to friends - and then felt dirty as the glee dissipated. First shame - for her. And then shame - for us. Shame that this woman has been talking to heads of state as a potential vice president of the US. Shame that an American could even for a moment think that the French head of state would speak to her like that. Shame that such an unbelievably incompetent group of people are this close to winning.

Do you suppose Sarah will repeat her line and say that her First Amendment rights were violated by the radio station duo? How utterly embarrassing.

Creepiest part is at about 1:50 when he says he can see her being president one day. You can hear in Palin's voice that she already has fantasized about it.

Thamk you Sarah!!

I was feeling restless and nervous all day. You just reminded me what we're up against. Even a Dick Cheney endorsement didn't relax me.

You're like the nationwide champion of Jay Walking.

If you compete in Jeopardy for retarded monkeys, a monkey would win.

Seriously, Palin is a retard. Why would President Sarkozy want to pick Sarah Palin's empty brain...lol

But remember......

this the person who is going to REUNITE and UNIFY the GOP in 2012!!!!!!!

That is, once they get the access problems with their infrastructure ironed out.

First time I've ever felt the least sympathy for the woman. She sounds almost childlike in her credulity, strangely open and confiding. I suppose this makes her all the scarier as the VP, to be so clueless. Still, the stunt strikes me as somehow a little cruel. Perhaps it's only my residual Christianity speaking, but is it right to laugh at someone being made a fool of? Do you think Barack would laugh? I wonder...

This gives a new meaning to the phrase "painfully funny".

Nobody here has yet mentioned how embarrassing this might be for Sarkozy. His name is forever linked now to Palin.

This is probably one of the saddest things I've ever seen. Liberals are now reducing themselves to the most childish and retarded behavior of Prank calling. What's even worse is the fact that these douchebags are Canadians, the waste of human population. Talk about insignificance at it's zenith.

Palin actually may not mind this coming out today. It will take away attention from her "war with Iran" gaffe.

Why would President Sarkozy want to pick the brain of a moron like Palin?...lol

I think it would have been more fun and useful had the Canadians used the conversation to test Palin's knowledge of foreign leaders and foreign affairs. You know, refer to Prime Minister Hausslipper of East Germany and see if she falls for it. Or ask her if she and McCain support ratification of the European Union's mutual defense treaty with Mexico.

O shit - I don't ever want to have to see that nasty old man wipe his nose with the side of his hand again.

O ick! McLame is just repulsive.

Whoa - here's a Palin rally and the signs don't have McLame's name on them -

Three grande huzzahs for our Canadian confrers.

Obama will well spend his first term restoring their constituting genius, peace, order, and good governance from the shambles of Bushie et al,,,, then the second term fleshing out our own much recently debased life, liberty and presuit of happiness.

Now, if Nate Silver is right and the whole ordeal is over at 8:40 Tuesday when Virginia comes in for Obama it will make for a happy ending and brighter beginning.

Oh my god, oh my god. This is so bad on so many levels. Are there really this many people who are non-grown up and non-actualized to be able to actually support a woman that is so self important, ignorant, and clueless? Seriously, if Obama picked someone this dumb I would have probably voted Republican, assuming that McCain picked somebody semi-rational and middle of the road for a VP. Ron Paul was even pretty damn awesome for a conservative, definitely out of the oil-good-ole-boy-corporation loop. But this Palin, she speaks in tongues, she thinks witches can haunt people and possess them, she is married to a guy who attended radical Alaska separatist meetings. I mean, she might be an OK mom, although with all of that manic, aggressive, negative energy I would imagine the kids are not too peaceful inside. Aghhh I don't even know what to say, and the call was so embarrassing I had to shut it off after 3 1/2 minutes, and I was literally sick to my stomach from enduring it that long. Please, if anyone reading this still supports Palin, please for gods sake see a therapist and deal with your personal issues!!!

Speaking on behalf of Bible Spices and Mooselinis everwhere, I decry this modern day gotcha journalism.
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Palin First! No McCain signs at a Palin rally in Florida today:
http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2008/11/01/mccains-name-nowhere-to-be-seen-at-palin-rally/

Love the comments here-- this is like coming downstairs on Christmas morning and finding a gleaming new bicycle (Palin's leaked incriminating medical records would be the Red Ryder B-B gun). Yes, I find myself feeling more sympathetic towards her, and at the same time astonished by how simple she is. I'm almost ready to forgive her all her nasty attacks on Obama because it seems like she doesn't have the intelligence to understand how wicked they are. She's like an eager 8-year-old, anxious to please. There is NO WAY this person would EVER be able to be a competent President, even if she completed an M.A. at Woody Woo or JFK.

You have to hand it to the McCain campaign for getting her this far without greater damage. This is definitely worth an illegal alien aunt.

Why isn't the press all over this?

My goodness. What a shame. The worst thing is not the content of the phone conversation, which was bad enough. The worst thing is Gov. Palin didn't seem to know the ABC of diplomacy. A president whom you have never met and possibly have never talked to would give you, a VP candidate, a call? He would bypass the top of the ticket to give you a call? If he really did that, what would that mean? And would the president of a western democratic country really do this?

What an idiot!

Only a totally ignorant person who somehow was trapped by her overblown ego would have made this mistake.

Her aides were very unprofessional too.

I will say one thing in Sarah Palin's defence - she is in good company. These guys have successfully pranked Sarkozy, Segolene Royal and Jacques Chirac.

They got past Sarkozy's people by saying they were Canadian PM Stephen Harper's assistants, Willy Waller and Tim Horton.

Willy Waller is a nickname for a kitchen utensil and Tim Horton was a famous Canadian hockey player. Horton died in 1974.

There's a Tim Horton's doughnut shop on practically every corner.

My goodness. It's like teasing a retarded child.

As embarrassing as this is for Palin, what does it say about her staff that they would allow this call to go through?

The bit ran for more than six minutes. If they had not revealed the prank, Palin would still be on the phone.

Lets talk about gullibility shall we. How about the fact that a particular half of the US thinks that Obama is “the One.” Now, that is not funny at all. And what is their excuse? How can you point the finger at the sliver in Palin’s eye when you have a log in your own?!
Does it not scare you that Obama has said that the “constitution is a flawed document…” And he was pointing out in the same breath that the judicial branch, the supreme court, was a “negative [agent].” He said essentially that he believed it should be able to do more than tell people what they can’t do. He more than allured to reparations!
He wants to get rid of 401k’s, IRA’s and school choice. he calls these wonderful instruments “social Darwinism”
So, lets continue with the truth for those of you who obviously don’t know your candidate:
support the constitution:
When Republicans hear “bigot” and “fear monger” and they feel like they are being attacked—this is a tactic. They should know that you, the Democrats, are with the party that supports the killing of babies that considers a baby a “burden.”
Yes, You are in the party that makes references to Obama and Jesus in the same sentence. You are in the party that supports a candidate that said “typical white person” or stupid things like “I grew up around a healthy skepticism for organized religion and as a result so do I [have a healthy skepticism toward organized religion]” or who opposes things such as health savings accounts and school choice as he says they are like “social Darwinism.” All in favor of a government that will take care of everything for you join the Democratic party. You would be supporting a candidate who thinks a $3000 incentive to corporations will keep jobs in America—now that must be another Prank.

Obama fans, by the way, you must have heard your friendly candidate use the word "fair." Just remember, I warned you when a politician says something is “fair” that is the clue he wants more money from you.
PLEASE Don’t throw you vote away get to know your candidate. Don’t fly on emotions—leave that for your wonderful blog comments.

Obama the messiah??

There was a panel on the nightly news here in Arizona. The station was an ABC affiliate and they brought a panel in to discuss the debates.

In one segment the mixed panel gave their opinion and it was mentioned that Pontius was a Governor and that Jesus was a community organizer. The panel member was a Democrat. His obvious comparison of Obama with Jesus was not lost on the local news staff from the reaction on their faces but they remained calm and quickly moved to the next panel member.

Simultaneously hilarious and terrifying.

Just what we need, a giddy, starstruck Commander in Chief.

On the positive side, at least she seemed to have at least a vague understanding of who Nicolas Sarkozy is. That's honestly more than I expected.

Please! Since FCC rules don't cover Canadian pranks ( I think, and I am hoping ) CAN team Obama puhlease, puhLEASE use this for an ad, right NOW, STAT ??????

Canada RULES!

@ Fred29:
Does it not scare you that Obama has said that the “constitution is a flawed document…” And he was pointing out in the same breath that the judicial branch, the supreme court, was a “negative [agent].”

The Constitution IS flawed in it's representation of African Americans and that wart will live forever on the ass of American to remind us of our imperfect roots. That's what he was talking about.

He did not point out that the supreme court was a negative agent, he was pointing out that the Constitution is a negative rights document, which it is: the Constitution specifically LIMITS the rights of GOVERNMENT and how it may impose it's rule on the populace. It does not define any positive rights at all, that's the job of the Bill of Rights.

@ the phone call: that is almost painful to listen to. She sounds like a star-struck groupie. Imagining her executing international diplomacy in the name of our country would be hilarious, if it weren't so damn scary.