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Palin falls for prank call from 'Sarkozy'
Sarah Palin told a Canadian comedian posing as French President Nicolas Sarkozy during a prank call that "maybe in 8 years" she will be president.
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- Published: 09:32 November 2, 2008
- US vice presidential nominee Sarah Palin was duped by the prank call, in which she says she would like to go hunting with French President Nicolas Sarkozy.
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Toronto: Sarah Palin told a Canadian comedian posing as French President Nicolas Sarkozy during a prank call that "maybe in 8 years" she will be president.
The US vice presidential nominee unwittingly discusses politics, the perils of hunting with Vice President Dick Cheney, and Sarkozy's "beautiful wife," in the telephone call with comedian Marc-Antoine Audette released on Saturday and set to air on Monday on a Quebec radio station.
When the caller tells the Republican in a strong French accent that he can see her as president, she laughs and says, "Maybe in eight years."
Palin campaign spokeswoman Tracey Schmitt confirmed she 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 comedian, one half of Canada's popular Masked Avengers duo, drops several clues that the call is a trick. He refers to French singer Johnny Hallyday as his special adviser to the United States and to Canadian singer Steph Carse as Canada's prime minister. In reality, the prime minister is Stephen Harper.
At one point in the conversation, Audette tells Palin that he enjoys hunting and loves "killing those animals." Palin replies that they should go hunting together.
Audette then responds that they should not invite Cheney along, referring to a 2006 incident in which the vice president accidentally shot a friend with buckshot while quail hunting. "I'll be a careful shot," she responds.
Playing off Palin's much-mocked comment in an early television interview that she had insights into foreign policy because "you can actually see Russia from land here in Alaska," the caller tells her, "You know we have a lot in common also, because except from my house I can see Belgium."
Palin praises Sarkozy throughout the call and also mentions his wife Carla Bruni, a model-turned-songwriter.
The comedian tells Palin, as Sarkozy, that Bruni is good in bed and then informs her that Bruni has written a song for her about Joe the Plumber called "Du rouge a levres sur une cochonne" - which actually means "lipstick on a pig."
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