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This is priceless. Sarah Palin seems to be talking to foreign leaders without pre-conditions…

Palin Punk’d By Prank Call

Sarah Palin

Foreign relations never were her strong suit, so perhaps it’s understandable that Republican vice presidential nominee Sarah Palin actually appeared to believe that French President Nicholas Sarkozy would call her out of the blue to talk about “unting” and “Joe le plumber.”

Perhaps her first hint that it was actually a crank call should have been “Sarkozy’s” admission that “from my ‘ouse, I can see Belgium.”

A French Canadian DJ from station CKY engaged Palin in a friendly 7 [actually 6] minute phone conversation before he finally revealed to her that she had been pranked. Listen to the audio here (or click on the YouTube video below):

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“You know, I can see you as President one day,” the caller cooed, in an accent like Pepe Le Pew.

Palin giggled. “Maybe in 8 years!” she said.

Pepe said he’d love to go hunting with her. She readily agreed.

“I think we could have a lot of fun together as we’re getting work done,” Palin told him. “We could kill two birds with one stone that way.

“I just love killing animals, take away life, that is so fun,” the phony Sarkozy said.

Palin giggled.

“I’d really like to go,” he said, “as long as we don’t bring vice president Cheney!”

“No,” Palin reassured him, “I’ll be a careful shot.”

The fake French president told Palin his wife, Carla Bruni, was jealous he was calling her.

“Give her a big hug from me,” Palin said.

The dubious Frenchman then sang the praises of a “documentary” about Palin: “Ustler’s Nailin Palin.”

Palin thanked him, but seemed to not know what he was talking about.

After the caller finally revealed to Palin she had been pranked, Palin asked to know the call letters of the radio station. She then passed the phone to her aide, who quickly hung up. The real President Sarkozy does not speak fluent English.

The Palin campaign confirms that it was the Governor on the line.

This is the woman the Republicans would have us put one unhealthy 72-year-old heartbeat away from the presidency of the United States of America. Can you imagine? Think about it. I mean really think about it.

The whole world is laughing.

Update: It appears that the loony lady from Alaska has totally thrown the old dude from Arizona under the bus. She’s looking out for herself now.

Please, if you not already done so, be sure to vote this coming Tuesday! (And take a few family members, friends and neighbors with you.)

UPDATE: From the Obama campaign:

“I’m glad we check out our calls before we hand the phone to Barack Obama.”

It will be nice to have the adults in charge again, won’t it?

Dick Cheney gave Barack Obama the final big boost he needed to ensure a victory in this coming Tuesday’s presidential election. He endorsed John McCain…

One grumpy, angry old man endorsing another. He really sounded enthused about it, didn’t he? (Actually, he sounded like a high school kid reading a book report. No offense, high school kids.)

What took him so long? You would think the outgoing vice president would have shown his support for his party’s presidential ticket more than 72 hours before the election. There are really only two possibilities here: 1) Nobody could find Mr. Cheney’s undisclosed location; or, 2) He was having difficulty making up his mind. I think it was probably 50/50.

Senator Obama, speaking in Pueblo, Colorado today, welcomed the endorsement:

President Bush is sitting out the last few days before the election. But earlier today, Dick Cheney came out of his undisclosed location and hit the campaign trail. He said that he is, and I quote, “delighted to support John McCain.”

I’d like to congratulate Senator McCain on this endorsement because he really earned it. That endorsement didn’t come easy. Senator McCain had to vote 90 percent of the time with George Bush and Dick Cheney to get it. He served as Washington’s biggest cheerleader for going to war in Iraq, and supports economic policies that are no different from the last eight years. So Senator McCain worked hard to get Dick Cheney’s support.

But here’s my question for you, Colorado: do you think Dick Cheney is delighted to support John McCain because he thinks John McCain’s going to bring change? Do you think John McCain and Dick Cheney have been talking about how to shake things up, and get rid of the lobbyists and the old boys club in Washington?

Colorado, we know better. After all, it was just a few days ago that Senator McCain said that he and President Bush share a “common philosophy.” And we know that when it comes to foreign policy, John McCain and Dick Cheney share a common philosophy that thinks that empty bluster from Washington will fix all of our problems, and a war without end in Iraq is the way to defeat Osama bin Laden and the al Qaeda terrorists who are in Afghanistan and Pakistan.

So George Bush may be in an undisclosed location, but Dick Cheney’s out there on the campaign trail because he’d be delighted to pass the baton to John McCain. He knows that with John McCain you get a twofer: George Bush’s economic policy and Dick Cheney’s foreign policy – but that’s a risk we cannot afford to take.

There are only about two and half days left before the polls open, folks. If you haven’t voted yet, please remember to do so on Tuesday (and take a few of your friends and neighbors with you). It may look like the United States has won this one, but we haven’t yet. We haven’t won it until Brian Williams, Charlie Gibson, Katie Couric and Wolf Blitzer say we have won it on Tuesday evening. We have to keep working for victory until that happens!

P.S. Don’t forget to set your clocks back an hour before you to go bed tonight.

UPDATE 11/02/08: The Obama campaign has come out with an ad about the Cheney endorsement.

We’re still waiting for the ad from the McCain campaign.

You need only spend a little time surfing the blogosphere to realize the truthfulness of this article from the Associated Press…

AP poll shows Obama backers gleeful, McCain’s glum

WASHINGTON (AP) - That smiling guy walking down the street? Odds are he’s a Barack Obama backer. The grouchy looking one? Don’t ask, and don’t necessarily count on him to vote next week, either.

More John McCain supporters feel glum about the presidential campaign while more of Obama’s are charged up over it, according to an Associated Press-Yahoo News poll released Saturday.

The survey shows McCain backers have become increasingly upset in recent weeks, a period that has seen Obama take a firm lead in many polls. One expert says the contrasting moods could affect how likely the two candidates’ supporters are to vote on Election Day, possibly dampening McCain’s turnout while boosting Obama’s.

While 43 percent of the Democrat Obama’s backers said they are excited over the campaign, just 13 percent of McCain’s said so, according to the survey of adults, conducted by Knowledge Networks. Six in 10 Obama supporters said the race interests them, compared to four in 10 backing McCain, the Republican senator from Arizona.

On the flip side, 52 percent of McCain supporters said the campaign has left them frustrated, compared to 30 percent of Obama’s. A quarter of McCain backers say they feel helpless, double the rate of those preferring Obama, the Illinois senator.

More McCain supporters also feel angry and bored, while Obama’s are likelier to say they are proud and hopeful.

You can even see the difference in some of the comments left right here on this blog. The McCain supporters (a more accurate description would probably be the Obama non-supporters) are angry, bitter and hateful.

Brace yourselves, folks. The party has not yet really begun. The rabid right wingers in the Republican party are not going to be trying to make themselves any friends in the next four (or eight) years (except amongst themselves - if you can call what they have amongst themselves friendship). It’s not going to be pretty. It’s not pretty now, but it’s going to get even uglier.

They are not happy and it definitely shows. You can expect screams like “The Democrats stole the election!” and “Obama is not my president!” to start as early as 7:00 Tuesday evening, if not before.

Which remind me… If you have not yet voted, please do so on Tuesday. Your country is depending on you.

Don’t gloat — VOTE!