Palin became the victim of a prank call claiming to be the French President Sarkozy inviting her to go on hunting trips together and praising her as a political figure. Palin reportedly did not know she was being put on, despite blatant efforts by the prank caller, a member of the Masked Avengers, a pair of Canadian comedians know for their prank calls to public figures (AP).
Palin is not the first to be pranked by the Masked Avengers. In 2006, former French President Jaques Chirac was fooled into thinking he was being addressed by Canada's Prime Minister, Stephen Harper (Wilson, OneNews).
Obviously, no one would have tried to pull this off on McCain and have expected him to take it with good humor as it appears Palin has due to the fact that her campaign spokeswoman is openly and light-heartedly confirming that the call did take place. It's hard to interpret whether they chose Palin because of her naivety, her close proximity to Canada, or the fact that she might be able to take a joke better than Obama might. For all the rumors that countries outside the United States prefer Obama as the next American president, I see this as a beginning of Canadians warming up to Sarah Palin. They wouldn't have prank called her if they didn't like her in some way to begin with. This may be foreshadowing to Palin's popularity quickly catching up to Obama's.
Wilson, Tom. "Chirac falls for Canadian radio prank". oneNEWS. 29 January 2008.
http://tvnz.co.nz/view/page/411419/654597
3 comments:
I understand where you are coming from with this post, but I am inclined to disagree with your comment about the Candanians warming up to Palin. In my opinion, it appears that Palin was the target of this prank phone call due to, as you put it, her naivety and more light-hearted sense of humor. I feel that this prank comes in the same vein as the frequent Sarah Palin skits on SNL that dipict her poorly. While SNL frequently poke-fun at Palin, I dont feel that they do it because of their support for her.
You're right they most likely don't support her, but that doesn't mean they can't warm up to her. But SNL and these comedians already see Palin as somebody that could be a future leader somehow, or else they wouldn't bother satirically making fun of somebody who will turn out to be a nobody.
It is no surprise that Palin was the subject of this prank. She has been such an easy target for satire throughout the whole election.
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