Noteworthy:
-The callers are francophone but are definitely hamming up the accent. The "secretary" gives his name as Frank Ouvrier, or worker.
-"Sarkozy" asks if she has heard of his special American advisor Johnny Holiday (not sure if I heard this correctly).
-"As we say in French, 'on pourrait touer des bebes ???'". Translation: we could kill the baby (something). Her response: "I think we could have a lot of fun together as we're getting work done."
-He can see Belgium from his 'ouse, not his arse.
-She failed to recognize the completely false name for the Canadian prime minister Stephen Harper, on the heels of a statement about her lack of foreign policy experience.
-The caller refers to "Sarkozy's good friend" the prime minister of Quebec. Quebec does not have a prime minister.
-The song Carla Bruni supposedly wrote for her was called "Du rouge a levres sur une cochonne". Translation: lipstick on a pig.
1 - It is unreasonable to expect Palin to understand every word of heavily accented English or the French lines thrown in here. However, it is not unreasonable to expect that a candidate for Vice President would ask for clarification if they didn't understand something, especially in conversation with a foreign leader.
2 - Yes, prank phone calls prey on the expectation of normalcy, but surely an "I'm sorry, I didn't catch that" would have been in order more than once. I believe we have a combination of ignorance (she really doesn't know who Canada's Prime Minister is) and blindness to any damage that ignorance might do.
3 - Did Palin ask a single question in the whole conversation? She has no curiosity - Why is he calling? Even - what kind of hunting does he prefer? I think if she was paying any attention to what "Sarkozy" was saying, she would have realized the mistake quickly.
4 - I would LOVE to know what time this call happened. Was it in the middle of the night in France?
PS. Thanks to Julian for the polar bear version.
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