Obama Campaign Responds to Palin Prank Call

all she did was be polite!

This is absolutely insane!!! How did this prank call even go through to Gov. Palin? I am actually a Montreal resident and listen to this radio show pretty often (seeing as my wife is French-Canadian) and to be quite honest with you, our American neighbors, these two guys are complete idiots and are basically clowns here in Montreal. The fact that they were able to fool a possible future VP and make her sound like a brainless puppet controlled my Conservative big shots should prove to all Americans, with all do respect, that Barack Obama should win this election. I favor neither McCain nor Obama, but for Christ's sake please do yourselves a favor and vote Barack Obama...!!! This is your country and international reputation at stake!!
- Your neighbor up north, Jimmy.

Ok, c'mon, even you mindless republicans have to admit by now that Sara Palin is not in any way shape or form ready or capable of holding a position in high office. Paleeeeze! Tell us after hearing Palin exposing her cluelessness and stupidity and deceitfulness in this call, that you would be comfortable with her holding high office and dealing with foreign leaders on America's behalf. Would you reallty trust her with negotiating with people like Putin in a crisis? If you mindless republicans can't even be honest with that, then you are simply proving that you don't have a rational brain.

What I find saddening/disturbing is that even after the interviews and (Policy Speeches) Palin has done and now the prank call is that there are people still defending her and calling her smart and intelligent.

Thanks Quebec!

lmao!!

The fact that the call got through and Palin was pranked really isn't incredible news. It can and has happend to others. It was her actions and comments, however, that were most frightening. Did anyone hear the way she initially addressed a foreign head of state? Hellooooo. The schoolgirl giggling was embarrassing. This woman should not be near the red phone...

The audio of this prank made me sick. It doesn't seem real even now. She failed yet another big pop quiz and I wish it was just extra credit points at risk.

As much as I think Sarak Palin doesn't have the intellect or experience to be VP (let alone President - Sheesh) I'll give her a pass on this one. (lol)

The fact is the woman doesn't know "jack" about the world, world history and frankly I'd bet she'd fail American History as well. She isn't nor has she ever been an academic or well read.

She's nothing more than a ploy to mobilize the Conservative masses who only vote for "hot" topics like abortion, guns, taxes, etc. Very rarely do you ever come across a "Conservative" who votes based on the SUM of everything. Instead, the vote based on ONE variable in the equation.

In my humble opinion, Sarah was and should be a DEAL breaker for every conservative. How exactly do you vote for a 72 year old man with a questionable medical history with HER in line to succeed him if he dies? I mean really. Better yet, why aren't more Conservatives concerned about Sarah's inability to produce her MEDICAL records this late in the game? What exactly is she hiding?

How many times have we heard Republicans using the old what is he hiding tactic (knowing the answer is nothing)? Yet here you are two days from the election and she's holding out. Talk about robots. Pathetic.

Maria writes, "I thought it sounded like Palin knew the call wasn't real just by listening to it this morning."
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Nice try. (lol)

Once again, Palin's staff let her down. She should be able to trust the staffer who says, "the President of France is on the line." For an audio of the call & translation of some of the jokes, go to the Entertainment section of the lower right column. There's audio for a Chris Rock get-out-the-vote rally there, too. Jake's post is linked, too.

Does the Obama camp, from Sen. Obama on down, let anything pass without a snide remark? This is the most smug, condescending, meanspirited, snide campaign I have ever seen. Obama's response to the "spread the wealth around" controversy? He jeers that McCain will next accuse him of communism for splitting sandwiches with friends in elementary school. The airwaves were filled this weekend with cracks about McCain's "Bush" Halloween costume. Yet everyone smiles at this, whereas any similar humor from the Republicans is pounced upon as somehow meanspirited.

I still recall when Hillary made an effective joke during a primary debate, when asked about some voters' response to her persona, and Obama stepped on it with his condescending, "Oh, Hillary, you're likeable enough."

Four years of listening to Obama, Axelrod, and Gibbs, with that attitude? No thanks.

Use your brain/Vote McCain

Someone this gullible and lacking in sense should not be in the White House.

She is also a total phony, and a dangerous one at that.

Her staffers must all be idiots as well,
how could a call like that even get through?

I'm sure we can look forward to more hilarity, at the country's expense, if she gets in the White House, God forbid.

I'm starting to think she was picked just to make Bush look good by comparison.

Right now, there's a lot of people that want to laugh at Palin for spending almost 10 minutes on the phone with a crank caller that she never picked up on, but in reality, if those people somehow manage to win the election, the joke would be on us, and the whole world would be laughing.

Remember that Tuesday. This election is not a joke.

I thought it sounded like Palin knew the call wasn't real just by listening to it this morning.

To those who are feeling so sorry for Palin, I'm with you to the extent I can feel sympathy for her. But to suggest that our feeling sorry for her means we should overlook her obvious imperfections and vote for her, for chrissake, get real.

Somehow I doubt the point of this affair is that in contrast to McCain's campaign the Obama campaign is so organized that they "first double check before handing the phone to Obama". And although it is a pretty amazing accomplishment from Palin to NOT detect something is out of order, that is not entirely the point either. The point I think is that it appears that Palin is so totally dependent and trusting of the judgment of the people around her, that she would dismiss in her own mind any doubts that might try to surface. And that would make her the perfect puppet president. The buck isn't gonna stop at Sarah Palin's desk, Big Oil and wealthy interest groups can just continue throwing money at it and the bucks will just keep on rolling unchecked.

This is the funniest thing I have heard all weekend! What a maroon! I feel so confidant with her having top level government secrets. At this stage of the game, to be "punked" simply supports the notion held by most thinking americans that this choice is uninformed, and easily duped. With regards to foreign policy, I can forgive much, but not knowing the heads of state of our nearest country (who are supposedly great partners of Alaska, and who some in Alaska can even see from their house) is unforgivable. Republicans, you can blame this all you want on the media, you can invoke the inexperience of Obama, the gaffes of Biden, however, you lose all credibility when you defend this mensa member and her dumb exploits. I implore you to keep her as a party leader, because watching her crash and burn on a daily basis is more fun than a person has a right to have!

Please, people, try to be civilized- its obvious that the extreme right hates the extreme left and that there is prejudice and hatred in the world- there are enough wars in the world to prove this- it would be nice to hear a compassionate veiw of Palin's difficulties due to her lack of experience- even though she is not of my liking I cant help but feel badly for her here...

What we really should be worrying about:

Bob Smith, the former Republican senator from New Hampshire, has said that McCain's "temper would place this country at risk in international affairs and the world perhaps in danger. In my mind, it should disqualify him."

Sen. Thad Cochran (R) of Mississippi weighed in that "the thought of his being president sends a cold chill down my spine. He is erratic. He is hotheaded."


Sen. Pete Domenici (R) of New Mexico has said he doesn't "want this guy anywhere near a trigger."

And retired Navy pilot Phillip Butler, who in addition to being a classmate of John McCain at Annapolis was a fellow POW at the Hanoi Hilton, wrote: "I can verify that John has an infamous reputation for being a hot-head. He has a quick and explosive temper that many have experienced first hand. Folks, quite honestly that is not the finger I want next to the nuclear button."