27. Sarah Palin Prank Call.

I hate that I’m doing this.
I’ve made a concious effort to avoid mentioning American politics in this blog because, frankly, every blog I come across these days shares the theme.
But I’ll have to make an exception today.

I think everyone, regardless of the country they live in, should listen to the prank call if you haven’t already.
Youtube link to it.

If you can’t be bothered clicking, I’ll sum it up here anyway.

I am not old enough to vote. Which isn’t exactly an issue because I live in Australia. I have never been to the States. Admittedly, I don’t pay all that much attention to the political situation in my own country, nevermind America.
But if you’d like to hear my underage, uneducated opinion:
This woman shouldn’t be a vice president of anything.

It was kind of difficult to force myself to listen to the entire conversation.

About a minute into the conversation, the prankster makes a reference to his “special American advisor, Jimmy Hallyday”, a French singer. She didn’t pick up on it.

Two and a half minutes into the conversation, the prankster suggests they go hunting together and mentions that he “loves killing animals.” To her credit, Palin didn’t jump in and confess her long repressed love for killing as well. But the laughter wasn’t exactly virtuous, either.

Three minutes in, and I’m paraphrasing here, the prankster says: “Some people say you’re not experienced in foreign policies, but that’s completely false. That’s what I told my good friend, the Canadian Prime Minister, Stef Carse.” Stef Carse being a Canadian singer. I laughed out loud at this point. I admit, I haven’t a clue who the actual Prime Minister of Canda is because, well, it’s Canda. But it’s the sort of thing I’d expect a Vice Presidential nominee to know.

Three and a half minutes in, the prankster referrs to “one of his good friends, the prime minister of Quebec, Mr Richard Z Sirois”, who is in fact, a comedian. I don’t think I can blame her for not knowing who the Premier of Quebec (sometimes referred to as the Prime Minister) is. It’s just a pity that when the prankster said something about working with Quebec, she replied by saying she enjoyed working with Canadians.

The prankster goes on to menton that his wife is “hot in bed”, which you’d hope would set off warning signals in Palin’s head, but apparently did not.

The prankster finally referrs to the porno titled ‘Nailin’ Pailln’ as an edgy documentary on her life.
She thanked him for saying so.

My favourite part, though, was when he said they had a lot in common be cause he could see Belgium from his house, though again, to her credit, I suppose she fielded the comment better than most people would have.

On the other hand, I think most people would have picked up on the fact that it was a prank before it got that far.

And I suppose you have to consider that fact that she counted on her people to screen the calls and make sure it’s legitimate before sending it through to her, so it’s not entirely her fault that she fell for it.

Still, the lack of security isn’t what I’d call a great defence.

To the best of my knowledge, tomorrow is election day, and we will know the outcome very soon.
Up till now I haven’t really gotten behind either of the candidates because, well, I’m an Australian kid with no particular reason to do so.
I’ve changed my mind.

Vote Obama ‘08.

*For the record, I’m not overly fond of McCain or Obama. It’s just that, from where I’m standing, Obama seems the lesser of two evils.