You can listen to the whole call at this link. Enjoy!

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/11/01/masked-avengers-prank-cal_n_140023.html

Palin's prank call from fake French president
GOP vice presidential pick takes comedian's call, talks about Bruni, Cheney
 The Associated Press
updated 9:53 p.m. CT, Sat., Nov. 1, 2008

MONTREAL - Sarah Palin unwittingly took a prank call Saturday from a
Canadian comedian posing as French President Nicolas Sarkozy and telling her
she would make a good president someday.

"Maybe in eight years," replies a laughing Palin.

The Republican vice presidential nominee discusses politics, the perils of
hunting with Vice President Dick Cheney, and Sarkozy's "beautiful wife," in
a recording of the call released Saturday and set to air Monday on a Quebec
radio station.

Palin campaign spokeswoman Tracey Schmitt confirmed she had received the
prank call.

"Governor Palin was mildly amused to learn that she had joined the ranks of
heads of state, including President Sarkozy and other celebrities, in being
targeted by these pranksters. C'est la vie," she said.

The call was made by a well-known Montreal comedy duo, Marc-Antoine Audette
and Sebastien Trudel. Known as the Masked Avengers, the two are notorious
for prank calls to celebrities and heads of state.

*Hints to the joke
*Audette posing as Sarkozy speaks in an exaggerated French accent and drops
ample hints that the conversation is a joke. But Palin seemingly does not
pick up on them.

He tells Palin one of his favorite pastimes is hunting, also a passion of
the 44-year-old Alaska governor.

"I just love killing those animals. Mmm, mmm, take away life, that is so
fun," the fake Sarkozy says.

He proposes they go hunting together by helicopter, something he says he has
never done.

"Well, I think we could have a lot of fun together while we're getting work
done," Palin counters. "We can kill two birds with one stone that way."

The comedian then jokes that they shouldn't bring Cheney along on the hunt,
referring to the 2006 incident in which the vice-president shot and injured
a friend while hunting quail.

"I'll be a careful shot," responds Palin.

*'I can see Belgium'
*Playing off Palin's much-mocked comment in an early television interview
that she had insights into foreign policy because "you can actually see
Russia from land here in Alaska," the caller tells her: "You know we have a
lot in common also, because except from my house I can see Belgium."

She replies: "Well, see, we're right next door to different countries that
we all need to be working with, yes."

When Audette refers to Canadian singer Steph Carse as Canada's prime
minister, Palin replies: "Well, he's doing fine and yeah, when you come into
a position underestimated it gives you an opportunity to prove the pundits
and the critics wrong. You work that much harder." Canada's prime minister
is Stephen Harper.

Palin praises Sarkozy throughout the call and also mentions his wife Carla
Bruni, a model-turned-songwriter.

"You know, I look forward to working with you and getting to meet you
personally and your beautiful wife," Palin says. "Oh my goodness, you've
added a lot of energy to your country with that beautiful family of yours."

*'Lipstick on a Pig'
*The Sarkozy impersonator tells Palin his wife is "so hot in bed" and then
informs her that Bruni has written a song for her about Joe the Plumber
entitled "Du rouge a levres sur une cochonne" — which translates as
"Lipstick on a Pig."

Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama derided his Republican
challenger John McCain's call for change in Washington as "lipstick on a
pig," days after Palin made a lipstick joke at the Republican convention.
The McCain-Palin campaign then released an ad implying Obama was calling
Palin a pig with that remark.

The caller asks Palin if Joe the Plumber is her husband and adds: "We have
the equivalent of Joe the Plumber in France. It's called Marcel, the guy
with bread under his armpit."

He also tells the Alaska governor that he loved the "documentary" made about
her and referred to a pornographic film with a Palin look-alike made by
Hustler founder Larry Flynt.

She answers tentatively, "Ohh, good, thank you, yes."

The callers then reveal the prank and identify themselves and their radio
station.

"Ohhh, have we been pranked?" Palin asks before handing the phone to an aide
who ends the call.

Obama's campaign spokesman Robert Gibbs, commenting on the prank, said: "I'm
glad we check out our calls before we hand the phone to Barack Obama."

Copyright 2008 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may
not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.

URL: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/27489929/

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