Palin Getting Pranked... It really shows that she has a problem comprehending

[OmmmSweetOmmm]

what people say to her.

Most people would have realized within a couple of minutes what was going on, and she just didn't get it.

Just like she has problems comprehending questions in interviews and questions posed to her during the debate.

There might be a neurological issue there, but I believe it's Ego.

IMHO, all that is important to Sarah, is Sarah. She is a narcissist. Others' words hold no value to her and she might half listen but is so self-involved, really doesn't hear or even cares to hear what's being said to her. She appears to be well self-trained to be charming while doing this, seeming to be engaged. Charm (if her sort of charm appeals to you) is what has helped her survive and excel in her limited world.

She is now in the Big Show, and obviously way out of her depth.

Link to her being Pranked. Keep it Viral!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QbEwKcs-7Hc

[Ian David]

1. She didn't release her medical records like she promised. We'll never know. n/t

[OmmmSweetOmmm]

3. That's true. I bet she never got back to Katie Couric with the info either! She gets

free passes from MSM.

[lightningandsnow]

20. Wow, that's kind of ableist.

I hate Sarah Palin as much as the next person, but because she has completely bullshit policies and doesn't know her ass from her elbow.

But, we can't elect someone, because they might have a disability? Wow.

[OmmmSweetOmmm]

23. Do you want a possible President whose disability affects her thought processes?

Would you be comfortable with that?

[Ian David]

30. I'm not talking about her legs, her lungs, her eyes or her ears.

I'm talking about her grounding in reality.

[lightningandsnow]

31. ...then what does a medical record have to do with it?

Granted, there could be some kind of diagnosed mental illness, but if it was diagnosed, chances are someone would actually get treated and be better grounded in reality than someone who wasn't diagnosed with.

...ugh, and I hate the fact that I now sound like I'm defending Sarah Palin. DO NOT WANT.

[dorkulon]

37. Seriously?

What if she--or any other candidate--were actually mentally disabled, as in impaired mental function? Are you saying it would be morally wrong to vote against them based on that?

To be clear, I don't think Palin has a mental problem, I just think she's pretty stupid. Is that "ableist" of me?

[uppityperson]

60. Here is the problem with that assumption: "chances are someone would actually get treated "

that is a wrong assumption. Many people have diagnosed mental health issues but are not treated since their reality grounding shows them that *they* are fine, the diagnosis was wrong.

[Ian David]

61. What if her records show Trig isn't her baby? Or she once had an abortion?

Or she uses birth control?

Or had an STD?

Or was injured in a DUI?

Or overdosed on an illegal drug?

Or overdosed on legal drugs on purpose?

For a normal, compassionate human being, these wouldn't be an issue.

But all of those possibilities are directly contrary to the platform on which she is running.

[HereSince1628]

2. It also shows poor office discipline...that call should never have made it to her

Sarah is slow on the uptake, but something is really wrong with her staff.

[OmmmSweetOmmm]

4. In what respect HereSince1628? Dontcha know? She has Executive experience! You

betcha! ;)

[slampoet]

5. They had five days to find a French speaker and didnt

[OmmmSweetOmmm]

6. Serious reply here. Her staff is a reflection of her Ego. Just the thought of being courted by

Sarkozy overwhelmed any common sense.

[HereSince1628]

13. I don't doubt that is true. And, other celebrities have bought the same prank

It's just that in the scared to HSD post-911 America I would think that the telephoning and emailing would be handled very carefully.

[OmmmSweetOmmm]

27. Please see my post #24. Thanks!

[soothsayer]

7. I'd give her a break on this one. If her staff told her it was that person,

she'd be out of line to hang up on him. She's just a person like the rest of us, so there's no need to demonize her or assign her mental complexes. Seriously, it was a prank call. Laugh and be glad it wasn't you and move on.

[OmmmSweetOmmm]

8. You are dead wrong. Any normal human being would have known within 2 minutes

that they were being pranked. No pass here.

[thingy]

54. I certainly won't give her a pass, but

so many smarter high-profile people have have been duped by these same radio hosts. Jacques Chirac, Gilles Duceppe from Bloc Quebecois, Donald Trump, Bill Gates, even Bono. One of their colleagues even pranked Queen Elizabeth some time back. As for this particular prank, I don't know... I think it's more sad than amusing. I mean, I think it's a lot funnier when smart people get suckered into doing dumb things. Fooling Palin, that's shooting fish in a barrel, really.

[DoctorMyEyes]

11. I'm willing to give her a break on getting pranked

That could happen to anyone - and her staff is more to blame for that aspect of it. But, I'm not willing to give her a break for behaving like a 12 year old school girl with a crush when she thought she was speaking with a foreign head of state. She's an idiot. Not for getting pranked - just for being herself.

[IndependentDem]

28. that is exactly the point.

It's NOT her fault that she got pranked. It IS her fault for acting like herself and being an idiot.

[Karenina]

12. I hope this one breaks HER!

She and her staff were likes teenies at a slumber party. She has NO COMPREHENSION of protocol whatsoever and cannot quickly process what is being said to her. Neither trait commends her for the position she seeks.

[OmmmSweetOmmm]

17. The youtube clip is the top watched video for today with almost 400,000 hits and

it will keep climbing. Most of the comments of the clip on youtube were about her lack of intelligence and what a fool she is...this has to be kept viral and spread word to mouth about how she would only be a heartbeat away and shouldn't even be 1 million heartbeats away.

[Karenina]

21. Tipping point, here we come!

:bounce::bounce::bounce:

[OmmmSweetOmmm]

43. Over a half a million hits now!!!

:bounce: :bounce: :bounce:

[malaise]

9. You nailed it

She is so preoccupied with her sense of self-importance that receiving a call from 'Sarkozy' was all that mattered.

She cannot release her medical records. She is batshit crazy.

[OmmmSweetOmmm]

18. "She cannot release her medical records. She is batshit crazy."

:rofl: :rofl: :rofl:

I love your sense of humor!!!!

[shadowknows69]

41. Speaking as someone who IS also probably batshit crazy

Albeit hopefully in more benevolent ways. I wouldn't trust me to be President either.

[OmmmSweetOmmm]

44. (((((((shadowknows69))))) Benevolent is the operative word.

:hug:

[earth mom]

45. Yep, Palin's a batshit crazy whack job.

:crazy:

[fishnfla]

10. well, it worked for W

he used it to his advantage, in fact.

[no_hypocrisy]

14. This prank illustrates why she has avoided all press/interviews/Sunday Morning shows

except for friendly forums such as Hannity.

[OmmmSweetOmmm]

15. In a recent interview she said basically that the First Amendment was supposed

to protect the free speech of politicians from the Press! She is shamefully ignorant and even in "friendly" interviews, her ignorance is always apparent. I do not think her a stupid person but the combination of ignorance and Ego are lethal. Look at Shrub.

[no_hypocrisy]

25. Billie (the Judy Holiday heroine) in "Born Yesterday" had native smarts.

William Holden just developed her natural intellect. Sarah Palin has no hope for such redemption.

[OmmmSweetOmmm]

26. One of my favorite movies. Excellent point.

[WritersBlock]

16. It shows a blatant - and frightening - lack of presence of mind! It was obvious that she did not

understand half of what was being said to her, yet she just kept on with her, "Oh, well, THANK you!" sort of responses, and spouted off her talking points because she could not think of anything to say.

What she should have done was politely ask him to repeat anything she didn't understand. Instead, she came off like an idiot.

I know whereof I speak. When we moved up to Scotland several years ago, many of my colleagues at work had very strong Glaswegian accents. I couldn't understand them at all, but I was too embarrassed to say anything, so I just nodded and said "Yeah" or "uh huh" all the time, without realising what a fool I was making of myself.

I still wonder, after all these years, what I agreed to during some of those conversations.

The point is, my colleagues probably got several good laughs out of the stupid American, but no big deal; I don't work there anymore. And I wasn't running for the second highest office in the land and speaking to - or believing I was speaking to - a leader of a nation.

We were treated to a recording of of Sarah Palin speaking to someone she believed was the leader of a sovereign nation and she showed an appalling lack of judgment and common sense.

This woman's ignorance and ego are national security threats; nothing less.



On edit: grammar.

[Karenina]

22. The way she conducted herself was like a teenie

talking to her favorite pop star after having won a radio contest. TOTALLY INAPPROPRIATE.

I wonder if Sad Grandpa's people were briefed about the call.

Maybe THEY facilitated setting it up!!! :rofl::shrug::rofl:

[OmmmSweetOmmm]

24. lol! I am beginning to believe that she Is being sabotaged by the campaign! Too many

situations lately! Telling them to "dig, baby, dig" (for coal) in Virginia Beach! Telling them to "drill, baby, drill" at a solar panel company! To congratulate the Pirate fans in western PA on the Phillies win! Now this "Sarkozy" call?

It really does look like there are people in the McCain campaign that are scared shit of her being one heartbeat away.

[surrealAmerican]

29. It does almost look like that.

Of course all they really have to do is let her "be herself", and just not give her the sort of intensive guidance they did earlier in the campaign.

[ravencalling]

19. Agree with our assessment

pure narcissist! Had to work for one once, and it was exactly the same behavior. Listening skills zero to in the minus range, not even being able to take a cue as to when the other person has stopped talking before ranting on completely new subjects.

In a world all their own. No-one else is allowed inside, and the windows they look out of are sound proofed.

[NNN0LHI]

32. She still thinks the VP runs the Senate after 4 or 5 tries and yet people still try and defend her?

Crazy world isn't it?

Don

[OmmmSweetOmmm]

34. She thinks the 1st Amendment is there to protect politicians from The Press!

[marew]

33. As a British comedian said--

Palin put the ALAS back in Alaska!

[OmmmSweetOmmm]

35. Or it takes punchlines out of jokes that end with "I'll aska"...because

we all know that there won't be a straight answer.

[OmmmSweetOmmm]

62. ...

[pointsoflight]

36. I don't have a problem with her getting fooled. What concerns me...

...is the fact that who staff is so incompetent that they did not ensure the call was legitimate and coming through appropriate channels, and how completely unprofessional she was in the conversation. All of the giggling and "we love you's" and crap like that? Give me a break, you're seeking to be vice president!!!

[Karenina]

42. Did she clear it with McCain or go all rogue and mavericky?

OR did the McCain camp facilitate the connexion? Enquiring minds want to know!

[nichomachus]

38. Here's why what she did portrays her as an idiot

1. It would be a serious breach of protocol for a head of state to call a political candidate in another country to wish them luck -- especially one at the VP level and especially if they had no ongoing relationship. If Sarkozy called someone he has previously worked with, that would probably be OK, but international dplomacy is very strict about these things. The head of state just wouldn't do that. An knowledgeable politician would be aware of that. It's just not done. So, right off, she should have been suspicious.

2. As other have pointed out, she acted like a giggling school girl getting a surprise call from Brad Pitt. There wasn't a milligram of "gravitas," from someone who's angling to become a head of state herself. Even if she wasn't quite sure who the caller was referring to, there are ways of handling this and ways not to handle it. The giggle and gush was just adolescent. She is way out of her league. Half the world leaders are horrified at having to deal with this idiot and the other half are salivating at the thought of being able to scam her at every opportunity.

[ContinentalOp]

39. LOL "My American advisor Johnny Hallyday"!

:rofl:

"I liked the documentary of your life, Hustler's Nailin' Palin" Hahahahahaha!

[OmmmSweetOmmm]

40. What's so funny? Nailin' Pailin was very edgy!

:rofl:

[Karenina]

46. It took SIX MINUTES for her to "get it"

in spite of MANY CUES AND OBVIOUS CLUES. :freak: This thing is so viral, I hope to significant effect among the voting population in the U.S.!

[Beetwasher]

48. Actually, No It Didn't! SHE NEVER GOT IT!!!

She had to be TOLD BY THE PRANKSTERS THAT IT WAS A PRANK before she GOT IT. They actually could have kept on going, but they probably ran out of material because they never expected her to buy it for so long.

[OmmmSweetOmmm]

51. I think they had to stop soon after Nailin' Palin because seriously..how could anyone

keep going after that!!!!


:rofl:

[NNN0LHI]

64. Even the prankers felt sorry for her when she didn't catch on to that and pulled the plug

Pitiful.

Don

[OmmmSweetOmmm]

49. lol! She didn't get it! That's the point! They had to tell her she was pranked!

The accent wasn't all that thick (it was also not a true French accent) and it was very clear to me what he was saying all along. Marcel the guy with the loaf of bread under his armpit. Carla wrote a song about Joe The Plumber! My wife is hot in bed! I can see Belgium from my (h)ass! Documentary..Hustler's Nailin' Palin, very edgy! The Prime Minister of Quebec! Shooting from airplanes and loves to kill animals! It was all so blatant and she just couldn't wrap that mind of hers around his words. In one ear and out the other. No comprehension as I said in my OP. Meanwhile, using her girlish "charm" like a gushing teeny bopper without any sense of decorum in talking to a head of state.

Hello, this is Sarah. Not hello this is Governor Palin, but you may call me Sarah. She then went on to call him by his first name without his permission. The whole thing was hysterical and appalling at the same time!

So far there have been a half a million hits on youtube of this clip and I hope by Tuesday it will be in the millions.

Keith, Rachel, Jon and Stephen are going to have a field day with it. I wouldn't be surprised if Stephen has those two men on his show. That would be his style! lol!

[LisaL]

53. No. They had to tell her she was being pranked.

Even after he talked about his wife being hot in bed, and a documentary about nailin Palin, she didn't get it until she was told.

[submerged99]

47. the impersonator communicates like a rube

I don't speak French or have any experience with the culture, but I wouldn't expect the President of France to speak like the impersonator. It's one thing for Borat to fool people into thinking he's a clueless reporter, but I dont see how the potential Vice President would buy this act from a supposed head of state.

[Karenina]

50. That's because Sarah IS a rube

and he was speaking in her register (linguistic term for familiar language).

[OmmmSweetOmmm]

52. She bought it because she wanted to buy it. IMHO, her Ego took over as I mentioned in my OP.

[mcg]

55. He played on her ego big time, she suspended whatever critical thinking

she might have. The first guy saying "Yea" was already a hint that something was missing. I agree, she so much wanted to buy it. This is a case of not challenging one's own assumptions, a lack of critical thinking, and emotions overriding reason. Near the end of the call, her voice seemed to show some cognitive dissonance, which she suppressed. This does happen to many (including myself) who have been pranked/duped/conned, but boy, the way she acted and some of the things she said, like laughing after him talking about enjoying killing.

[Karenina]

57. She has now been unmasked; her dimwittedness revealed to all.

The Masked Avengers!!! My HEROES!!!

[OmmmSweetOmmm]

63. Her laughing about killing was exceptionally disturbing to me.

[K8-EEE]

56. She wasn't listening at all just "AUTO-SCHMOOZING!"

She's like the used car salesman in Fargo....

[uppityperson]

58. I very much agree with your assessment. She doesn't or can't listen to others except for a vague

idea of the subject, then she uses that to talk about what she wants.

This is what struck me most about this call. Not that she is stupid, but she doesn't or can't listen.

It has been sent to everyone on my email list, even those who are repubs.

[OmmmSweetOmmm]

59. BTW...there are mirrors to the youtube link I posted and it looks like if they are

all combined, it will be close to a million hits. I've also passed this forward!

:hi: