NEW YORK – Sarah Palin unwittingly took a prank call at the weekend from a Canadian comedian who posed as French president Nicolas Sarkozy and told her she would make a good US leader one day.
During the six-minute call the governor of Alaska missed several hints that the conversation, in which the comedian used an exaggerated French accent, was a joke.
The McCain-Palin campaign later issued a statement which said Mrs Palin was “mildly amused”, adding “C’est la vie”.
During the call with Montreal comedian Marc-Antoine Audette, the moose-hunting Republican running mate talked about how she was a “careful shot”, praised Mr Sarkozy, and asked him to give his wife, model-turned-singer Carla Bruni, “a big hug for me”.
When Audette told her he could see her as a president one day, Mrs Palin laughed and replied: “Maybe in eight years.” She also discussed the perils of hunting with vice-president Dick Cheney, who shot and injured a friend while hunting quail in 2006.
“I just love killing those animals. Mmm, mmm, take away life, that is so fun,” the fake Mr Sarkozy remarked. – (AP)