Sarah Palin Gets Punk'd

While Tina Fey joined John McCain last night on Saturday Night Live last night (the only reason we would ever want this campaign to last one second longer than it has to is to keep Fey returning to SNL. She's actually made it watchable again), the real Sarah Palin was making some comedy of her own, without even knowing it.

A duo of Canadian pranksters known as the Masked Avengers crank called Palin yesterday pretending to be French President Nicolas Sarkozy and the Alaska Governor was totally fooled. The pair used a terrible, obviously-fake French accent which sounded like it was right out of a Monty Python movie, and the things they were saying got crazier and crazier as the call went on, but Palin never figured it out. (An example: Fake Sarkozy: "I must say, Governor Palin, I love the documentary they made on your life, you know, Hustler’s 'Nailin Palin.'" Sarah Palin: "Oh, good, thank you. Yes.")

Seriously? We're supposed to trust this woman to meet with world leaders when she doesn't even know whether or not she's talking to one? Her campaign issued a statement after the audio was posted online saying: "Gov. 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." Funny, she didn't sound even a little bit amused to us.

The prank was so cringe-worthy and embarrassingly awkward, we almost feel sorry for Gov. Palin. Almost.