Sarah Palin

Marc Antoine Audette, a Canadian comedian, has decided to make a prank call to none other than the Republican candidate for vice-president, Sarah Palin.

He telephoned the Alaska Governor and pretended to be the French President, Nicolas Sarkozy, calling to congratulate her for the campaign and wish her good luck at the elections.

The six-minute talk was then broadcast on a radio programme in Montreal, Canada.

During their chat, Mrs Palin and fake President Sarkozy talked about several issues, such as how beautiful Carla Bruni (the President’s wife) was, how nice it would be to be able to organize a hunting trip together; they even joked about the prospect of Mrs Palin running for presidency eight years from now.

Mrs Palin has made no comments on this call but one of her spokespersons has declared the governor was somewhat amused by it.

Charles Mathias, Latest Republican to Endorse Obama

As the world’s most discussed presidential campaign is close to ending, American politicians start expressing their preferences.

The Republicans, for example, seem to go in favour of Senator Barack Obama. Following the example of Colin Powell (the former Secretary of State), are William Weld (former Massachusetts Governor), Scott McClellan (former Bush press secretary) and the latest, Charles Mathias (former Senator of Maryland).

The above mentioned politicians have different reasons for endorsing Obama; some dislike the thought of having Sarah Palin as vice-president, others mention America’s economy, and the true American spirit, which seems to have been lost during Bush’s mandate.

Polls done since this campaign has started show that so many Americans have not considered economy and financial issues as extremely important in the election since 1996, and that Republicans focused their attention on terrorism and moral values issues.

On the other side of the barricade is McCain who flashes a list with the names of his Republican supporters and the 200 retired Army generals.

These endorsements do well for their campaigns, but they do not guarantee their success; it all depends on the American citizens who will attend the voting stations on the 4th of November.

Sarah Palin at a Campaign Event in October

Less than two months ago, before being elected as John McCain’s vice-president candidate, Sarah Palin did not have the elegant clothing items she does now. When looking at one of her old photos, anyone can notice that all that remained the same are the rimless glasses. The rest has much improved since then.

The Alaska Governor has apparently received a look boost worth about $150,000, meant to give her the class and elegance of a potential US vice -president. Mrs. Palin, mother of five, can now be seen wearing stiletto shoes and high heeled boots, tailored suits, a new and more relaxed hairdo, and most importantly a very glamorous attitude.

Mrs. Palin’s latest achievement has been negatively perceived by the general public; in the storm of this US economy crisis, the last thing they want to see is a political candidate throwing money on expensive clothing and fashion advice. Not even the fact that all the clothes will be donated to charity after the campaign saves her from the voters’ disapproval.

The fact that she spent in approximately two months the double of a yearly income of an average American family is not in Sarah’s favor, as it wasn’t in Michelle Obama’s favor to order lobster, Iranian caviar and champagne when she was staying at the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel. The difference is, in Michelle’s case, all was proven to be entirely false.