to be entertained by another US leader (OK Veep) who has only a passing contact with the English language.

Surely the US has the medical knowhow to ensure that McCain can last the next 4 years so the rest of us can sleep easy in the knowledge that Palin cannot do any real harm.

Instead we can just sit back and enjoy the show.

Does the Republican base demand that its candidates adopt the pronunication of the word "nuclear" as "nookyooler"?

Apparently, that's why McCain isn't so popular with the kook right.