I know Brits who are very thankful to have Palin running. Because, they say, only in America would there be a candidate for high office who has much more entertainment value than political credibility. They are very entertained by her fatuous pretensions, her overt racism and fear-mongering mouthed in subaltern manners. Pathetically, for us Americans, she is the new standard for dumbing down politics. Now we are supposed to accept that a person can just wink their way in to national office. Thank the Little Bush Idiocracy once again.