An Accent I Can Believe In

The Trib highlights Tina Fey playing Palin on SNL last night. It was pretty entertaining.

I would just add, though, coming from someone with a cheesehead accent, despite all these years living in Chicawgo (that's how Chicagoans sound to me, and the north shore has its version of valleygirl speak), most Americans have an accent--whether they know it or not.

Frankly, Americans with a discernable regional accent seem more authentic. As one of my relatives (not the liberal Wisconsin ones) said about Sarah Palin--now there's an accent I can believe in.

UPDATE: The Politico on why McCain-Palin is winning. One point:

While Democrats have continued to hit at Palin’s inexperience, only 36 percent of likely voters believe Palin lacks the proper experience while 47 percent said the same of Obama.