Yes, the headline sounds near-snark, but it's apparently true, says
The Daily Telegraph:
MONTY Python legend John Cleese is to offer his services as a speechwriter to Barack Obama if he wins the Democratic nomination to become US president, he told a British newspaper today.
More after the silly walk jump...
Cleese says:
"I am due to come to Europe in November but I may be tied up until then because if Barack Obama gets the nomination I'm going to offer my services to him as a speechwriter because I think he is a brilliant man," the 68-year-old said.
(emphasis added)
And in related news, George Burns has announced that he will be writing jokes for John McCain:
"That guy McCain kills me. No, I mean it. He really kills me," Burns told Fox News reporter M. T. Blahnde.