"What fascinates me is: people watching her on television - can they not see that she's basically learned certain speeches? She does them very well, she's got a very good memory, but it's like a nice-looking parrot," Mr Cleese said.
"Because the parrot speaks beautifully and kind of says 'aw shucks' every now and again, but doesn't really have any understanding of the meaning of the words it is producing, even though it's producing them very accurately."
"She's been in these training sessions with [Vice President Dick] Cheney's pals, and she's learned these speeches, and the extraordinary thing is that so many people are taken in by it," he said.