Jerry Springer to Sarah Palin's rescue

Politics is serious business, but not all the time.

Sar-ah! Sar-ah! Sar-ah!

Jerry Springer is known for a lot of things -- from being the former mayor of Cincinnati to ringmaster of an outlandish talk show where smackdowns are more common than humidity on South Beach.

Now Springer can add another title: FOS (friend of Sarah).

Well, sort of.

"I don't want her to be president," Springer told radio station WABC. "I don't agree with her views. But I would never say anything mean about her. I think she is incredibly charismatic. I think she takes her religion very seriously and her views very seriously. I don't think there's anything mean-spirited about her."