@ Shannon
it actually does have a fully thought out syntax and vocabulary ... MY main concern is whether the father has been speaking it correctly to his kid or not! The grammar is apparently incredibly complex, and of those that speak it, few actually bother to learn the correct grammar.

Slate has a really great article about the whole thing:
http://www.slate.com/id/2217815/pagenum/all/

perhaps Obama backers were so confident in the polls that they felt little need to actually go vote?

"...and inspectors were expected to investigate."

I certainly hope that's what they'd be expected to do!