Slate: Introducing Bidenisms

To this, there is only one appropriate response for some: "My, but that Sarah Palin is an idiot."

From the piece:

Jacob Weisberg, author of the authoritative compilation of Bushisms, notes that George W. Bush's gaffes were often the result of unintentional incompetence, which made them endearing. They could make Bush seem like a lovable dimwit, a kind of presidential version of Archie Bunker or Homer Simpson. Biden's lapses are more akin to those of Michael Scott (who, like Biden, is a native of Scranton, Pa.). A statement becomes Bidenesque when his over-the-top attempts at folksiness fail. Unlike their distant cousins, Bushisms and Palinisms, Bidenisms generally stem more from arrogance or obliviousness than from difficulty with the English language or ignorance.

You see? Loopy Joe is not ignorant. He's merely "arrogant" or "oblivious". Because as we all know, it isn't a matter of "ignorance" to believe FDR got on television when the stockmarket crashed. He was just trying to be "folksy", and he missed the mark. Had Sarah Palin or George W. Bush said it, then it would have been ignorant.

Got that?