Saddle up partners, Biden gaffes again, and again

As predicted by many, Joe Biden's best day as presidential hopeful was his first day after he announced. He gives a whole new meaning to the snack known as Fritos--his snack are his own Free Toes, because he cannot stop putting his foot in his mouth.

His latest gaffe came at a Pride weekend fundraiser in Seattle on Saturday where "Sleepy Joe" tried to show how far we've come in our treatment of the LGBT community. 

The slurring, whispering Biden claimed that merely five years ago, it would have been acceptable for a businessman to make “fun of a gay waiter,” the Washington Examiner reported. 

Sleepy Joe may have thought that if he could get away with talking about not being able to go into a Dunkin Donuts without hearing an Indian accent and still become Vice President, well then, no worries. He could say whatever came to mind.

Those at the fundraiser, which took place at the home of public relations executive and gay rights activist Roger Nyhus, made it clear that wasn't the way it was in Seattle back in the day people were making fun of gay folks.

“Not in Seattle!” people called out, claiming that homophobic comments would not have been condoned in 2014.

The point of Biden’s remarks, delivered as the gay, lesbian and mentally ill transgender community, along with their allies, celebrated Pride Weekend, was that the United States has made progress. He said the hypothetical businessman he spoke of “would not be invited back” today. In other words, he meant well, but expressed himself like an idiot in front of potential donors.

Biden also spoke about how he supported same-sex marriage when he was vice president, ["Sometimes I think Jill is really a guy."]

This gaffe came a microsecond after he tried to undo the Kamala Harris attack on him as being a racist with another gaffe. He was called out by Cory "Bug-Eyes" Booker (D-NJ). 

"That kid wearing a hoodie may very well be the next poet laureate and not a gangbanger," Biden said as if illuminating new information on the progress the black community has made, when it should have been obvious and unnecessary to point out.

Booker, using his best righteous indignation, was not satisfied with how Biden made his point.

"This isn’t about a hoodie. It’s about a culture that sees a problem with a kid wearing a hoodie in the first place," he tweeted on Friday. "Our nominee needs to have the language to talk about race in a far more constructive way."

Goodbye Joe--enjoy the rest of your free toes.

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