Any other public figure would be branded a racist, or at least accused of insensitivity, but Vice President Joe Biden continues to insult various ethnic groups and get by with it. Addressing an audience of lawyers he used the term "Shylocks" -- an expression offensive to Jews. After protests, he apologized for "a poor choice of words". Then, just hours later, he referred to Asia as "the Orient" -- an outdated phrase which is a no-no for Asians.


Visiting a classroom in Tampa, Fla., President Obama admitted to a first-grader who raised his hand but then couldn't remember what he was going to say, "That happens to me all the time." The teleprompter's just never there when you need it!


President Obama's former defense secretary, Robert Gates, has joined a host of high-ranking military advisers in disagreeing with the president's insistence on ruling out the use of U.S. ground forces to combat the Islamic State terrorists. Gates said Obama's policy is unrealistic. "So there will be boots on the ground if there's to be any hope of success in the strategy," he said.