Heartbeat Away Joe Biden — STILL — The Gift That Keeps On Giving

A “Gaff” or a “Gaffe” is a TRUTH said at the wrong time, or in the wrong place, or by the wrong person  —  This one by Vice President Joe Biden was all three

Biden: “Obama's Time in Office Has Been ‘Really, Really Hard' for America....  To state the obvious, the past six years have been really, really hard for this country....  And they've been really tough for our party. Just ask [former DCCC chair] Steve [Israel]. They've been really tough for our party. And together we made some really, really tough decisions -- decisions that weren't at all popular, hard to explain...."  —  [Biden was speaking at the House Democratic Caucus retreat in Philadelphia]

You can’t make this stuff up !  

According to the You Tube text accompanying this video, Vice President Joseph Biden, the man who is a heartbeat away from the presidency, said this:
“Biden: Obama's Time in Office Has Been ‘Really, Really Hard' for America. Vice President Biden addressed House Democrats at the party’s retreat in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, told Democrats that, ‘To state the obvious, the past six years have been really, really hard for this country.’ ***   ‘And they've been really tough for our party. Just ask [former DCCC chair] Steve [Israel]. They've been really tough for our party. And together we made some really, really tough decisions -- decisions that weren't at all popular, hard to explain,’ said Biden. ***   Biden was speaking at the House Democratic Caucus retreat in Philadelphia. goprapidresponse video footage caught on tape cellphone camera surveillance raw dash cam air live on tv share comment like” (See “OOPS! Joe Biden Says 'The Past Six Years Have Been Really, Really Hard For This Country'” on You Tube [with video of VP’s remarks], 1/30/15, You Tube [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H41EH89j8i8]).

Most of the right wing, conservative and Republican sources jumped all over this. Other sources raised their eyebrows as well.

Real Clear Politics thought it was important enough to put up Biden’s complete quote, which certainly is more in context – clearly all of it is Biden’s attempt to be conciliatory and laudatory to recently defeated Democrat Members of Congress and similarly unsuccessful congressional candidates of the recent past. However, even in this format, the quotes and the clip are equally or more devastating (See “Biden: The Past Six Years Have Been Really Hard For This Country’ ” by Real Clear Politics Video, 1/30/15, RCP/ Video [http://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2015/01/30/biden_the_past_six_years_have_been_really_hard_for_this_country.html]). The RCP text that accompanied their video is, as follows:
“VICE PRESIDENT JOE BIDEN: To state the obvious, the past six years have been really, really hard for this country. And they've been really tough for our party. Just ask [former DCCC chairman Rep. Steve Israel]. They've been really tough for our party. And together we made some really, really tough decisions -- decisions that weren't at all popular, hard to explain. Hard to communicate why it was so important, had to be made. And the decision had a high political cost, some of your friends and my friends aren't here today because they had the nerve to stand up and do what they thought was right.”

I know that somebody is going to use this clip for purposes that Joe Biden never intended.  What I don’t know is whether Hillary Clinton will be one of the somebodies using it.   —   Think about it for a minute !