You’ll just need to work through this one:

PIECES OF THE PUZZLE: Explaining those ‘Gaffs’

Almost a decade ago, I started reading into an aspect of history about which – before that time – I was totally ignorant.  I thought I knew American history, especially that related to the 20th Century, but I didn’t.  And what little I did know, I didn’t understand.  Since that time, I have been working hard to catch up on everything I can learn about the American Progressive movement – especially its European origins.  And that has also complimented my research into the founding of this nation, especially the centuries leading up to the American Revolution.  Fortunately, but for different reasons, both the founders and the Progressives wrote prolifically about their ideas and reasoning.  The founders did it so future generations would know and understand the foundational principles of a free and self-governing society, while the Progressives did it because evil cannot help boasting.  Sadly, too few recognize these boasts and, before I started studying them, I was among those who chalked them up to ‘gaffs’ and incompetence.  They’re not, and I can demonstrate.  Let me start by reminding you of this seemingly ‘out-of-touch’ comment by Joe Biden from the 2008 election cycle:

Read the rest, it’s worth it.