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At a conference marking the 40th anniversary of the Legal Services Corporation, Biden recalled anecdotes from his son's experience serving in Iraq and meeting members of the military who were in need of legal help because of problems back at home.

"That's one of the things that he finds was most in need when he was over there in Iraq for a year," Biden said, "that people would come to him and talk about what was happening to them at home in terms of foreclosures, in terms of bad loans that were being...I mean these Shylocks who took advantage of, um, these women and men while overseas."

Oh, Joe.

Vice President Joe Biden managed to step in it this morning while speaking about domestic violence and sexual assault at the Democratic National Committee's annual Women's Leadership Forum in Washington, D.C.

After giving an impassioned plea to end such abuse, Biden closed his remarks with a few comments about the challenges facing Democrats in the upcoming elections.

"This is not your father's Republican Party. This is a different breed of cat," he said, lamenting the absence of Republicans he said used to champion issues like voter fraud. "It's Republicans that were involved, guys like [Charles] Mac Mathias, [Bob] Packwood and so many others."

Perhaps that's not the best example to use in a speech aimed at reaching out to women.

Oregon Republican Bob Packwood resigned from the Senate in 1995 amid sexual harassment and abuse allegations.

Moments earlier, Biden hailed the progress made in addressing domestic abuse but said success will only come when women stop blaming themselves.

"There will always be some man raising his hand to someone weaker physically, whether it's a woman or a child or a man, but success will come when the societal attitude changes and not a single woman in American asks herself the question, 'What did I do? What did I do?'… Never, never, never is it the woman's fault," he said.

But the Packwood reference was not the only gaffe of the week for the VP. Earlier this week, Biden had to apologize after referring to moneylenders as "Shylocks," a Shakespearean term considered to be anti-Semitic.

"People would come to him and talk about what was happening to them at home in terms of foreclosures, in terms of bad loans that were being - I mean, these shylocks who took advantage of these women and men while overseas," he said Tuesday.

After facing criticism from the Anti-Defamation League, Biden admitted, "It was a poor choice of words."

And Wednesday, he referred to Asia as the "Orient," a widely outdated term that is often considered to be offensive.

"You know, on the way back from Mumbai to go meet with President Xi in China, I stopped in Singapore to meet with a guy named Lee Kuan Yew, who most foreign policy experts around the world say is the wisest man in the Orient," Biden said in Iowa this week.

93henfan wrote:I think I told the story before, but I once attended a contracting symposium at the Boeing plant just south of Philly. One of the guest speakers, a lady from a federal office in Kansas City, gave a presentation on price negotiation techniques. At one point in her presentation, she made the statement, "you can always try to Jew 'em down a little bit more!" There were audible gasps and murmurs throughout the auditorium. At the next break, several people went toward the stage to approach the organizers. After the break, the speaker did not return.

93henfan wrote:He also referred to Asia as the Orient and contradicted Obama by saying we might actually need to put boots on the ground to fight ISIS. All this week.

He's a rogue gift to America.

Shylocks!

Ibanez wrote:

93henfan wrote:He also referred to Asia as the Orient and contradicted Obama by saying we might actually need to put boots on the ground to fight ISIS. All this week.

He's a rogue gift to America.

Shylocks!

When did "Orient" become offensive? I hardly ever say the word, but I said that word in reference to Marco Polo in July and my cousins went apeshit. " That's racist. You can't say "orient" anymore." Oy vey!

Ibanez wrote:

93henfan wrote:He also referred to Asia as the Orient and contradicted Obama by saying we might actually need to put boots on the ground to fight ISIS. All this week.

He's a rogue gift to America.

Shylocks!

When did "Orient" become offensive? I hardly ever say the word, but I said that word in reference to Marco Polo in July and my cousins went apeshit. " That's racist. You can't say "orient" anymore." Oy vey!

93henfan wrote:

Ibanez wrote: When did "Orient" become offensive? I hardly ever say the word, but I said that word in reference to Marco Polo in July and my cousins went apeshit. " That's racist. You can't say "orient" anymore." Oy vey!

Orient, oriental, and chinaman/men became offensive at some unspecified point in the last thirty years. Probably after MADD was formed. That was about the point in time when this country stopped wearing the pants and the PC nazis began taking over.

Ibanez wrote:

93henfan wrote:He also referred to Asia as the Orient and contradicted Obama by saying we might actually need to put boots on the ground to fight ISIS. All this week.

He's a rogue gift to America.

Shylocks!

When did "Orient" become offensive? I hardly ever say the word, but I said that word in reference to Marco Polo in July and my cousins went apeshit. " That's racist. You can't say "orient" anymore." Oy vey!

ASUG8 wrote:If Jameis Winston gets banned for a ball game for a gaffe against women, who's going to ban Joe?

CAA Flagship wrote:Chinks, Gooks, Slopes, Slants, Winkies, Fish Heads, Wongs, Wangs, Riceballs, etc. still have the same meaning after all these years.

CAA Flagship wrote:Chinks, Gooks, Slopes, Slants, Winkies, Fish Heads, Wongs, Wangs, Riceballs, etc. still have the same meaning after all these years.

Ibanez wrote:

CAA Flagship wrote:Chinks, Gooks, Slopes, Slants, Winkies, Fish Heads, Wongs, Wangs, Riceballs, etc. still have the same meaning after all these years.

So,"nip" is still acceptable?

Ibanez wrote:

CAA Flagship wrote:Chinks, Gooks, Slopes, Slants, Winkies, Fish Heads, Wongs, Wangs, Riceballs, etc. still have the same meaning after all these years.

So,"nip" is still acceptable?

houndawg wrote:

Ibanez wrote: So,"nip" is still acceptable?

Nips aren't chinks. Kinda like wops aren't micks.