Biggest Political Gaffes Of 2011 (VIDEOS, PHOTOS)

2011 had its fair share of political gaffes, which ranged from hilarious to frightening. Remember Sarah Palin's version of Paul Revere's historic ride? And who can forget Herman Cain weighing in on foreign policy toward Libya?

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[boba7576]

06:29 PM on 01/01/2012

At least Old Joe can't say anything stupid while hes napping .

[MANOFCOMMONSENSE]

04:57 PM on 01/01/2012

Republicans made the top 8 of 9?? To many lies and dumbness

[boba7576]

06:28 PM on 01/01/2012

Nope , just the usual lib spin .

[MANOFCOMMONSENSE]

04:55 PM on 01/01/2012

What? Huffington didn't have enough room for the top 100 gaffes of the Republicans.. They completely left out the Heman Cain Train?

[diogeneso]

01:40 PM on 01/01/2012

Biden was NOT asleep, he was resting his eyes. No one can sleep with their neck straight; try it, the empirical evidence will show that if you fell asleep your head would droop. Reporters may get a kick out of reporting that someone was sleeping--Cheney had his share of such reports--but it's all BS.

[PWilli]

01:16 PM on 01/01/2012

Three years later Biden (and his boss) are still asleep while the economy falters and the debt grows. Unfortunately, there are still those sheeple who will vote for these two failures in the next election. Sad, sad commentary on America's voting mentality.

[diogeneso]

01:41 PM on 01/01/2012

Ugh!

[PWilli]

04:58 PM on 01/01/2012

Diogeneso, is that American Indian lingo for "Yes"?

[MagPi]

06:34 PM on 01/01/2012

PWilli:

I agree, America's electorate is really hard to understand. When Bill Clinton left office in 2001 the CBO predicted that by the end of the decade we would have paid off the entire debt and have a two Trillion Dollar surplus, instead we have a several trillion dollar deficit. The difference in those numbers is mostly because the Republicans put tax cuts for the rich, free drugs for the elderly and two wars on the layaway plan and then skipped on the check, leaving it to President Obama to fix. So much for the fiscally responsible right.
I didn't hear you people complaining when Bush was bankrupting the country, breaking the Geneva Convention rules, and generally making us one of the most hated countries in the world. Now, all of a sudden, because our President doesn't resemble a WASP you become politically astute. Give me a break. You know nothing about what is going on, you're just playing a game of follow the bigot.

[PWilli]

12:54 PM on 01/02/2012

MagPi, how convenient to play the race card, as all you ultra-libs have a penchant for doing. Just for your information, I don't like the white half of Obama either. You're correct, Obama doesn't resemble a WASP. He resembles a WIMP. He's traveling the globe bowing to dictators to curry their favor, all the while making American a laughingstock in the eyes of the world. I feel as you do, that Bush made several mistakes in his presidency, one of which was invading Iraq. Terrible move. If he made us one of the most hated countries in the world, following your line of reasoning, then Obama is making us weaker by his lack of foreign policy experience. Hillary Clinton would have been a stronger president than the current clown-in-chief. He is absolutely clueless. I'm an independent and I was almost duped last election by Obama's charisma but had enough common sense to connect Rev. Wright, Bill Ayers (the unrepentant bomber) and several other radicals to our current president. If Obama wins in 2012, then kiss the USA as we know it goodbye. Bush hasn't been president for three+ years. Time to stop blaming him for everything gone wrong. He's made his mistakes. However, our current president is pandering to his voter base, i.e., recipients of government handouts and has been campaigning for reelection since he took office. Stop drinking the liberal kool-aid and think for yourself.

[Whassamattau]

01:16 PM on 01/01/2012

He's not napping. He's praying that something will happen to Obama so he can become president.

[dazjah00]

01:14 PM on 01/01/2012

Damn... he was tired get the FU%$ out of here ppl... yall dont no how long this man been up or what kind of day he had

[PWilli]

01:18 PM on 01/01/2012

Excuses, excuses.

[kleind862]

01:01 PM on 01/01/2012

Double standard here, If you or I were caught nappin at our jobs we would be fired Yes?

[rtc5551]

12:41 PM on 01/01/2012

Im sure he didn't miss anything important

[Susan Ramsey]

12:33 PM on 01/01/2012

Love it just how I feel when listening to Him

[CaraMia82]

12:31 PM on 01/01/2012

biden is a joke, when he said the taliban isnt our enemy, that should be enough for anyone to take a step back and look at this clown . hey, biden ask the troops who's shooting at them??

[Harold Melton]

12:06 PM on 01/01/2012

Congresswomen Debbie W Schulz for Vice President on the Obama ticket for reelection..

[Jasmin Ortega]

01:00 PM on 01/01/2012

Re-election? What is it April fools day or New Years?

[physioed1]

02:10 PM on 01/01/2012

You got to be crazy. Obamas lap pet for vice?

[weiryc]

11:50 AM on 01/01/2012

must be a BORING teleprom speech by Obama!

[owswtf]

11:38 AM on 01/01/2012

Looks like I wasn't the only one! In this clip neither is he!

[farqusparkadmn]

10:48 AM on 01/01/2012

Naps are so underrated ....just baffling ~