Joe Biden's "International Crisis" Gaffe Not So Gaffey After All

Remember when Joe Biden wandered off-message, telling supporters about a terrifying international crisis that will test our next president?

Well, apparently the Gaffe-O-Matic 8000 may have been, how can I put this: un-wrong…

[T]he chairman of a key Pentagon advisory panel is sounding a similar warning, telling the next administration to "prepare for a likely first-270-days crisis."

Veteran Pentagon consultant Michael Bayer, chairman of the Defense Business Board, told his fellow panelists that the new president's inner circle should "set aside time in transition to identify the planning, gravitas and interagency process necessary to respond to a likely first-270-day crisis."

From Kennedy (Bay of Pigs) to Johnson (Gulf of Tonkin) to Bush (9/11)," too many presidents were ill prepared for this," Bayer warns.

Great. That's just great. Nothing like some death and destruction to relax a nation after the most grueling presidential election in recent memory.

I suppose it's too much to hope that veteran Pentagon consultant Michael Bayer has a secret nickname around the office, something like "Gaffey Guy" or "Sir Gaffealot."

Or "Dude Who's Always Wrong About Those International Crises."