It simply shows the complete disconnect from the rest of the public that the elites in power have - they don't worry too much about getting it right, because it doesn't matter. They get a pass from the fawning media on anything they say, anyway, and they are in the last term, no worries about voters, who cares? Or what was the phrase, "what's the difference?" They don't care about Gaffy Biden saying Gabby Giffords was killed and yet walks among us, because our reactions/perceptions/responses are unimportant, and it would be inconceivable to them that they SHOULD be important.