Originally Posted by
togor
I do remember Biden's "AR-14" remark getting some repetition. That would seem to fit the description of a common slip of the tongue, and yet it was held up as evidence of senility. I have friends who are plenty sharp who use the wrong (sometimes opposite) word here or there in conversation.
The now-famous disinfectant clip was certainly not a slip of the tongue. The delivery was as clear as the speaker could have wanted it.
Will we hear about it until the election? Maybe. On the one hand newer utterances will come along pushing this one over the horizon. On the other, given the understood gravity of the context, it reveals a mind completely outmatched by the moment. A big slip of the orange curtain, one might say. "Bleach guy" or similar might just stick.