Many words in the English language have multiple meanings. "Piracy" is one of them.

http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/piracy

Pirates are cool. I say, let's keep calling it piracy.

It's the kind non-nuanced thinking I've come to expect from Biden.

Yeah, Palin would've offered much more nuanced commentary.

Just because Palin would be worse doesn't mean that we can't acknowledge the fact that Biden could be much better than he is now.