Larry Summers Falls Asleep During Economic Summit (at the podium)

AOL News/Political Machine ^ | 2/24/2009 | Liza Porteus Viana

[SonOfDarkSkies]

President Obama's fiscal sustainability summit at the White House Monday apparently wasn't all that stimulating.

The Financial Times is reporting that Larry Summers, head of Obama's National Economic Council, actually fell asleep at the podium. This is the same event where John McCain ranted about the cost of upgrading the presidential helicopter.

[Enterprise]

Too many numbers. Math is hard.

[dubie]

caughtsleeping.com

[fullchroma]

Dang. This is one of those threads I click, thinking: Please-oh-please, let there be a picture to see!

[Palladin]

I think most of Obama’s guys are on one illegal substance or another, most of the time.

[dfwgator]

I guess this will have to do for now.

[SonOfDarkSkies]

I did a search for one but, alas, no luck.

[txnativegop]

Sleep Apnea is such a pain.

[fullchroma]

Heh,heh. Love that one!

[Linda Liberty]

Give the guy a break. He’s probably working 20 hours a day.

[JLS]

Numbers are arithmetic. Math would probably have perked up Summers. Obama’s silly breakout groups were well worth a snooze.

[tatsinfla]

roflmao i was thinking the same exact thing....this admin is such an embaressment....

[brewcrew]

Sleep Apnea is such a pain.

I don't care who you are, that right there is funny.

And I HAVE sleep apnea!

[maggief]

[txnativegop]

So do I, two types in fact. I have obstructive apnea and central apnea (brain doesn't send signal to diaphragm).

[LikeLight]

There’s just gotta be video somewhere...

Summers snoozes while America burns...

[SonOfDarkSkies]

I’ll check youtube from time to time and see if I can locate one.

[Army Air Corps]

Larry Summers: Asleep at the Wheel

[Carley]

Summers snoozes while America loses.

[WellyP]

Look on the bright side. As long as this idiot is sleeping he can not be SCREWING US!

[Zuben Elgenubi]

[Iron Munro]

This is the photo accompanying the story on Drudge.
I can't tell for sure if he is sleeping or what.

Larry Summers Sleeping?

[monocle]

Many medications can cause one to doze off.

[Pessimist]

Wonder what the temp was in there?

[txnativegop]

True, but Sleep Apnea was more humorous.

[cricket]

Saw that earlier; thought it looked like he was trying to stay awake by moving around in his chair. Apparently; his efforts failed; but no pic yet, of what followed this picture. Or perhaps, he just woke-up; but don't think so.

Who knows; perhaps the 'media' is holding the 'damning' or at least, demeaning moment.

[SonOfDarkSkies]

Wonder what the temp was in there?

Good point! Probably 85°F.

[colorado tanker]

This is actually good news. The more this bunch sleeps on the job, the less damage they can do.

[Texan Tory]

I’m actually somewhat sympathetic to Larry Summers on this, I honestly would have had a very hard time staying awake there, so I hope he isn’t reprimanded too much. That having been said, he needs to get more Zs, or see a doctor on the possibility of narcolepsy (which I have) or sleep apnea (which I also have).

[Retired Greyhound]

I like how Alito is looking over at her.

[DBrow]

I find it amazing that Summers, who was hounded out of Harvard for incorrect thoughts, is now OK.

[LikeLight]

Summers snoozes while America loses.

Yeah, that's what I'm talkin' about!

[wrrock]

Here is a picture. It was also Gov. Sonny Perdue nodding off during Obama’s speech in addition to Larry Summers.

http://www.butasforme.com/2009/02/24/suck-up-summit-put-larry-summers-to-sleep/

[Caipirabob]

Give the guy a break. He’s probably working 20 hours a day.

Given the administrations ability with numbers, it's likely he's working 26...

[Fred]

Loooks like Summers is just a big fat sleeping baby!!

[Fred]

Summers is just mirroring his boss