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Obama at an ObamaCare Rally in Ohio yesterday where an audience member fainted while he was speaking. Obama stopped his remarks to call for a "medic" to assist the person. Obama said "it looks like someone has fainted. They're probably OK. Just give her or him some space." His campaign events during the 2008 presidential race attracted crowds of thousands of Ohioans; this time, Obama managed a crowd of about 200 people.

Appearing before a sold-out audience in New York last week, U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg told NPR legal affairs correspondent Nina Totenberg that she found it hard to stay awake during the State of the Union address. Something to do with that Campari spritzer and a glass of wine she'd had during dinner with the other justices. Justice Stephen Breyer nudged her awake a few times during the speech; she recalled fondly how former Justice David Souter would give her a "gentle pinch" when she had the sleepies. Ginsburg mused that, although she had trouble keeping her eyes...

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid yawns as President Obama delivers the State of the Union.

Obama's congressional address Wednesday drew just 32 million viewers, an audience 39 percent smaller than for his first address to a joint session of Congress in February, which drew 52.4 million viewers. The speech did pull in seven million more viewers than tuned in for his July 22 news conference, the last time he made a prime-time pitch for a healthcare overhaul, the Associated Press reports. According to the Los Angeles Times, most people watched Obama's most recent speech on NBC, which averaged 8.16 million viewers for the hour, while ABC had 7.4 million and CBS had 5.63 million. Fox...

Michelle Obama, exhausted from her Martha's Vineyard vacation, can't keep her eyes open during the Homily at the funeral of Senator Ted Kennedy. Don't give her too much grief, though. It's really not her fault. Reverend Mark Hession isn't half the public speaker that Reverend Jeremiah Wright was. VIDEO

Kennedy Coverage Not Made for Prime Time Rash Report: Two Perspectives Join Cable Saturation by John Rash Published: August 27, 2009 MINNEAPOLIS (AdAge.com) -- Political pundits on both sides of the aisle (and the radio dial) lauded the legislative accomplishments of Sen. Edward Kennedy, with some, including conservative columnist George F. Will, calling him "the most consequential" Kennedy. CBS 'Ted Kennedy: The Last Brother' With the news breaking after most went to bed Tuesday night, morning news shows were the first source for many to learn of Mr. Kennedy's death, and cable news networks went wall-to-wall with coverage. And perhaps...

For that or some other reason, as President Obama spoke to reporters inside the White House Thursday following a meeting with credit card company executives, Summers was photographed clearly asleep at the end of a table in the Roosevelt Room. Here's a link to a gallery that has some of these images. This isn't the first time this has happened. Summers reportedly fell asleep during an economic summit at the White House in February, but there were no cameras at that event.

[video] You’re the press secretary for the most powerful man on the planet. You’re in the middle of the greatest financial crisis in generations. Terrorists threaten the future of the world. Under the circumstances, people hang on your every word. Unless you’re Robert Gibbs, the president’s press secretary. He smirks, he snarls, he smears, but even that isn’t enough to keep reporters from falling into deathlike trances during his daily press briefings. One member of the White House press corps actually fell asleep yesterday. You can see her over the left shoulder of the reporter asking the question in this...

Video at link. http://www.breitbart.tv/?p=295683

During the daily White House press briefing today one reporter seemed to be having a hard time staying awake.

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.

“Night Rider” - one of the TV shows that got bumped to make way for Barack Obama’s infomercial - was looking pretty good last night about six minutes into the candidate’s last-minute pitch. The Democratic contender had better be elected president, because he wouldn’t make a great late-night infomercial pitchman. His 30-minute TV special was aimed at the middle class and depicted a few Americans struggling with finances and health care that left you with a feeling of depression rather than hope.

BILL HAS A 'DREAM' EX PREZ NODS OFF DURING MLK AWARD PRESENTATION Post Staff Report I guess my comments were rejected because I criticized Republicans. I should have known. This is the NY Post after all... posted by JamekaClick here to commentBill Clinton Has a 'Dream'Former president Clinton nodded off during the MLK awards presentation. January 21, 2008 -- Bill Clinton showed yesterday why he made it into the book "The Art of Napping." During an appearance at the Convent Avenue Baptist Church in Harlem, the former president was caught nodding off. excerpt

Looks like the First Black President could care less about all these speeches! Meanwhile, Hillary is all over shouting "Ich bin ein Negro!"....

January 21, 2008 -- Bill Clinton showed yesterday why he made it into the book "The Art of Napping." During an appearance at the Convent Avenue Baptist Church in Harlem, the former president was caught nodding off. Clinton was there during a service to honor Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., while his wife was nearby at Abyssinian Baptist Church, where she was endorsed by its minister, Rev. Calvin Butts.

Link is above. Compliments of NY Post. Funny Stuff, man...

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Bruce Springsteen, R.E.M., John Fogerty, the Dixie Chicks — you'd think their big week-long six-pronged concert tour would be lighting a fire somewhere among someone. It ain't happening. The shows begin tonight, but Moveon.org founder Eli Pariser, who put this behemoth together, keeps sending out e-mails announcing new blocks of available tickets to everything. On Wednesday, I was able to find good seats to all the shows, except tonight's Philadelphia date with the Springsteen gang and the final show on Oct. 11 in Washington, DC. Otherwise, it looks as though ticket scalpers are going to have a lot of ducats...