Remember the good old days? Back during the Dem primaries? When Barack Obama was such an electrifying orator that women were regularly fainting at his rallies? Ah, how times have changed. Instead of knocking them out with his other-worldly aura, Obama's now . . . putting them to sleep.
Check out the woman in the lower-right hand corner of the video to your right, from CNN today during a live broadcast of Obama on the stump in Virginia. No, I didn't catch her in mid-blink.
As you'll see in the video, as Obama expounded on the horrors of the Bush economy, the woman falls into, then struggles out of, the arms of Morpheus. (Watch video full-screen for best viewing.)
Could this be part of Obama's plan to reduce health-care costs? Save millions on all those expensive sleeping-pill prescriptions. Just have the country tune into a cable channel playing a continuous loop of his speeches.
On a day when he's falling behind McCain in the polls, will the MSM report on how Obama has voters . . . falling asleep?
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Of course not!
August 20, 2008 - 12:25 ET by BlondeThat was pretty funny, though.
David Gregory, do you know which damn network you lie for? ~ Uncle Jimbo, @Blackfive
Karl Rove must be behind
August 20, 2008 - 12:32 ET by bigtimerKarl Rove must be behind this...I bet this is Pres. Bush's fault!
"America isn't the problem...America is the solution." ~ Rush Limbaugh
Perhaps she was savoring
August 20, 2008 - 12:38 ET by IgnatzJFahrquarPerhaps she was savoring the moment???
She forgot to paint eyes on the back of eyelids like the rest of the crowd?
"All generalizations are false, including this one.” Mark Twain
Mark, that's hilarious! I
August 20, 2008 - 12:45 ET by motherbeltMark, that's hilarious!
I wonder if he noticed her when he turned that way...maybe he nudged her with his foot and that's what jerked her awake....LOL!
Thanks, mb: nothing gets by
August 20, 2008 - 12:46 ET by Mark FinkelsteinThanks, mb: nothing gets by NewsBusters ;-)
Obama may want to rethink
August 20, 2008 - 12:45 ET by SickofLibsObama may want to rethink his burqa-in-the-audience-ban...
...at least we wouldn't be able to tell if they nodded off.
Mark, The spin from the
August 20, 2008 - 12:47 ET by SemperrightMark,
The spin from the MSM, "He makes his supporters feel so safe and relaxed that they can finally rest. Not like Bush who keeps the liberals up at night wringing their hands off"
"Some people spend an entire lifetime wondering if they made a difference.
The MARINES don't have that problem."
President Ronald Reagan - 1985
"It's 1 PM. Somewhere, a
August 20, 2008 - 12:49 ET by Mark Finkelstein"It's 1 PM. Somewhere, a phone is ringing. But you can't hear it, because you fell asleep listening to an Obama speech."
After hearing more of his orating it appears the "fainting"
August 20, 2008 - 13:07 ET by Dee Bunkcould have been spin. They were just people who fell asleep and fell over. That seems to be the more likely scenario now anyway.
I can't believe how the media hyped him as some sort of great orator. After seeing the debates with Hillary and this last one with McCain, I think he is an incredibly boring speaker and he also has plenty of gaffs.
Yep
August 20, 2008 - 15:04 ET by NorthCoasterMy thoughts exactly Dee.
You are all wrong!
August 20, 2008 - 13:10 ET by HeavyChevyThat woman is trying to psychically communicate with Obama for the numbers to the Mega Million jackpot!
"9 out of 10 doctors agree that flag burning is the number one killer of liberals."
Wake rested and refreshed...
August 20, 2008 - 13:16 ET by Hero SquadCan't sleep? Next time, try Obaminex®.
*****
"People only insist that a debate stop when they are afraid of what might be learned if it continues." - George Will
A different MSM spin
August 20, 2008 - 13:54 ET by Vivian LeeI think since he was talking about people in America who are working hard, the MSM will say the sleeping lady is someone who is working so hard, she can't stay awake.
See what the Bush economic policies do to the average American? It's so bad that even in the midst of such an inspirational speaker, they have to catch a quick nap to recover from all this hard work.
I did not know Morpheus was
August 20, 2008 - 14:05 ET by Roger the ShrubberI did not know Morpheus was such a racist hatemonger!
Cold stare
August 20, 2008 - 14:34 ET by TjexciteWhen Obama's looked at her with his cold superior stare, she felt it in her soul and woke up in a cold sweat. She saw true evil the type only seen in nightmares.
Oh this is too
August 20, 2008 - 14:46 ET by whatajoyOh this is too funny.
Obama writers must be losing their "magic" touch. Obama's speeches are normally interesting, entertaining and enthralling -granted filled with empty and vague verbiage. I don't blame Obama, I blame his speech writers. C'mon, boys, get crackin'! 76 days to election. The best or worst is yet to come.
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Well, this wasn't really a
August 20, 2008 - 15:12 ET by motherbeltWell, this wasn't really a "speech"....this is a "talk"....
"What's the difference between a talk and a speech"? you ask.
A suit and a teleprompter.
Is this what they had in mind when they said...
August 20, 2008 - 14:46 ET by Jason SmithHopes and DREAMS, baby...
Is the banner at the bottom of the screen a reference
August 20, 2008 - 15:13 ET by JTPto "The Most Holy One's" poll numbers?
"I need more cowbell!" SNL
I don't see...
August 20, 2008 - 16:51 ET by CobraManObama: "I don't see people whining..."
But people do see others falling asleep as Obama whines!
Falling asleep at a
August 20, 2008 - 18:37 ET by TheGingermanFalling asleep at a political speech? Who could do such a thing? Certainly not anyone with any self-respect right? Or was Obama just that boring?
I don't know but either way it reminds me of an elderly gentleman I know that fell asleep at the State of the Union address. Oh what was his name again? Mc something. Mc Mc Mc...oh wait, it was John McCain.
Never mind.
with most of the other old guys...
August 24, 2008 - 16:44 ET by UberconGingerman,
He was partying late at night with the rest of the old guys. Viagra does that to you...take it from me, I'm stocked up for the GOP shindig in the twin cities! I plan to be sleeping through most of the speeches while getting enough rest for the wee hours of the morning! YaHOOO!
Ubercon
" Barack my son, when your
August 20, 2008 - 18:53 ET by Blazer" Barack my son, when your children start falling asleep at your sermons maybe its time you traded your halo in for a copy of Halo 3."
-Jesus
"You will never find a more wretched hive of scum and villainy. We must be cautious. "
- Ben Kenobi on Liberals, and the MSM.
" The Cake is a lie."
...or bring in Rev. Wright
August 20, 2008 - 18:59 ET by bigtimer...or bring in Rev. Wright as a warm-up speaker....
"America isn't the problem...America is the solution." ~ Rush Limbaugh
It also looks
August 21, 2008 - 13:38 ET by MichiganManIt also looks like the lady in the next row with the pink top on is also drifting off to sleep, but snaps out of it. That is who I thought was being pointed out!
I once fell asleep at a speech by Gerald Ford at Notre Dame when I was in High School, but that probably does not come as a surprise to anyone who ever heard him speak.
Hmmmmmmmmmm....
August 21, 2008 - 22:58 ET by cest moiCould be all that free beer and sausage that made them sleepy.
What? Not for American audiences?
Never mind.