Open Thread: Joe Biden falls asleep during Obama’s deficit speech
Posted: April 13, 2011 | Author: bostonboomer | Filed under: Barack Obama, just because, open thread, U.S. Economy, U.S. Politics | Tags: Barack Obama, boring speeches, Joe Biden, open thread, Tim Geithner | 24 CommentsSalon says that
Most politicos watched with rapt attention this afternoon as President Obama delivered a seminal speech on the national debt. But what of Joe Biden? The half-hour address was apparently a little too much for the vice president, who was caught on camera getting some shut-eye.
I don’t know about “rapt attention.” Timmy Geitner doesn’t look all that alert to me, and the woman sitting kitty-corner behind Biden looks sleepy too.
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