Larry Summers Sleeps Through America’s Ecomonic Future

by | April 23, 2009 at 4:39 pm

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Larry Summers, former Harvard president and current National Economic Council director, fell asleep in another meeting this afternoon. This time it evidently happened during one of President Obama’s boring, hope-laced orations. Now who says he lacks social skills?

 
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  • The Hope Express

    CHANGE!!

  • The Hope Express

    CHANGE!!

  • yep

    I think that’s a normal reaction to any of Obama’s speaches.

  • yep

    I think that’s a normal reaction to any of Obama’s speaches.

  • .

    Really. Really? “Speaches?”

  • .

    Really. Really? “Speaches?”

  • ;

    “Speaches” with peaches for asshole Ivy Repubs.

  • ;

    “Speaches” with peaches for asshole Ivy Repubs.

  • haha

    Brilliant!

    And bravo, Ivygate. In the past two months, you’ve really changed (for the better of course). Welcome back to being the Gawker for the Ivy League…

  • haha

    Brilliant!

    And bravo, Ivygate. In the past two months, you’ve really changed (for the better of course). Welcome back to being the Gawker for the Ivy League…

  • To be fair

    Who among us hasn’t fallen asleep in some class given by a supposedly visionary and inspiring professor?

  • To be fair

    Who among us hasn’t fallen asleep in some class given by a supposedly visionary and inspiring professor?

  • KEGGY

    @; – Was that supposed to be funny?

    I’d fall asleep to if my boss needed a teleprompter for staff meetings.

  • KEGGY

    @; – Was that supposed to be funny?

    I’d fall asleep to if my boss needed a teleprompter for staff meetings.

  • yep

    speaches is a word I’ve coined to describe a long, yawn-inducing peroration. It’s ironic because the spelling adds character which the act so desperately lacks.

  • yep

    speaches is a word I’ve coined to describe a long, yawn-inducing peroration. It’s ironic because the spelling adds character which the act so desperately lacks.

  • anti-anti protest

    disagree about ivygate having really changed. you should institute a policy where every editor must post 3 times a day, at least. not nearly enough material to keep me entertained.

  • anti-anti protest

    disagree about ivygate having really changed. you should institute a policy where every editor must post 3 times a day, at least. not nearly enough material to keep me entertained.

  • typo?

    Did you mean to write “ecomonic”..?

  • typo?

    Did you mean to write “ecomonic”..?