Snoozing Senators (during the SOTU speech)

[AnnInLa]

Ah, McCain, say it ain't so!

(warning: this is a RW site, but amusing pics, just the same)

http://hotair.com/archives/2007/01/24/the-great-gallery-of-snoozing-senators/

[bdamomma]

1. Kerry does not look to amused either.

But McCain sleeping?????????? Nothing new to hear here!!

[maveric]

8. I thought I saw Kerry roll his eyes a couple times during the speech.

It looke like Pelosi wanted to do so several times.

[kwassa]

2. Well, that speech put me to sleep, too.

Had a nice little nap

[Deep13]

3. Really? I had to run to the bathroom and missed most of it.

Just sort of hit me when Dubya started talking.

[ContraBass Black]

4. I was in a large room of Democrats, and we were howling when we saw that.

The camera lingered on his face for a very long time.

Wasn't there someone else doing Su Do Ku?

[AnnInLa]

5. Tucker's comment on McCain:

"Imagine that you’re John McCain. You’re running for president for the second time, and this time you’re widely considered the frontrunner for the Republican nomination. Knowing that, you’ve got to expect that whomever is directing the television coverage of tonight’s speech is going to point the camera your way. You’re going to be on primetime TV, no doubt. With that in mind, you’re going to want to stay awake. If you’re McCain, who will be over 70 by 2008, you’ll want to make doubly sure to demonstrate your alertness and vigor. You definitely won’t want to slump in your seat, out cold, when Bush starts talking about Iraq. And yet that’s exactly what McCain did tonight, napping on camera for ten agonizing seconds. Lack of self-control? An expression of contempt? Embarrassing in any case."

(same link as in OP)

[DaveJ]

6. I don't understand why anyone would care...

It's not like they are going to miss any information since the speech is recorded. And considering the irrelevance of *'s insights, it's a perfectly appropriate time to nap.

[malaise]

7. Actually Obama and Kennedy looked

more turned off than asleep but McCain was definitely sleeping.

[SaveElmer]

9. Actually it looked like they were following along with the transcript...

They look like they are reading

[DaveJ]

10. Some of them could also just be glancing down...

...and the still frame makes them look like they're napping.

[solara]

13. Agreed.. they were following along with the transcript n/t

[lumpy]

11. I swear I heard him sighing in his sleep.

Oh the agony, no ecstacy.

[abluelady]

12. At One Point they Showed Senator Leahy

laughing at something the moron said. My husband commented, Leahy's thinking "not on my wathc." Wish the camera had shown more of the audience and less of the moron. It was fun imagining what the audience was thinking.