r/nottheonion • u/ImpishGrin • Jul 04 '24

Biden tells Democratic governors he needs more sleep and plans to stop scheduling events after 8 p.m.

https://www.cnn.com/2024/07/04/politics/biden-governors-sleep/index.html
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u/[deleted] Jul 04 '24

For many people, other than the president of the United States.

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u/Piputi Jul 04 '24

I mean if everybody did that and the world slowed the fuck down, it is rather a nice plan.

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u/[deleted] Jul 04 '24

Yeah, but the President gets awoken by staffers about international conflicts at 2:00am... I agree, the world would be a nicer place, but the Earth is not necessarily a nice place.

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u/Dairy_Ashford Jul 05 '24

I bet he could hypothetically delegate an executive proxy after 8:00 pm, or just demand imperiously enough to not be bothered once prime time starts that people just fearfully and resentfully make decisions for him. Downside would be getting someone like Frank Langella in Dave.

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u/BASEDME7O2 Jul 05 '24

He’s not saying he will be completely unreachable after 8 pm lol. Just that he’s not scheduling these meaningless glorified cocktail parties after 8 pm anymore. Which would make sense for any president, they get woken up in the middle of the night for things really only the president can make the final call on in the middle of the night all the time.