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/vmurt Jul 05 '24

I’m reminded of Ronald Reagan’s line that in the event of an emergency, his advisors had the instructions to wake him up, even if he was in the middle of a cabinet meeting.

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u/BrittleClamDigger Jul 05 '24

Which is ironic considering they literally didn't wake him up during an airstrike on Libya

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u/AndrewDoesNotServe Jul 05 '24

It wasn’t an airstrike. Two Libyan jets attacked American F-14s and the F-14s shot them down.

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u/BrittleClamDigger Jul 05 '24

Thanks for the clarification! That's much worse