Obama: Folks Faint All the Time at My Events

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1:37 PM, Mar 7, 2012 • By DANIEL HALPER

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President Obama, speaking in North Carolina a short while ago, noticed an audience member had fainted:

"Looks like somebody might've fainted up here, have we got . . . Somebody . . . EMS . . . Somebody . . Don't worry about it: Folks do this all the time in my meetings," Obama said. "You always got to eat before you stand for a long time--that's a little tip. They'll be OK, just make sure--give them a little room.