November 13, 2011 9:35pm 30 Comments At WH, Google CEO rejects Obama's 'lazy' comment byJoel Gehrke Commentary Staff Writer Follow on Twitter:@jsgehrkejr Google CEO Eric Schmidt pushed against President Obama's characterization of the United States as "lazy," in terms of attracting business to the nation, during a White House Press Briefing at the economic summit in Hawaii yesterday.
"Relative to what standard of laziness?" Schmidt said when asked if he agrees with President Obama's remark. "It's hard for me to answer the question without understanding what we're judging it against."
Schmidt said that, as a matter of principle, he believes the country can "always" work harder to attract foreign business, "but I would have said that independent of any other fact."
Asked by a reporter, "Would you use the word "lazy"?" Schmidt rejected the term. "I would not."
