Back to Great Depression Mode: Franklin Delano Obama Wants to Recreate Fireside Chats

It would be nice for once if the President of the United States could be his own man. Every other day he must recreate himself in the image of Lincoln. Or Reagan. Or now FDR. Apparently he's uncomfortable in his own skin and longs to be something other than an empty suit.

PRESIDENT Obama is quietly considering a series of 10-minute fireside chats on TV in the next few weeks to talk about the economy, according to reports yesterday.

The speeches, similar to Franklin Roosevelt's famous fireside chats on the radio during the Great Depresssion [sic] and World War II, would likely air in primetime on the major networks, according to the online magazine Slate.

At least one network confirmed yesterday there had been "informal talks" between White House officials and its Washington bureau about the possibility.

But all four networks said that no formal requests for time had been made yet.

Sure, let's burden the networks further during a recession by eating into their ad time so this egomaniac can get some more facetime. Gee, it's not like he can't get any attention elsewhere. Why today he's only been on ESPN making basketball picks and he's currently jetting out to the West Coast on our dime to yuck it up with Jay Leno tonight.

The poor thing is just starved for some airtime. He's virtually invisible. So hey, let's give him 10 minutes of free primetime so he can regurgitate some propaganda off his trusty TelePrompter.

Of course, anyone with any knowledge of history knows Roosevelt's fireside chats were done on the radio. Since Obama already has the Saturday morning radio air slot, why the need for redundancy? Doesn't his own government purport to be more efficient? Why must we get a monthly dose of Dear Leader in primetime?

No doubt the left will be more focused on the important message: Whether he's burning real wood or will the fire be natural gas? Perhaps he can incorporate Reagan by also chopping some wood and starting up the fire as he speaks. Maybe he can do it topless so we can see his glistening pecs or, better yet, bring out his wife Muscles Obama to break the wood with her bare hands.

The possibilities are limitless. No doubt the best and brightest will dazzle us all. I can already see CNN fossil Jack Cafferty squealing with delight.

In the end, Obama will probably just wind up coming off like another failed president who last tried this lame fireside stunt.