What if the historical malapropism of the Vice President In Charge of Oversight was correct and FDR had actually been able to address Americans via TV? 

Would Roosevelt's Fireside Chats have had the same intimate impact or would each radio listener's brain-conjured image of their fatherly president have been shattered by black-and-white shots of a foppish geezer chomping a pretentious-looking cigarette holder as he fumbled through notes and struggled to conceal his disability from the cameras of a TV-equipped world?

Was The Wizard of OZ a spoof of the First Family?

Super-mellow Jimmy Carter thought that imitating FDR by doing televised fireside chats would have a Rooseveltian effect on inflation-hounded, fuel-starved Americans Held Hostage during his crisis-filled term.  But the fumfering low talker came across more like a piece of inanimate firewood than the inspirational leader of a powerful nation when he sat down for a sweater-wearing firesider. 

This helped confirm to voters that the president's suit was just as empty as the cardigan that now hangs in an exhibit not far from his rogue brother's branded beer cans.

Attending a Hitler or Castro speech with a Woodstock-sized audience of Kool-Aid swilling cohorts, mesmerized by the frantic on-stage hand gestures and body gyrations as the PA system blared incendiary rhetoric must have been a heady experience. 

But a TV close-up of Adolf Shicklegrubber's cheap haircut and goofy mustache would probably have altered history as much as a Biden misspeak.  Likewise, it's no wonder that Cuban TV/film crews have always shot from behind Castro, avoiding close-ups of the tobacco juice stains on his teeth by juxtaposing his manic trademark gestures with the exuberance of the shill-filled audience in front of him.

To a great extent, however, our current president is a media creation and is as well-produced as a top-rated TV series when he takes to the air.  Of course, Obama's demeanor, oratorical skills and appearance are largely responsible for the media's ongoing favoritism. 

Nonetheless, that same slobbering media knows better than anyone that overexposure, backlash, ennui and "the next big thing" always take their toll on even the longest-running programs. 

The latest ratings place the most Obama-friendly networks at the bottom of the charts with fairer and more balanced programs increasing their market share.  Left-wing newspapers and websites, as well, have lost considerable share of mind since Obama's election.

As discussed earlier at these cyberspacial coordinates, the president has gone on the road to sell troikanomics by selling his charismatic self just as he did during his long, successful campaign.  But you haven't seen any bottled water being tossed from the podium to fainting women in the audiences this time around, have you?

"I mean, you got the first mainstream African-American who is articulate and bright and clean and a nice-looking guy. I mean, that’s a storybook, man," is the way Joe Biden sees it and, for once, most of us concur.

But sooner or later the TV worms will turn because they know that people won't keep watching the same predictable story forever. The storybook plotline will, ultimately, be dropped or replaced by "the other side of the story", which we all know is rich with fresh programming content and the potential for increased audience and ad revenue.