President Joe Biden should reignite Roosevelt's fireside chats.

[C Moon]

Joe is a strong personality like Roosevelt.

And our country needs this more than ever right now—there was an attempt to overthrow the United States of America, and the traitors are still running free.

Joe’s fireside chats are something our country needs to make us feel secure again.

[sop]

1. I agree. This format would play to Joe's calming conversational style.

[demtenjeep]

2. I would listen

everynight

[ad121rome]

3. What's it take?

100% for the idea, how do we make it happen?

[betsuni]

4. Where, though?

Those were the days when there was only radio.

[NJCher]

5. Nah

And I don’t think he would do it because he realizes America needs a break from anything that remotely resembles a “all about me” presidency.

[JI7]

6. No, Biden already provides assuarance ,comfort , empathy etc

when he gives his usual speeches or interviews.

[mucifer]

7. nope repub would edit them and make fun of him. President Biden is not

a great orator like President Obama and President Clinton. Also, technology is very different these days.

[thucythucy]

8. Also, people seem to exaggerate how often FDR

took to radio to explain his policies.

"Fireside chats" were pretty few and far between, which is why they were so effective. The novelty was one of the things that made people tune in.

Compare that to how many people have even been aware of the weekly Saturday morning "presidential messages." Off hand I don't even know if that's still a thing.

Abraham Lincoln had the same media savvy. His letters to the editor were highly effective in swaying public opinion, but he used them sparingly. Some are relevant today. For instance, when he wrote, "Must I shoot a simple-minded soldier boy who deserts, while I must not touch a hair of a wily agitator who induces him to desert?"

The modern equivalent might be: "Must we put the addled simple-minded racists in jail for storming the Capitol and trying to overthrow the government, while we allow the wily enablers who set the stage for mayhem and murder to remain free and unpunished?"

I have the feeling President Biden knows this history.

It's so great to have a president again who actually reads for information and enjoyment.

[USALiberal]

9. No thanks! Nt

[WhiskeyGrinder]

10. No.

[lagomorph777]

11. He'd be perfect for the role.