For the first time ever, it’s being touted, Dear Gentle Reader(s), that a sitting president will be making an appearance on a late-night television program.
President Obama visits with Jay Leno tonight and makes history. Why this is the first time for such an appearance somewhat begs credulity.
One becomes so accustomed to seeing a sitting president on The News Hour, Mr. Obama just last week, and on the Sunday talk shows on occasion, that it beggars the mind to discover no one has visited with either Letterman or Leno, not to mention going back to Mr. Paar or Mr. J.Fred Muggs.
Visiting with the late-night crowd seems such a sure-fire way to gain some public empathy. Mr. Nixon might have been a bit of a cold fish, but chatting with Mr. Carson might’ve helped gain a little sympathy. And if Mr. Clinton had gone on Letterman, we might’ve had a better shot at getting health care through the Congress in 1994—Harry and Louise (and the AARP) aside.
Finally, the boob tube is being used to a significant degree as a teaching tool.
This is a first from which we will all gain.
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