both work and lead in any kind of outfit, unlike the current, hopefully-one-term, occupant of the Whte House. JimJam | 9.29.09 @ 1:39PM The bloom was off the rose long before Obama proved to America what a straw man he is. How could any thinking person vote for a man with absolutley no practical experience for the position he sought? The Obamites slam Palin for leaving office early but she still has a couple of years more experience running a government than the Annointed One. And she looks great in jeans... Bram | 9.29.09 @ 1:47PM I don't think he has "jumped the shark." I think he has "gone to the well" too many times. American ears are now tuned to hear vagaries in his speech and the lawyerly fine print. His content free platitudes worked for a candidate, they don't work for a President facing no-longer-hypothetical decisions. PolishKnight | 9.29.09 @ 2:28PM Wonderful article, but a major quibble with his premise: "[The Fonz] didn't have to prove anything to anyone -- especially the American television audience." Er, sorry. Wrong. I spent hours burning my young eyes on the program (not proud of that) during the 70's. It's important to clarify, especially in comparison to Obama and liberalism, that The Fonz 's cool was a pretense to the point at which it was a hollow shell and mockery of itself. Everything he did, from the bike (the actor couldn't really ride), to the comb, and the magic punch that turned