Tuesday, December 4, 2012

Ch. 9: Fireside Chat

FDR's Fireside Chat 
"Fireside chats" were originally started by President Franklin D. Roosevelt between 1933 and 1944.  They were a series of thirty evening radio addresses as a way for the President to reach out and connect with the citizens of the United States.  It was a way to appeal to the voters.  Although he was really on the radio- not really sitting by a fire- President Roosevelt (FDR) wanted voters to feel as if they were good friends, sitting and chatting by the fire.  


A couple listens to FDR's Fireside Chat in their home.
In the book, President Moon has decided to have his own current "Fireside Chat" through the internet. 

Can you describe how his first fireside chat went?  

Did it go as he expected? 
Why or why not? 
Give details. 

52 comments:

  1. His first Fireside chat didn't go that well,because people were not asking him good questions or they were chatting with each other not with President Moon.But on the bright side at least they did say pretty good things about him.

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    1. I agree with you, Judson probably feels awesome cause they where saying good things about him (usually)

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  2. The first fireside chat did not go the way Moon planed because all they were doing was saying stuff to each other like shut up to each other and they weren't saying questions like moon told them to do.

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    1. I agree Chance, I think that I did not know how to say it in my own words. I think that some people were being a little weird also.

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  3. The first president chat went terribly wrong because first of all, they weren't even asking questions! Second of all they were calling each other bad names and asking inappropriate questions when they were asking.

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    1. I agree Ximena that it went wrong but at least they said mostly good thing about Moon.

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    2. True the fireside chat did not go how he thought it would he wont have a fireside chat for a long time.

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  4. 1. The first chat went kind of crazily.

    2. No, I don't think so. (3) I think Moon was expecting a more organized way for people to talk to him.

    4. Most of the people on the chat were talking about things that weren't really questions. One person asked how he could get a date with Chelsea, and another person said that Moon was a way better president than Lincoln. They were basically talking about things that weren't president related.

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    1. Well, technically the Lincoln one was president related, but nothing to do about what Moon should change, like what to do about presidency.

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    2. Ya, I kind of agree with Alex and Brady. They were sort of talking about things to do with the president but they were not about things about what things should change in the country.

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  5. It didn't go as he expected because all the questions they were asking him they didn't even have anything to do with the economy or the foreign policy.

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  6. His first fireside chat went terrible. It did not go the way he wanted at all because everyone on the website were having their own conversations asking the president will you marry me and talking to each other instead of judson.

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  7. It went bad. It did not go as expected because people asked dum questions. And also HOT ROD,JFOG, and CHAMELEON called others morons jerks idiots and dummies.

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  8. No because he didnt have it go like he expected cause people were doing questions that were dumn to him

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    1. Well they weren't exactly dumb to him they just didn't make much cent's to him.

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    2. I did not exactly mean it like that.

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  9. #1 I think it did not go well because people was asking to many questions and. Saying that moon is there hero and stuff and. People is saying that Moon is The greatest president since lincoln Thats what i think Thats what i think. I think thats not how he expected it to be.

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  10. It went very bad they weren't being professional they did not spell words right. I would think that maybe just ONE person could ask a serious question. I mean come on! It did not go as planned they thought it would be tough questions about the economy and/or foreign policy. It was NOTHING like that it was about what underwear he wore. Who would want to know that? They were mean to each other and didn't even ask questions.

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    1. I agree Emily. A LOT of people were calling people stupid and idiots. If people are gonna do that, then they should not do it here. I think that if they do that sort of stuff like that, then they should go to another website.

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  11. 1.The frist chat went a little gross and other werid things.2.The frist chat did not go the way he wanted it to go.3.Because people were talking about the frist lady and how other people are stupied and they were all being gross and mean to each other.

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  12. His Frist fire chat when ..... HORRIBLE ! And, no it did not go as he expected, because almost everybody was being very rude it seemed like they were on a playground at school. Heres an example " BADBOY: Yeah , do U wear boxers or Briefs ?" See what I mean ?

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    1. I agree. You'd think that people would show more respect for their president.

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    2. I agree there didnt even talk to him about what a presidants life is like.

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  13. No it when down hill because people where talking good about him and bad about Abraham Lincoln.

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    1. like people where saying creepy stuff and it had noting to do with the economy ether or the foreign policy.

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  14. The Fireside chat did not go as expected to Moon, it actually went horrible! People were putting stuff that didn't have anything to do with. One said inappropriate things like stupid.

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    1. I agree with you Brady, I bet Judson thought it was going wonderful because they where saying nice things about him.

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  15. Well... for president Moon I think that he thought that it was kind of nice, but Lane thought differently. I think that Lane thought that the chat went terrible. It did not go as expected because everyone was talking- I mean, typing about something else. They have an opportunity to talk to the president here! who wouldn't wanna do that?! I mean, someone even asked, "Is this the website of the Wilma Flintstone Fan Club?" I mean why did that happen? It is obviously not gonna be that if you typed in this website it will come to this, and if you typed in the other website, it will be something else. Some others were being kind of... creepy.

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    1. Yes for president Moon I think he thought that it went nice but Lane thought it went terrible.

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    2. I agree Calee it was a very disrespectful to talk to the president like that .

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  16. President Moon's Fireside Chat went bad and he had expected it not to go bad but good. It did not go good because everybody asked him inappropriate questions like :Do you wear boxers or briefs?,Anybody got a laser printer they want to sell?,How do you get a date with the First Lady? and Is this the web site of the Wilma Flintstone Fan Club?.

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  17. The Fireside Chat Internet went BAD because people were arguing and calling each other names and asking random questions like "will you marry me" or like "how do you log out of here" the whole thing was just CRAZY.

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    1. I agree with you Izzy they barely didnt even talk to him.

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  18. Tt wen't bad. There were too many questions coming at a time.

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    1. Also they were not even asking him anything they were just talking about other stuff that was bad

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    2. I agree with you kaylynn

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  19. #1 It did not go as he expected they said bad comments like. They were calling each other morons on the Fireside internet Chat. Thats why i think it did not go as he expected.

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  20. His frist fireside did not go as planned people were not asking questions.They were calling people jerks,stupid,idiot and moron. One person even asked him to merry them. Also saying how do you get a date with the 1st lady she,s hot! Asking him do you wear boxers or briefs. How do you log out of here.

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  21. I think that the first "fireside" chat went well according to Judson because they where saying nice things about him like " I LOVE YOU MOON'' But according to Lane he doesn't think that it went well because he probably want's to hear things like '' I don't think that having Judson for president isn't going well because...... "

    I don't think that it went how he expected because they where not saying anything about how well or not well at president. I think they should explain instead of saying three words.

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  22. Moons first fireside chat didn't go well and he was expecting for them to ask serious questions instead they were saying random things like will you marry me and saying Moon is awesome.

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  23. It went bad because all of the people didn't ask questions they just made statements.No.It did not go as he planed because every one made comments not questions.And the fireside chat was made for questions not comments.

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  24. I think that the first fireside chat went horribly for Judson. Everybody was just saying how much they loved him not questions and stuff. I don't think that was how he expected it to do. He wanted questions on what he could do to help the country and stuff like that.

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  25. The first fireside did not go well because people were saying things that they shouldn't have. Instead of asking questions they just siad who they liked for president.

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  26. 1. It went horrible, no, they where calling eachother morons.

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  27. President Moon thought the fireside chat was going to be good but it was terrible and people ask out president Moon and asking for a printer.

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  28. It went horrible no it was kinda weird that they called them morons.

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  29. The fireside chat did not go how he that it would. It was so bad he called the bloggers morons.

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  30. The fireside chat didn't go well they barely even talked to him. There was probably only 1 or 2 people who talked to him.

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  31. 1.The firesitechat did not go as he expected because there were people being redickules.

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