I'd refine the salesman angle a little bit. It's not that Trump is a bad salesman. It's that he only knows one way to sell. And for the vast majority of customers, that method of salesmanship is correctly interpreted as stereotypical Jerry Lundegaard. But for just enough people, it works. Remember: Jerry gets the guy to buy the TruCoat because he knows he can't walk away.*
Almost two decades ago, I worked for a training and development company in Detroit, which meant working as a supplier for GM. I learned something from those days: dealerships knew they had lousy sales staff. They knew they had too many Jerry Ludegaards. But they sold just enough cars in the month that the dealerships couldn't risk getting rid of them, because the numbers were still there. They couldn't risk getting rid of someone who was a mediocre salesperson at the risk of landing someone who had no sales skills at all. And to make matters worse, the sales guy (it's always a guy) thought he knew *everything*, so trying to train Dingus McGee was a waste of training. * The last time I bought a car four years ago, I made the critical mistake of bringing my wife and kid to the closing. Sure enough, the dealership pulled a fast one (well, we sold the car you were looking for, but we have this model instead), and I wanted to walk away. Well, she couldn't walk away, because she had "made peace" with getting rid of the old car, and while we didn't get screwed, I was displeased. On Sun, Aug 30, 2020 at 8:36 PM PGage <[email protected]> wrote: > I watched this unfold on Twitter late last week, and just read his summary > in FB. Really interesting, but maybe most surprising to me is his take that > Trump is a good salesman. I think the opposite, he is a really bad > salesman. I don’t think he persuades a single person. What he is good at is > knowing how many people want the shit he is peddling, whether it is a > lifestyle characterized by gold plated toilet seats, or white nationalism. > He may very well win again, but if he does it won’t be because he donned or > fooled or sold anyone on anything. It will be because there are still that > many white nationalists in this country. > > People like Gaffigan (who I like) are endearing and irritating in almost > equal measure, because this late in the game he still lets himself be > surprised that so many of the white people in the flyover states he is so > affectionate for are hungry for the racist BS pushed by Trump. > > On Sun, Aug 30, 2020 at 5:49 PM Steve Timko <[email protected]> wrote: > >> In case anyone is interested what happened with Gaffigan, he wrote a >> lengthy response today. I haven't read all of it yet. >> https://www.facebook.com/5642244660/posts/10158761187769661/ >> >> On Fri, Aug 28, 2020 at 9:07 AM Steve Timko <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> Did you see what happened with Jim Gaffigan? The piece calls him >>> apolitical. He was mildly political. But Trump's bungling of the COVID-19 >>> response grounded him when he was the top-touring comedian in America. >>> >>> >>> https://www.thedailybeast.com/jim-gaffigan-famously-apolitical-comedian-finally-loses-it-over-trump >>> >>> On Fri, Aug 28, 2020, 8:21 AM 'David Bruggeman' via TVorNotTV < >>> [email protected]> wrote: >>> >>>> >>>> >>>> Props for the deep cut/mash-up, Brad. >>>> >>>> https://memory-alpha.fandom.com/wiki/T%27Pring >>>> >>>> David >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> On Friday, August 28, 2020, 7:46:46 AM EDT, Brad Beam < >>>> [email protected]> wrote: >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> I think it was all that yelling by Evil Spock’s concubine on Monday >>>> night that put him off…. >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> -- >>>> >>>> >>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>>> Groups "TVorNotTV" group. >>>> >>>> >>>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send >>>> an email to [email protected]. >>>> >>>> >>>> To view this discussion on the web visit >>>> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/1248958787.6683229.1598628075412%40mail.yahoo.com >>>> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/1248958787.6683229.1598628075412%40mail.yahoo.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >>>> . >>>> >>>> >>>> >>> >>> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> -- >> >> >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "TVorNotTV" group. >> >> >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to [email protected]. >> >> >> To view this discussion on the web visit >> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/CAH5J8yx%2BhqU5GG9%2B6y%3D_AJjXH9-hd-prwVwrdgXA3WwJfZNagQ%40mail.gmail.com >> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/CAH5J8yx%2BhqU5GG9%2B6y%3D_AJjXH9-hd-prwVwrdgXA3WwJfZNagQ%40mail.gmail.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >> . >> >> >> -- > Sent from Gmail Mobile > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "TVorNotTV" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/CAKGtkY%2BTe%3Daiq%2BdVp5VYgo-g9rkMfcEN8EmdHi5hfyeM1Z%3Dh3Q%40mail.gmail.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/CAKGtkY%2BTe%3Daiq%2BdVp5VYgo-g9rkMfcEN8EmdHi5hfyeM1Z%3Dh3Q%40mail.gmail.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TVorNotTV" group. 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