Obama’s a salesman, too
On Sept. 14, Henry Friedman’s letter belittled the success of Donald Trump in the current political polls and labeled him a “superb pitchman, the best of the best.”
His definition of superb pitchman was: “an aggressive salesman who uses a fast line to sell something.” Mr. Friedman also wondered why anyone would trust their financial future, or the future of the nation, on a person of such dubious character as a “pitchman?”
What Mr. Friedman is accusing Donald Trump of being, a “pitchman,” is exactly what Barack Obama was when the Democratic Party elected him to the presidency in 2008 and then re-elected him again in 2012.
Comparatively, President Obama is even a better salesman than Mr. Trump because he sold the Democrats a bill of goods that didn’t exist then or even now, “Hope and Change.” Now that takes some real talent.
In retrospect, Mr. Trump is a successful multi-billionaire businessman, and President Obama is a snake oil salesman in a traveling circus. After 80 months in the abyss of the Obama presidency, the facts and truth are there for all to see.
Phillip Eisner, Sanger
This story was originally published September 17, 2015 at 5:24 AM with the headline "Obama’s a salesman, too."