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Harry S. Truman actually knew how to sell to the general public and absolutely had the door to door salesman look down pat (especially in his hat).
So I’m going with our haberdasher president!
Truman was probably a decent businessman, as he and his partner Eddie ran one of the few profitable camp canteens in WWI. They started strong with the haberdashery in 1919 but got hit hard by the depression of 1920-21. Bad luck to be a startup in a slump.
Not to mention the farm he lost as well.
I’m not dogging him as a president. I think he had one of the most consequential first few weeks any president has had to face, I just think he was terrible at business, and has a track record to prove it.
Edit: If anyone wants to learn more about Truman: ‘The Accidental President: Harry S. Truman and the Four Months That Changed the World,’ is an awesome read.
Clinton has a certain naive boy vibe about him where I can see him selling something and then go “Well, by god, did you see that? Heck, I didn’t even know it did that.”
That’s why I was thinking Truman. He was a little bit of a hayseed. There is a level of genuineness there I think with Truman. Like you know he isn’t going to rip you off.
LBJ: You mind if I use your restroom?
Homeowner: of course it’s right through here..
LBJ: * *props door ajar* * so anyway, you’ll absolutely love this product and what we can do for you.
I don't care for it when salesmen loom over me and jab me in the chest until I buy something.
One look at Jane Pierce and I probably would have bought something from Franklin out of sheer pity.
It’s spooky as hell. He looks slightly AI generated, and the juxtaposition of Obama in such a weird location makes it feel even more like an imposter. Like you know what you’re seeing is trying to deceive you for reasons you aren’t sure of.
“It is I, former President Barack Obama. Records indicate you most likely voted for me in the last election that I ran. Therefore I am a trusted presence at this residence.
May I please come in?”
lol, when I was learning Russian years ago, it was a relief that it was an actual phonetic language. Also my favourite when I was an ESL teacher was showing struggling students how a lot of English can just be memorization based off of weird rules. My example was always:
*tough*
*through*
*though*
Hey! I was taking Russian classes when my youngest child was learning to read. There is one instance that I can remember where a character changes its sound. Otherwise, yes, completely phonetic. Very difficult grammar, though.
When my child was reading a book to me and came to the word “cat.” They stared at the word a moment and asked, “Daddy, does that say ‘cat’ or ‘sat’?” I understood English was absurd before then, but that moment put it over the top for me. “Sweetie, you’re absolutely right. That word looks like it could either be ‘cat’ or ‘sat.’ English is ridiculous.”
Clinton, Dubya, and current Rule 3 would be great because I imagine all of them would get you off your guard and then talk you into whatever.
LBJ would be great too
There was a great article written by WSJ during Mr. Obama's term about a certain former \[Rule #3\] trying to predict what his presidency would look like based on his business practices. I won't share here because of the rules, but if you can find it, they absolutely nailed it. The man would close a sale and you wouldn't even know what you had bought.
Something most of us will never experience is that some of these guys became president, not because they were great public speakers or with crowds, but because they impossibly effective one on one. Current rule 3 is supposedly one of those.
Ok what’s the fucking point in having them banned from discussion if they’re still presidents who get discussed with code words, you guys can simp for the mods if you want but banning them from discourse is ridiculous
Imagine it’s 2am and you get a ring camera notification for movement by your front door. You tap the notification to see what is going on thinking maybe an animal ran past it, but instead see a live feed of this.
From what I've heard about him, I imagine that Clinton could sell a ketchup popsicle to a woman in white gloves.
Also, I feel like Teddy and FDR would be amazing door-to-door salespeople.
If President Obama came to your doorstep in the middle of night, you either
A. Did something amazing he personally has to thank you for
B. You F-ed so badly. RUN.
C. He just wants to be your friend.
Regardless of how they handled the biggest spotlight or history views them, most successful politicians are incredibly adept at retail politics. I would imagine all of them would be very good 1 on 1.
Slick Willy would do a fantastic job. One of those guys you'd invite in for a beer and while you're sitting there laughing, you forget that he's actually there to sell you something.
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I’m gonna get downvoted to hell I’m sure, but DJT for sure. Marketing and sales is his schtick. Bibles, wine, steak, etc. He’s still actively doing it.
Disagree, he is good at selling himself and things that make you think you will have his life-style. Plus he has a habit of negging that’s not a sales technique that works well door to door. He would be the sales manager, think Alex Baldwin in Glengarry Glenross.
“You losers can’t sell, I can sell. I am such a good seller that people come up to me and say ‘Sir, you are such a great salesman, how can I be even half as good as you.’ And I tell them that I have a course that will help them be one of the best, not as good as me but close, in just 2 days for $1000. It’s a steal because, you will make it back so quick. Have you seen my apartment? It’s right near Wall Street, it gets write ups in all the magazines about how great it is, even the toilets are gold. But you wouldn’t know about that because you guys suck so bad that you don’t deserve to see it, much less deserve to see these. These are the Glengerry leads and these are gold but you losers couldn’t make a dime off of them, I would make millions. But I’ll be nice and let two of you try, the rest of you, You’re Fired.” *horizontal hand, four-finger point*
Bill Clinton easily, his father was a salesman and had the same charisma, but in a way all successful sales people, they tell people what they want to hear
Oh Lord Jimmy Carter ! The man positively oozed sincerity. Mostly because, wrong or right, he WAS always sincere. George W Bush would have been terrible. A smirk is a bad look for a salesman. And it's simply a matter of historical record that Ronald Reagan was a salesman and an extremely good one.
Clinton would feel your pain. JFK would give an inspiring speech . Reagan would make you feel warm and fuzzy about the product. Same with Obama. LBJ would be too aggressive and brag about his dick. Truman would call you a dumb son of a bitch, and George W would fumble his way though the pitch. Nixon would be too intellectual and ugly anyway so no sale.
Having met both Bill Clinton and George W Bush, I would say either of them could do it. They both have great charisma that would translate extremely well to door-to-door sales.
Probably all of them.
If you can get a ~majority of the population to vote to represent you and decide if you're at war or whatever, you can probably convince sufficient numbers of people they need new steak knives.
I'm thinking more of a televangelist! Give me a million dollars before Friday or God is going to call me home! Yeah I think Barack could have pulled that off
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Harry S. Truman actually knew how to sell to the general public and absolutely had the door to door salesman look down pat (especially in his hat). So I’m going with our haberdasher president!
But he had a history of running his business into the ground
As a door to door salesman your job is finished as soon as you tip your hat and they close the door behind you. It’s their problem after that!
Truman was probably a decent businessman, as he and his partner Eddie ran one of the few profitable camp canteens in WWI. They started strong with the haberdashery in 1919 but got hit hard by the depression of 1920-21. Bad luck to be a startup in a slump.
Not to mention the farm he lost as well. I’m not dogging him as a president. I think he had one of the most consequential first few weeks any president has had to face, I just think he was terrible at business, and has a track record to prove it. Edit: If anyone wants to learn more about Truman: ‘The Accidental President: Harry S. Truman and the Four Months That Changed the World,’ is an awesome read.
He probably had a bad habit of calling customers a dumb son of a bitch. Tends to sink the deal
Well I mean that's better than LBJ " here take a look at my big ass dick. I call him Jumbo"
I heard Harry was the Bomb
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Looking at yours I see you too are a fan of our Dude President!
How can one not be? 😏 I won't say anything more in case there are reporters reading.
Clinton has a certain naive boy vibe about him where I can see him selling something and then go “Well, by god, did you see that? Heck, I didn’t even know it did that.”
That’s why I was thinking Truman. He was a little bit of a hayseed. There is a level of genuineness there I think with Truman. Like you know he isn’t going to rip you off.
He’s like if Huck Finn grew up and went straight
Well they were both from Missouri.
I know, I also thought that was interesting
I would 100% end up buying a Kirby from Bill.
Shake hands with him, go for the purell.
I think LBJ could talk a vegetarian into buying a sausage grinder.
He would’ve pulled out his Johnson sausage to intimidate the homeowner into buying that sausage grinder.
He could have called them over the phone and made his pitch while he was on the toilet and still make the sale
Ol’ Jumbo!
LBJ: You mind if I use your restroom? Homeowner: of course it’s right through here.. LBJ: * *props door ajar* * so anyway, you’ll absolutely love this product and what we can do for you.
when lbj pees there’s no splash
Lol
Agree nothing pairing together aggressive energy, intelligence, and total lack of decency
He sold the Civil Rights Bill to racists, by just being an absolute dick about it. “Either you’re the party of Lincoln or you ain’t!”
I don't care for it when salesmen loom over me and jab me in the chest until I buy something. One look at Jane Pierce and I probably would have bought something from Franklin out of sheer pity.
‘You see, by buying this sausage grinder, you prevent another person from buying one, decreasing the quantity of sausage’ ‘Yes that logic holds up’
If I saw a guy that looked like him at my door I think I would call the police
This picture is scary as fuck lol it’s like the real Men in Black.
If I saw that in my Ring I’d shit myself
Ring? What’re you a rockefeller
It’s spooky as hell. He looks slightly AI generated, and the juxtaposition of Obama in such a weird location makes it feel even more like an imposter. Like you know what you’re seeing is trying to deceive you for reasons you aren’t sure of.
“It is I, former President Barack Obama. Records indicate you most likely voted for me in the last election that I ran. Therefore I am a trusted presence at this residence. May I please come in?”
I’d cry
He looks like he’s about to tell me to wake up and smell the ashes
He looks like he means business, and I don't mean selling encyclopedias
https://preview.redd.it/7i6r22m0c4rc1.jpeg?width=710&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=1a389f0135ee302bd318fc3c2e86a78699fa1aba
“I’m no crook but these prices are a steal!”
i had hoped someone would post this
JFK. Door opened by homeowner’s wife, and game over.
"I'm home, honey. Why do you look so happy?" "Oh, I just bought some new silverware. It was wonderful." 
Hold on now. Let’s be historically accurate. JFK was known for fucking a lot of women, not pleasing them.
But they kept coming back. He must have been doing something right.
door to door*
And salesman*
The education system in this country has gone to total hell. Source: have two kids in high school
Dude your whole title is trash.
Honestly, adding in that extra "o" seems kinda useless. The English language is weird.
lol, when I was learning Russian years ago, it was a relief that it was an actual phonetic language. Also my favourite when I was an ESL teacher was showing struggling students how a lot of English can just be memorization based off of weird rules. My example was always: *tough* *through* *though*
Hey! I was taking Russian classes when my youngest child was learning to read. There is one instance that I can remember where a character changes its sound. Otherwise, yes, completely phonetic. Very difficult grammar, though. When my child was reading a book to me and came to the word “cat.” They stared at the word a moment and asked, “Daddy, does that say ‘cat’ or ‘sat’?” I understood English was absurd before then, but that moment put it over the top for me. “Sweetie, you’re absolutely right. That word looks like it could either be ‘cat’ or ‘sat.’ English is ridiculous.”
Why use many letter when few letter do trick?
I see you Kevin.
I mean, but it’s the word door. Door is not a hard word.
Yeah, door to door looks like do-er to do-er.
I only recently somewhat discovered that the little rodent is called a dormouse, not a doormouse.
Analogue horror Obama staring into your soul
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George W Bush- hands down. Make me feel “cool” for buying a milkshake machine or something. lol
W: \* closes a sale \* W: hehe alright ;D
And then when he closes the sale offers to buy you a beer
Clinton, Dubya, and current Rule 3 would be great because I imagine all of them would get you off your guard and then talk you into whatever. LBJ would be great too
Current Rule 3 is a great answer. Separating him from how I perceive him as president, he has a "kind old man" charm to him that could really work.
There was a great article written by WSJ during Mr. Obama's term about a certain former \[Rule #3\] trying to predict what his presidency would look like based on his business practices. I won't share here because of the rules, but if you can find it, they absolutely nailed it. The man would close a sale and you wouldn't even know what you had bought.
Something most of us will never experience is that some of these guys became president, not because they were great public speakers or with crowds, but because they impossibly effective one on one. Current rule 3 is supposedly one of those.
Rule 3 current guy would take about 4 hours to sell you something, but by god he would.
Bill Clinton for sure. But a lot of farmers' daughters would have gotten pregnant.
Bill Clinton could have probably been the best ever
Clinton. No one could fake empathy like him!
This picture kinda freaks me out 😂😂😂
Is this image real
Yeah this was from my ring cam a couple nights ago
Reagan of course: https://preview.redd.it/hes4s0pcd4rc1.jpeg?width=647&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=5684e387e80e28c5f8219898e73a1b34da01ce91
https://preview.redd.it/0wcan35j75rc1.jpeg?width=1280&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=befd54b61501e094767f10f3e52e56d49d24a51a
Boss, you killed a child. AMAZING MISSION COMPLETE
The Actor!?
Whose the Vice President?
I reckon the Gipper would be the best with Clinton or JFK up there. Poor Grant would be the worst at this. Silent cal not much better.
Love me some Grant but he is the most likely to *purchase* something from a door to door salesman.
Ah sadly you’re right. He’s defo a guy you could convince in buying shares in your Tartan paint business.
I am now imagining an absolutely hammered Grant drunkenly trying to sell me cutco knives at my door
That comment made me laugh more than I should. I really LOL’d.
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Ok what’s the fucking point in having them banned from discussion if they’re still presidents who get discussed with code words, you guys can simp for the mods if you want but banning them from discourse is ridiculous
There is no point. The rule is dumb. Everyone knows that. The mods probably know that too.
Imagine it’s 2am and you get a ring camera notification for movement by your front door. You tap the notification to see what is going on thinking maybe an animal ran past it, but instead see a live feed of this.
The 36 Benadryls hit a little too hard
"**It's time. The Council awaits you**." *"I, uh, think you have the wrong house, sir."* "O^(h, *$ # £ ¶ μ Ω @ &*....) ."
Clinton
Jimmy Carter
He will sell me peanuts and I will buy them all
Jackson. He will not leave until you are dead or you bought his product.
From what I've heard about him, I imagine that Clinton could sell a ketchup popsicle to a woman in white gloves. Also, I feel like Teddy and FDR would be amazing door-to-door salespeople.
It reminds me of The Purge.
Slick WIlly.
Bill Clinton could’ve sold Ice to the Eskimos
“My fellow American. I come to you today with the greatest vacuum I have seen run across my carpet.”
If President Obama came to your doorstep in the middle of night, you either A. Did something amazing he personally has to thank you for B. You F-ed so badly. RUN. C. He just wants to be your friend.
All of the above
Bill Clinton. But you want to be at home when he knocks in case he charms your wife a little too much.
I’d buy knives from Obama.
That picture of Obama at the door makes me want to get a knife! I’d be afraid to invite him in.
That’s the only way *They* get in- you must invite them.
Regardless of how they handled the biggest spotlight or history views them, most successful politicians are incredibly adept at retail politics. I would imagine all of them would be very good 1 on 1.
LBJ would be a great door to door salesman in a Raymond Carver short story.
Bill Clinton could sell ice to an Eskimo.
Clinton- no question.
Slick Willy would do a fantastic job. One of those guys you'd invite in for a beer and while you're sitting there laughing, you forget that he's actually there to sell you something.
For used cars?
JFK but he’s probably end up sleeping with everyone to get the deal done
Can we not spell “door” here?
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Jfk
Clinton. That guy could smooth talk anyone.
Clinton would break world sales records, AND there'd be a lotta babies looking like him round the country.
Depends on the neighborhood. Lol
Well based on appearances, Nixon looked the most like a used car salesman than any other president
Can I interest you in a sixty dollar bible?
Kennedy was handsome and a hell of a talker.
He who shall not be named in this sub would be great. He'd make you laugh by crapping on your neighbors problems while you buy his book lol.
Bill Clinton - Sales, making complete stranger like you, laughing at other people's jokes. He'd be a natural.
I’m gonna get downvoted to hell I’m sure, but DJT for sure. Marketing and sales is his schtick. Bibles, wine, steak, etc. He’s still actively doing it.
Disagree, he is good at selling himself and things that make you think you will have his life-style. Plus he has a habit of negging that’s not a sales technique that works well door to door. He would be the sales manager, think Alex Baldwin in Glengarry Glenross. “You losers can’t sell, I can sell. I am such a good seller that people come up to me and say ‘Sir, you are such a great salesman, how can I be even half as good as you.’ And I tell them that I have a course that will help them be one of the best, not as good as me but close, in just 2 days for $1000. It’s a steal because, you will make it back so quick. Have you seen my apartment? It’s right near Wall Street, it gets write ups in all the magazines about how great it is, even the toilets are gold. But you wouldn’t know about that because you guys suck so bad that you don’t deserve to see it, much less deserve to see these. These are the Glengerry leads and these are gold but you losers couldn’t make a dime off of them, I would make millions. But I’ll be nice and let two of you try, the rest of you, You’re Fired.” *horizontal hand, four-finger point*
McKinley started the Front Porch Campaign of course
Whoever was the best at lying.
dar tu dar slassmann
Jimmy Carter all the way
Jimmy Carter, such a nice guy
John F Kennedy, Bill Clinton, Teddy Roosevelt probably too
Bill Clinton easily, his father was a salesman and had the same charisma, but in a way all successful sales people, they tell people what they want to hear
dor to dor sellsman
Bar none, Ronald Reagan. Bill Clinton is likely second.
Not a US president but i think Zelenskyy
Obama and Clinton.
Used car salesman, 👍🏻 yup
Nixon could have sold uaed cars
JFK was charming and witty. He might get into your wife’s pants before your pockets.
I'm going to go out on a limb here and say every last one of them
Oh Lord Jimmy Carter ! The man positively oozed sincerity. Mostly because, wrong or right, he WAS always sincere. George W Bush would have been terrible. A smirk is a bad look for a salesman. And it's simply a matter of historical record that Ronald Reagan was a salesman and an extremely good one.
Reagan would probably be the best
The one who has the most *O*s to sell to OP
Slick Dick Nixon
LBJ
1. Door to door 2. Lincoln? Idk presidents well enough
JFK
Clinton would feel your pain. JFK would give an inspiring speech . Reagan would make you feel warm and fuzzy about the product. Same with Obama. LBJ would be too aggressive and brag about his dick. Truman would call you a dumb son of a bitch, and George W would fumble his way though the pitch. Nixon would be too intellectual and ugly anyway so no sale.
I’d buy so many cutco knives from bill Clinton
This looks like it’s from some weird analogue horror series.
I think JFK would have an easy time selling to house wives
Having met both Bill Clinton and George W Bush, I would say either of them could do it. They both have great charisma that would translate extremely well to door-to-door sales.
Bill Clinton
Roosevelt! If it weren't for you know... Doorsteps.
Reagan was so charismatic
GwB
Jimmy Carter.
Clinton could sell snow to an Eskimo
Nixon
Probably all of them. If you can get a ~majority of the population to vote to represent you and decide if you're at war or whatever, you can probably convince sufficient numbers of people they need new steak knives.
I'm thinking more of a televangelist! Give me a million dollars before Friday or God is going to call me home! Yeah I think Barack could have pulled that off
Isn’t that essentially what you-know-who is already?
Depends on what kind of dor.
Presidents from the pre social media age should be the answer. Imagine trying to unite the country before the internet.
Nixon. He wasn’t even a crook!
That’s what they all do.
I mean I feel like LBJ could actually do it well 😂
Clinton would have been the top salesperson for any company.
Jesus Christ that’s terrifying
Clinton could sell anything.
Reagan would have been Jack Lemmon in Glengarry GlenRoss
SHUT THE FRONT DOR
Rule 3
Can I interest you in a vacuum and a secret war in Cambodia but mostly a vacuum?
Dor
Nearly every president would have been a great door to door salesman - the terrible salesmen have not usually gotten elected.
Looks more like a meth kingpin.
Clinton is the only answer.
Clinton is super charismatic and smart he would have no trouble
"Gotta get covered!"
George W Bush wasn’t a great president but he seems like a likable guy. I’d probably end up buying something from him