My mother was a great salesman. She could sell anything to anybody. I remember asking her what she did for a living, so she sat me down at the kitchen table and showed me how she would sell me a disposable salt shaker.
First, she told me to tell her that I did not like that salt shaker, that I hated that salt shaker, in fact. She wanted me to believe that that salt shaker was the worst salt shaker I had ever seen, and that I would not take it from her if she paid me a million dollars.
And then she started in with asking me what was it about that salt shaker that I did not like. Was there anything she could do, as a poor and humble salesman, to change that salt shaker, that would make me like it more? How about the color? What about the shape? How about a glass salt shaker? Would I like that better?
Eventually, we agreed on what would be the perfect salt shaker that I would be happy to buy from her, at a considerable premium
And then she started in with, is that particular feature really that important? Maybe this color might be nicer. Did I really appreciate the convenience of having a disposable salt shaker? Did I realize that the cardboard shaker would absorb moisture so the salt could run freely? And what about sanitation? Until we were right back where we started, except now I was convinced that that disposable salt shaker was not so bad after all.
So, what is it about the GOP that you don't like? Is there anything I can do, as a humble FReeper, to make you like it better?
That the folks running it have as much contempt for consevatives as the 'Rats do.
Is there anything I can do, as a humble FReeper, to make you like it better?
Not unless you can change that, grid :)