“What is really distressing is that my congressman IS a used car salesman (as well as new cars), but...”
We used to have this guy, Chick Lambert on live TV in the SF Bay Area selling cars for Ralph Williams (who was a real crook). Take a look/listen to his last commercial, it’s a classic! (caution, there is some “spicy language”)
http://message.snopes.com/showthread.php?t=60045
Johnny Carson used to do parodies of Ralph Williams on the Tonight Show.