It can be a bit unfair to evaluate the candidates through the tinted shades of the media (or the candidates own words). Let us examine what each candidate tells us about themselves on their own websites. Let us compare each candidate’s “About” section on their website to see who has what it takes to be President. If you know anybody who is undecided, maybe this can help them on their way.
Donald Trump |
Hillary Clinton |
- Graduate of Wharton School of Business
- Authored 15 Bestsellers
- Art of the Deal is a business classic and one of the most popular books of all time
- Top Republican fundraiser in 2014
- 25 million followers on social media
- Appears on Fox and Friends
- Was Grand Marshall for veteran’s parade and provided $1 million to help finance it
- Was honored at a lunch at the Pentagon
- Owns Trump Tower
- Owns Mar-a-Lago
- Owns 17 award winning golf course
- Has lots of hotels all over the world
- Emmy nominated
- “You’re fired!” listed as third greatest TV catchphrase of all time
- Star on Hollywood walk of fame
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- First ever student commencement speaker at Wellesley College.
- Distinguished graduate of Yale Law School.
- Editorial board of the Yale Review of Law and Social Action.
- Co-founded Arkansas Advocates for Children and Families.
- Former civil litigation attorney.
- Staff attorney for Children’s Defense Fund.
- Faculty member in the School of Law at the University of Arkansas, Fayetteville.
- Former Director of the Arkansas Legal Aid Clinic.
- First female chair of the Legal Services Corporation.
- First female partner at Rose Law Firm, the oldest and one of the largest law firms in Arkansas.
- Twice named by The National Law Journal as one of the 100 Most Influential Lawyers in America.
- Former First Lady of Arkansas.
- Arkansas Woman of the Year in 1983.
- Chair of the American Bar Association’s Commission on Women in the Profession.
- Created Arkansas’s Home Instruction Program for Preschool Youth.
- Instrumental in passage of the State Children’s Health Insurance Program.
- First Lady of the United States.
- Promoted nationwide immunization against childhood illnesses.
- Successfully sought to increase research funding for prostate cancer and childhood asthma at the National Institutes of Health.
- Worked to investigate reports of an illness that affected veterans of the Gulf War (now recognized as Gulf War Syndrome).
- Helped create the Office on Violence Against Women at the Department of Justice.
- Initiated and shepherded the Adoption and Safe Families Act
- First FLOTUS in US History to hold a postgraduate degree.
- Helped create Vital Voices, an international initiative to promote the participation of women in the political processes of their countries.
- Two-term New York Senator and the first ex-FLOTUS in US History to be elected to the United States Senate.
- Served on five Senate committees: Budget (2001–2002), Armed Services (2003– 2009), Environment and Public Works (2001–2009), Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (2001–2009) and the Special Committee on Aging.
- Member of the Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe.
- Leading role in investigating the health issues faced by 9/11 first responders.
- Worked with Sen. Chuck Schumer of New York on securing $21.4 billion in funding for the World Trade Center redevelopment.
- Former United States Secretary of State.
- Brokered a ceasefire deal between Israel & Hamas in 2012.
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