Although each have had numerous faux pas in their careers making the ability to run campaigns devoid of controversy nearly unattainable, the 2016 Presidential election with its two illustrious candidates, Vince McMahon and Ted Turner, each with a wealth of experience in leadership and business, should provide voters with the ability to carefully research each candidate. McMahon and Turner both have controversy in their pasts, and have overcome much adversity rather unscathed throughout their careers and both candidates have tremendous support through their fan base linked to their respective wrestling companies.
Born in Cincinnati, Ohio, on November 19, 1938, Ted Turner, born Robert Edward Turner III. The oldest child of Robert Edward(Ed)
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Ed Turner was the owner of Turner Advertising, a very lucrative business. By 1950 Ted was attending McCallie an elite boarding school in Chattanooga, Tennessee, with a curriculum including military training, which was one of his favorite subjects. 1956 saw young Ted Turner enrolled at Brown University, after insistence from his father to ditch his dreams of the U.S. Naval Academy, Ted Turner, did not receive his degree. By 1960 Ted Turner was made manager of Turner Advertising’s Macon, Georgia, branch, and showed a natural talent for business by more than doubling the office’s revenue in his first year. (A&E Television) After a 1962 buyout of a competitor which placed Turner Advertising in a precarious financial situation Ted’s father committed suicide in 1963, leaving Ted to take over the company. From 1970 to 2001 Ted Turner either purchased or built several companies including, CNN, …show more content…
Through partnering WWE with the Hip-Hop Summit Action Network he helped to bring “Smackdown Your Vote!” to those ages 18-30 in an effort to get them registered to cast their votes in the 2004 presidential election, “McMahon said the two groups are forming a "tag team championship combination to go out and find these new people, sign them up and get them to vote."” (AP)
3Vince McMahon knows how to get what he wants, his business sense is incomparable, when he took the reins of the WWF, knew that he must shift the focus of wrestling from an athletic sport into an entertainment genre, if he was going to be able to sustain the company. Although there were hard times for McMahon, he held on, changing his plans with the changing times, and he managed to bring his company to the top, beating out those who would see him crumble under the pressure they applied. This is an attribute we need in an American
Hook--Tupac Shakur and The Notorious B.I.G. (Christopher Wallace) were different in many ways, but there were also some major similarities between them. While they were both extremely influential rappers in their day, there was a lot of fighting between them considering the fact that Tupac was a West Coast rapper, and Biggie --The Notorious B.I.G.-- was an East Coast rapper. Tupac tended to be a lot more poetic and respectful to women he had better lyrics than Biggie, but Tupac had little flow.
Earl Lloyd was born on April 3, 1928. Earl grew up with his father Theodore Lloyd and his mother Daisy Lloyd and his two older brothers Earnest and Theodore Lloyd. Earl grew up in Alexandria, Virginia. “Well, it was not a lot of fun” said Lloyd, “I could never understand as a young kid why people were allowed to trea...
The great Babe Ruth was born on February 6, 1895 in Baltimore, Maryland, originally born with the name of George Herman Ruth Jr. When Babe was a kid, he went to St. Mary’s Catholic school. When Babe was at this school, Babe discovered the game of baseball and quickly found his passion for baseball. Babe becamed very skilled at the game of baseball and people started noticing him,
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United States, was born in Caldwell, New Jersey on March 18, 1837. He was the
Nat Turner Nat Turner was an African American slave who was born in Southampton County, Virginia on October 2, 1800. He started working on southern plantations in 1831. When he was younger, everyone thought of him as being very smart. They saw that he was smart when he was about 3 or 4 years old.
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For his entire life, Houdini claimed that he was born on April 6, 1874 in Appleton Wisconsin. The fact was, however, that he was born on March 24, 1874, in Budapest, Hungary. His father was a religious teacher , his mother a stay at home wife. He had six siblings that survived adulthood. His father emigrated to America and changed the spelling
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The 2016 presidential election has been one of the most talked about elections because of one man, Donald Trump. When the billionaire real estate mogul announced that he would be running for the Republican Party candidacy in the 2016 presidential election, he sent this country into an uproar. Donald Trump, who has never shied away from the media, has become one of the most talked about presidential candidate in history. On the day of his announcement for the republican candidacy, he sparked controversy because of his comment about the Mexican people, stating:
In the midst of one of the most controversial presidential elections in history, both political parties are struggling to prove that their candidate is the best choice. Clinton and Trump’s disapproval ratings are very low, but one has to ask, is there really a lesser evil to choose from? While Clinton has had her own fair share of past discrepancies, Trump’s track record proves much more troublesome. Donald Trump has proven to be an untrustworthy presidential candidate because of his misogynistic actions, his racial bias, and his corrupt business history.
Thomas Hobbes was born on April 5, 1588. He was born in Westport, Wiltshire, England. His father abandoned his family and fled to
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