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chas mort
Jul 28, 2017 · 5 min read

Litmus Test for America November, 2016:

Some Facts, Ideas and Thoughts to Ponder

By Charles Thomas Mort

In my opinion, perhaps half the people in America don’t understand what they think they want.

Current mainstream media election coverage is far too one-sided. Since there are many variables in choosing a president, use this litmus test to help bring some balance to your perspective on the 2016 presidential race. Only then can we hope to restore this once great nation back to its former self.

Economy

Clinton: Raise taxes by $1.4 Trillion

Trump: cut taxes by $6.2 Trillion

Clinton: capitulating on US economic sovereignty

Trump: America First!

Clinton: raise corporate income tax rates

Trump: reduce corporate income tax rates

Clinton: keep current estate tax rate

Trump: eliminate current estate tax rate

Clinton: says presidential candidates and presidents should not discuss Fed

Trump: calls for congressional audit on Federal Reserve

Trade

Clinton: flip-flopped on TPP, for it before Trump, now against, although her VP choice Tim Kaine has never seen a trade deal he didn’t support

Trump: totally against TPP

Clinton: called TPP ‘the gold standard’

Trump: called TPP ‘the rape of our country’

Domestic

Clinton: end the epidemic of gun violence with gun control restrictions

Trump: supports current gun control laws (btw, gun violence was way down until recent incitement by Obama and Black Lives Matter, promoted by George Soros)

Clinton: forget U.S. immigration law, for open borders, admit anyone who wants to come to America

Trump: enforce U.S. immigration law, enforce temporary ban on all Muslim immigrants

Clinton: supports total gun ban and elimination of second amendment

Trump: support of citizens right to bare arms and upholding the Second Amendment

Clinton: close ties to Wall Street, with support of Wall Street and banks

Trump: lives near Wall Street, with support of Main Street and the people

Clinton: supports the Muslim Brotherhood

Trump: Muslim Brotherhood is a terrorist organization

Clinton: wants you poor, more Americans out of work than ever before (now Obama, later Hillary)

Trump: wants you prosperous, supposedly will put more Americans back to work

Clinton: foments racial radicalism

Trump: rejects racial radicalism

Clinton: white people need to do a better job of listening to black people

Trump: listen to me!

Clinton: give more power to the establishment

Trump: take power away from the establishment

Clinton: wants to bring foreign “cultural values” to America

Trump: wants to bring back good ole American values

Clinton: *against offshore oil drilling, provide more incentives for alternative energy production

Trump: for offshore oil drilling and development of alternative energy

Clinton: send jobs out, kill the free market

Trump: bring jobs home, enhance free market

Clinton: in favor of using seeds and products with “a proven track record”, Tom Vilsack (former Monsanto employee) was top contender for VP, obviously, a big bio-tech supporter

Trump: GMO foods should be labeled

Clinton: against renewal of Glass-Steagel Act

Trump: for renewal of Glass-Steagel Act

Clinton: proponent of New World Order

Trump: opposed to NWO

Clinton: for globalism, give up your liberty

Trump: for Americanism, protect our liberty

Clinton: what rule of law?

Trump: reassert the rule of law

Clinton: supports amended Affordable Care Act

Trump: eliminate Obamacare, open competitive insurance markets with health savings accounts, available across state lines

Clinton: *supports net neutrality

Trump: sites pay more for faster internet speeds

Clinton: defund NASA

Trump: fund NASA

Clinton: says she’s for women’s rights, though her closest aide and friend, Huma Abedin’s mother, promotes female genital mutilations

Trump: not perfect, loves some women, disses others

Immigration

Clinton: enforce current border policy

Trump: increase border restrictions

Clinton: increase Obama’s commitment to let in 110,000 Syrians in 2017 to 550,000 (five times more!)

Trump: extreme vetting of people looking to immigrate

Education

Clinton: supports Common Core national school policy

Trump: end Common Core, supports education standards set at local and state level; parents’ right to send children to any chosen school, including homeschooling

Social

Clinton: pro-choice

Trump: pro-life (50+ million abortions since Roe v. Wade, 70+% of them black)

Clinton: government continue funding Planned Parenthood

Trump: defund Planned Parenthood

Crime

Clinton: convicted felons allowed to vote

Trump: convicted felons do not have the right to vote

Foreign Policy and Affairs

Clinton: mainstream media blames Putin and Trump for DNC hacked emails

Trump: we don’t know who hacked emails for certain

Clinton: blames Russia for WikiLeaks hacked emails

Trump: understands US intelligence (NSA) community is potentially releasing these emails because they know she can’t handle state secrets, i.e. they support Trump

Clinton: sold 20% of US uranium reserves to Russia via Uranium One for $35M (per WSJ and NYT)

Trump: no dealings or loans with Russia

Clinton: hawk moving towards WWWIII

Trump: dove for peace with Putin, China?; plus allegedly, neither Putin or Trump wants war

Clinton: *less torturous means

Trump: use enhanced interrogation techniques, to gain information from suspected terrorists

Clinton: remain in United Nations

Trump: leave United Nations

Clinton: increase foreign aid spending

Trump: decrease foreign aid spending

Campaign

Clinton: “I’m with Her” , “Stronger Together”, Make America Whole,” “Love and Kindness,” “Break Down Barriers,” “Build Ladders of Opportunity,” and “Love Trumps Hate”

Trump: “I’m with the American People” and “Make America Great Again”

Clinton: rallies attract dozens and hundreds (up to 2,000; average turnout 200)

Trump: rallies attract thousands (up to 200,000, average turnout 40,000)

Clinton: stole eleven states from Bernie Sanders in primaries, plans on stealing election

Trump: defeated sixteen stalwart candidates in primaries, plans on preventing stolen election

Clinton: endorsed by John Bachtell, national chair of the Communist Party USA

Trump: endorsed by David Duke, a former Ku Klux Klan grand wizard

Clinton: media with/for her, not held accountable for anything, including potential tremendous wrongdoings

Trump: “rigged media”, held accountable for every word and potential misdeed

Clinton: beholden to Big Pharma

Trump: zero money from Big Pharma

Clinton: party of bigotry, not minorities, foments racial division

Trump: party for the people, foments American pride and nationalism

Clinton: nowhere to be seen or fundraising

Trump: campaigning constantly, visited New Orleans and Mexico

Clinton: vehemently opposed Brexit (British exit from European Union)

Trump: says U.S. election result will be like ‘Brexit Times Five’

Clinton: smart enough to take Donald Trump at his word

Trump: if elected president, he’ll jail Hillary Clinton

Personal

Clinton: portrayed as having health challenges

Trump: portrayed in good health

Clinton: healthwise, possibly dead within months

Trump: possibly oldest, healthiest president ever?

Clinton: beholden to money and power

Trump: has own money and power

Clinton: terminates people seen as threats

Trump: tongue lashes threats

Clinton: owned by banks

Trump: could own banks

Clinton: member of Bush-Clinton crime family

Trump: member of his own golf courses?

Clinton: seemingly dislikes everyone, except possibly Huma Abedin, wife of disgraced former New York congressman, Anthony Weiner

Trump: portrayed as misogynous, homophobic, xenophobic and Islamophobic

Clinton: earpiece

Trump: no earpiece

Clinton: needs help getting up stairs and into vehicles

Trump: walks on his own

Clinton: history built on lies and deception

Trump: history built on business deals and family

Clinton: *Hillary Clinton, Tim Kaine release tax returns

Trump: Donald Trump defies decades-old tradition of disclosure (thus far), Mike Pence releases his

Clinton: has coughing fits

Trump: has talking fits

Clinton: is a politician, too much experience for her own good

Trump: not a politician, no prior political experience

Clinton: prefers women

Trump: prefers women

Clinton: big time boozer, probably on prescription or experimental medications

Trump: doesn’t drink, smoke or take drugs

Clinton: Chicago mafia roots

Trump: New York blue collar roots

Clinton: $382,000 in donations from journalists

Trump: $14,000 in donations from journalists