In the Presidential Bracket, Ronald Reagan scored his second upset victory as he knocked off Teddy Roosevelt with a thorough demolishing. Keep Reagan away from Mount Rushmore because he has knocked off Lincoln and TR in the last two rounds. The compassionate conservative who once invoked Mikhail Gorbachev to "tear down this wall" is trying to take down Mt. Rushmore completely. Reagan will have one more chance at a face on Mt. Rushmore as he squares off with George Washington in the Elite 8 round. Washington wiped out his former Secretary of State Thomas Jefferson in a thumping not seen by Jefferson and his supporters since those pesky Barbary Pirates.
Click HERE for Reagan's WE VIDEO presentation and click HERE for Washington's WE VIDEO presentation.
In the Wildcard Bracket, Steve Jobs went to work on Walt Disney pointing out how the company that Disney founded ended up buying Steven Jobs' Pixar Corporation because Pixar was dominating the animation market. With the strength of that argument, Jobs was the "apple" of the voters eyes and won the vote going away. A gripping video on the tragic death of Alexander Hamilton at the hands of his arch enemy Aaron Burr was enough to advance the father of modern banking to the elite 8. Hamilton was able to trip up Lewis and Clark who finally have to end their journey at the Sweet 16.
Click HERE for Jobs' WE VIDEO presentation and click HERE for Hamilton's WE VIDEO presentation.
In the Innovators Bracket, Thomas Edison was the shining light in his thorough defeat of Henry Ford. Edison used the argument that Ford had worked for him and Ford idolized Edison to differentiate between the two great innovators. In the final tally, it was like a ferrari racing against a Model T. Edison just had too much for Ford. In our most tightly contested vote of the sweet 16, Alexander Graham Bell dialed up a victory over Microsoft mogul Bill Gates. While Gates philanthropic endeavors earned him favor with some of the voters, the majority supported Bell and his creation of the telephone.
Click HERE for Edison's WE VIDEO presentation and click HERE for Alexander Graham Bell's WE VIDEO presentation.
In the Social Activists Bracket, using a unique presentation style that used no voice over just strong music, a simple approach drove Martin Luther King to the Elite 8 over abolitionist John Brown. The non-violent protester King destroyed the violent upriser Brown in a match that saw King race out to an insurmountable early lead. Noted speedster Jackie Robinson ran away from Susan B. Anthony in the other half of the bracket. Robinson's talents as an athlete, businessman, announcer, and activist was too much for Anthony as voters recognized the many doors that Robinson opened and thus shut the door on Anthony eliminating our final woman still in the competition.
Click HERE for King's WE VIDEO presentation and click HERE for Robinson's WE VIDEO presentation.
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