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Books by and about 2020 presidential candidates |
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Crippled America,
by Donald J. Trump (2015) |
Fire and Fury,
by Michael Wolff (2018) |
Trump Revealed,
by Michael Kranish and Marc Fisher (2016) |
The Making of Donald Trump,
by David Cay Johnston (2016) |
Promise Me, Dad ,
by Joe Biden (2017) |
The Book of Joe ,
by Jeff Wilser (2019; biography of Joe Biden) |
The Truths We Hold,
by Kamala Harris (2019) |
Smart on Crime,
by Kamala Harris (2010) |
Guide to Political Revolution,
by Bernie Sanders (2017) |
Where We Go From Here,
by Bernie Sanders (2018) |
Our Revolution,
by Bernie Sanders (2016) |
This Fight Is Our Fight,
by Elizabeth Warren (2017) |
United,
by Cory Booker (2016) |
Conscience of a Conservative,
by Jeff Flake (2017) |
Two Paths,
by Gov. John Kasich (2017) |
Every Other Monday,
by Rep. John Kasich (2010) |
Courage is Contagious,
by John Kasich (1998) |
Shortest Way Home,
by Pete Buttigieg (2019) |
Becoming,
by Michelle Obama (2018) |
Higher Loyalty,
by James Comey (2018) |
The Making of Donald Trump,
by David Cay Johnston (2017) |
Trump vs. Hillary On The Issues ,
by Jesse Gordon (2016) |
Outsider in the White House,
by Bernie Sanders (2015) |
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Book Reviews |
(from Amazon.com) |
(click a book cover for a review or other books by or about the presidency from Amazon.com)
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Rachel Maddow Show and other MSNBC news shows
(Click for external website)
Articles from MSNBC:
- MSNBC Rachel Maddow Show, "Targeting Tim Walz, Team Trump flunks a test of self-awareness," by Steve Benen, Aug. 6, 2024, (Link)
- On 2022_MN_Gov, The Reid Out: review of Hugh Hewitt moderating Minnesota GOP Republican Gubernatorial primary debate, Dec. 18, 2021
- On 2022_MD_Gov: "Transcript: The ReidOut," interview of MD Governor candidate John B. King, 10/15/21
- On 2022 CA Senate race: Transcript of Alex Padilla interview: The Rachel Maddow Show, 9/20/21
- On 2022_KY_Senate: "Transcript: The ReidOut," interview of 2022 KY Senate candidate Charles Booker, 7/7/21
- On Cleveland 2021 Mayoral race: The Beat with Ari Melber (interview of Dennis Kucinich), June 7, 2021
- On 2022_PA_Gov, transcript from "The Reid Out," March 23, 2021
- (On Hillary Clinton & others): MSNBC/Telemundo Democratic Town Hall in Las Vegas, 2/18/2016
- (On Bernie Sanders & others): MSNBC Democratic primary debate in New Hampshire, 2/4/2016
- Jane C. Timm on 2014 MSNBC: 2016 presidential hopefuls (Rand Paul) Dec 25, 2014
- More citations to follow....
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| OnTheIssues.org excerpts: (click on issues for details)
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Abortion
Ezola Foster: Against abortion rights.
John Cornyn: Endorsed by Texas Right to Life.
Steve Stockman: AdWatch: If babies had guns, they wouldn't be aborted.
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Budget & Economy
Pat Buchanan: Pay down debt; reduce federal share of economy.
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Civil Rights
Charles Booker: Rand Paul believes that racism is a winning strategy.
Charlie Crist: 2010: Backed gay marriage ban; 2014: supports gay marriage.
Ezola Foster: Against gay rights & women in military.
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Corporations
Hillary Clinton: Corporate elite treat working-class America as invisible.
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Crime
Mary Fallin: 2011: OK to experiment with drugs used in lethal injection.
Pat Buchanan: Stop gun rampages by requiring press silence.
Pat Buchanan: Prompt death penalty would stop mass murderers.
Donald Trump: You can't teach a criminal not to be a criminal.
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Drugs
George W. Bush: Changed license in 1995 to avoid DUI arrest disclosure.
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Education
Joseph Lieberman: Would advocate vouchers privately, but support Gore publicly.
Pat Buchanan: Schools went wrong when judges & feds got involved.
Pat Buchanan: Block grants to states with all federal education funds.
Pat Buchanan: Federal role in science & scholarships; not grade schools.
Paul Broun: Big Bang & evolution: "lies straight from the pit of hell".
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Energy & Oil
Carly Fiorina: Regulation won't stop climate change.
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Families & Children
Rand Paul: Revival of values depends on fusing freedom and virtue.
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Foreign Policy
Dick Cheney: South Africa: Voted against apartheid sanctions in 1980s.
Marco Rubio: I have a clear strategic vision of America's role in world.
Marco Rubio: Obama has no ISIS policy to avoid upsetting Iran.
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Government Reform
Ben Carson: Covertly spy on government workers to make them work harder.
Dennis Kucinich: There's a fourth branch of government with a dollar sign.
Dennis Kucinich: Citizens United was a body blow to our democracy.
Hillary Clinton: Consider Constitutional Amendment against Citizen's United.
Michael Steele: Biden showed moral courage in criticizing voter suppression.
Michael Steele: We know this is all about a fear of black voters.
Michelle Benson: The more we watch the polls, the less they cheat.
Mike Murphy: Voter fraud at massive scale in 2020 across the country.
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Gun Control
Dick Cheney: Opposed 7-day waiting period for buying guns.
Pat Buchanan: Stop using heinous crimes to take away 2nd amendment rights.
Steve Stockman: AR-15 giveaway: the perfect Mother's Day gift.
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Health Care
Anthony Kennedy: ObamaCare not ok under Commerce Clause, but ok as tax.
John Roberts: ObamaCare not ok under Commerce Clause, but ok as tax.
Tim Kaine: Public option puts some real competition into the system.
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Homeland Security
Joseph Lieberman: Supported use of force in Gulf War.
Marco Rubio: We need coherent interrogation policy, & keep it classified.
Rand Paul: Transparency is mostly good; we should not have torture.
Ted Cruz: Torture was rightly outlawed, but keep tactics classified.
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Jobs
Pat Buchanan: Offset minimum wage increase with small business tax cuts.
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Principles & Values
David Perdue: CEO of Dollar General & Reebok; cousin of Gov. Sonny Perdue.
Dennis Kucinich: I have always considered myself pretty much in the center.
Dick Mountjoy: Mistakenly claimed navy service on USS Missouri.
Joseph Lieberman: Accepts V.P. request; "walks the same path" as Gore.
Paul Gazelka: 2020 election was unfair, but Biden won.
Randy Forbes: Dropped out of Lt. Governor race to run for House vacancy.
Scott Jensen: Can't know what I don't know about 2020 election.
Spencer Abraham: Consistent conservative in Senate votes.
Tim Walz: Minnesota Lutheran, a Midwestern cultural subtype.
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Social Security
Pat Buchanan: Address solvency first, before adding new programs.
Pat Buchanan: Option for private investment, with public fall-back.
Pat Buchanan: Let people who work past 65 collect benefits.
Rick Perry: FactCheck: Softened "fraud" rhetoric in current campaign.
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Tax Reform
Dick Gephardt: Bush tax cut plan threatens our prosperity.
Pat Buchanan: Tax imports & transnationals instead of small businesses.
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War & Peace
Jim Gilmore: Bush's steadfastness in Iraq is leadership in crisis.
Jim Gilmore: UN supported US before war; let's move beyond pre-war debate.
Joe Biden: Proud of involvement in winding down Iraq war.
Joe Biden: We shared responsibility to bring democracy to Libya.
Joe Biden: Withdraw US troops continuously from Afghanistan until 2014.
Joe Biden: Iran is isolated, and will be more so when Syria falls.
Marco Rubio: ISIS plan: US air support for Sunni forces on the ground.
Tony Hall: Restrict "conflict diamonds" to end African war financing.
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The above quotations are from Rachel Maddow Show and other MSNBC news shows.
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