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Books by and about 2024 presidential candidates |
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Hillbilly Elegy,
by JD Vance (2017) |
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) |
Becoming,
by Michelle Obama (2018) |
Higher Loyalty,
by James Comey (2018) |
The Making of Donald Trump,
by David Cay Johnston (2017) |
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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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| OnTheIssues.org excerpts: (click on issues for details)
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Abortion
Al Gore: Opposes partial birth abortion, but opposes banning it.
George W. Bush: No tax money for abortion, but no Pro-Life Amendment either.
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Budget & Economy
Pat Buchanan: Interventionist in US economy; isolationist abroad.
Kamala Harris: Lower cost plan: housing; groceries; medical; and taxes.
Kamala Harris: FactCheck: no evidence for pandemic price-gouging .
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Civil Rights
George W. Bush: Guaranteed TX college racial preference for top 10% of class.
Jeff Sessions: 1986: Denied confirmation as federal judge.
Jeff Sessions: 1986: Called NAACP a "pinko" organization that hates whites.
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Corporations
Marco Rubio: Big corporations gave out bonuses instead of reinvesting.
Xi Jinping: Purge capitalist excess; business must heed state guidance.
Kamala Harris: Raise corporate tax rates to 28%, from 21%.
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Education
Al Gore: Agrees with teacher unions on vouchers, salary, & class size.
George W. Bush: Allow "charter states" as well as charter schools.
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Environment
Al Gore: Replace sprawl with “smart growth”; $7.8B on Everglades.
George W. Bush: Replace mandate/regulate/litigate with decentralized efforts.
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Families & Children
Marco Rubio: Increased child tax credit plus paid family leave.
Steve Fulop: Require companies to grant paid sick leave.
Kamala Harris: $6,000 child tax credit, expanded from $2,000 per child.
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Foreign Policy
Al Gore: Supports New Security Agenda and Third-World debt relief.
George W. Bush: Less intervention abroad and unilateral nuclear cuts at home.
Mike Pompeo: Benghazi was "worse, in some ways, than Watergate".
Mike Pompeo: America First; treat the world with some skepticism.
Pat Buchanan: Practice "masterly inactivity," not "entangling alliances".
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Free Trade
Al Gore: Link trade to environment and labor.
George W. Bush: Don't link trade to environment and labor.
Marco Rubio: Bring back American car-manufacturing via high automation.
Pat Buchanan: Reduce dependence on trade; support Monroe Doctrine.
Steve Mnuchin: Protectionist instinct to label China a currency manipulator.
Wilbur Ross: Vocal critic of recent trade deals.
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Government Reform
Al Gore: Ban soft money and provide free broadcast time.
George W. Bush: Ban some soft money; fewer restrictions on individuals.
Jeff Sessions: 1986: Voting Rights Act of 1965 is "intrusive legislation".
Jeff Sessions: The South has changed; no longer any need to monitor voting.
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Gun Control
Al Gore: No special lawsuit protection for gun makers.
George W. Bush: Restrict lawsuits against gun makers.
Howard Schultz: 2013: Requested customers not bring guns to Starbucks.
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Health Care
Al Gore: Cover 12 million uninsured at a 10-year cost of $157 billion.
George W. Bush: Cover 3 million uninsured at a 10-year cost of $135 billion.
Kamala Harris: Cancel medical debt and cap drug costs.
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Homeland Security
Jeff Sessions: Giving alleged terrorists criminal rights is "too soft".
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Immigration
Jeff Sessions: Skeptic of H1-B visa scheme that recruits skilled foreigners.
Jeff Sessions: Protect our communities with commitment to deport aliens.
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Principles & Values
Al Gore: Practical Idealism: centrist on most issues.
Doug Jones: Christians take care of people, without discriminating.
George W. Bush: Bush's centrism: free trade; private IRAs; no new taxes.
Joyce Dickerson: For various reasons, I won't campaign for Hillary in 2016.
Mark Begich: Reputation as mayor for getting things done.
Ted Stevens: Uncle Ted voted "Alaskan of the century".
Xi Jinping: Moral review councils use public shaming for enforcement.
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Social Security
Al Gore: Paying off national debt keeps trust fund solvent until 2054.
George W. Bush: Prohibit govt investment in the stock market, private OK.
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Tax Reform
Al Gore: Target surplus at national debt, rainy days, & education.
Bernie Sanders: Raise income tax & fix estate tax: hardly Marxist ideas.
George W. Bush: More child & charity deductions in $1.3T tax cut.
Steve Mnuchin: No net tax cut for the highest earners.
Donald Trump: OpEd: across-the-board tariffs are a sales tax in disguise.
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Technology
Al Gore: “Digital Cabinet” of high-tech advisors.
George W. Bush: Matches Gore on R&D aid, more visas, no Internet tax.
Steve Mnuchin: Infrastructure bank to fund federal projects.
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Welfare & Poverty
Al Gore: Strengthen voluntary charity as well as federal welfare.
Elizabeth Warren: Address housing crisis by assisting cities & homebuyers.
George W. Bush: Devolve welfare to both state and private charities.
Kamala Harris: Build 3m new homes; $25,000 downpayment credits.
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