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Books by and about 2020 presidential candidates |
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Crippled America,
by Donald J. Trump (2015) |
United,
by Cory Booker (2016) |
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) |
Promise Me, Dad ,
by Joe Biden (2017) |
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) |
The Book of Joe ,
by Jeff Wilser (2019; biography of Joe Biden) |
Becoming,
by Michelle Obama (2018) |
Our Revolution,
by Bernie Sanders (2016) |
This Fight Is Our Fight,
by Elizabeth Warren (2017) |
Higher Loyalty,
by James Comey (2018) |
The Making of Donald Trump,
by David Cay Johnston (2017) |
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Books by and about the 2016 presidential election |
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What Happened ,
by Hillary Clinton (2017) |
Higher Loyalty ,
by James Comey (2018) |
Trump vs. Hillary On The Issues ,
by Jesse Gordon (2016) |
Hard Choices,
by Hillary Clinton (2014) |
Becoming ,
by Michelle Obama (2018) |
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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Gingrich vs. Paul On The Issues:
Side-by-side stances on the issues
by Jesse Gordon of OnTheIssues.org
(Click for Amazon book review)
Click on a participant to pop-up their full list of quotations
from Gingrich vs. Paul On the Issues, by Jesse Gordon (number of quotes indicated):
- Newt Gingrich (2)
- Ron Paul (2)
OR click on an issue category below for a subset. |
BOOK SUMMARY by OnTheIssues.org:
This book puts OnTheIssues' web content into book form -- a direct comparison of issue stances -- not personal biographies, not political horserace analysis, not scandal histories.
Each headline below is backed up with a referenced citation, in context, so you can compare for yourself what each candidate says.
The comparisons are made convenient in a side-by-side layout, with book reviews and a VoteMatch issue summary at the end.
Domestic Issues | Ron Paul | Newt Gingrich |
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| Mandatory Sentencing: | Funding for alternative sentencing instead of more prisons | 3-strike laws are constitutional; enforce courts compliance |
| Death Penalty: | Too many capital convictions have been proven errors | Voted NO on replacing death penalty with life imprisonment |
| Gun Rights: | Opposes the DC Gun Ban; it’s not just a “collective right” | Don’t redefine Constitution with no individual right to arms |
| Drugs in Society: | We don’t need laws to tell us to not use heroin | Drug-free society focuses on both drug supply & demand |
| Marijuana Legalization: | Legalize industrial hemp | Marijuana legalization would tear America apart |
| Nuclear Waste: | No nuclear waste in Yucca Mt.; it’s other states’ garbage | Put nuclear waste in deep storage for 10,000 years |
| Animal Rights: | Scored 14% on Humane Society Scorecard on animal protection | Early 1980s: co-sponsored Endangered Species Act |
| Environment vs. Economy: | Property rights are the foundation of all rights | Combine healthy environment and a healthy economy |
| WikiLeaks: | WikiLeaks only released true but embarrassing information | Treat WikiLeaks as enemy combatants engaged in terrorism |
| Outer Space Policy: | Militarizing outer space impoverishes America | Replace NASA with incentives to private sector |
| Citizen Loyalty: | National ID card is part of fear-based government | Loyalty test for everyone, not just for Muslims |
| Health mandate: | States CAN mandate insurance, but it’s a bad idea | If you mandate healthcare, you mandate everything in life |
| Medicare: | Let people opt out of Medicare | Block grant Medicaid; create individual incentives & bonuses |
| ObamaCare: | ObamaCare is only as socialized as Bush’s & Nixon’s reforms | Repeal ObamaCare; sign tort reform instead |
Economic Issues | Ron Paul | Newt Gingrich |
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| Financial Bailout: | Don’t bail out banks; bail out homeowners | Insure banks rather than pass out checks |
| Automaker Bailout: | Auto company nationalization is fascism | Bailout combines bad policy with worst of Detroit’s decay |
| Wall Street Reform: | Go after crony capitalism; defend real capitalism | Dodd-Frank kills small business & small banks |
| Economic Stimulus: | Stimulus package means more printing & devaluing the dollar | No sequel to failed stimulus & job-killing policies |
| Reaganomics: | 1980s had huge deficits, despite Reagan’s message | Voted against Reagan tax increases & Bush tax increases |
| Federal Reserve secrecy: | Fed has ominous power with no oversight & no control | The Fed’s secrecy & power are antithetical to a free society |
| Balanced Budget: | Supports Balanced Budget & on-budget accounting | Demand a Balanced Budget amendment |
| Term Limits: | I vote for term limits, but they won’t solve anything | Limit punitive damages; term limits on Congress |
| Earmarks: | Put 65 projects into 2006 bills, worth $4B to his district | Democrats say they oppose earmarks, but proposed 8,000 |
| Unions: | Right to organize; but no special benefits for unions | Defund National Labor Relations Board; favor right-to-work |
| Unemployment Extension: | No extending unemployment benefits from 39 to 59 weeks | Go to college instead of 99 weeks of unemployment |
| Social Security Privatization: | System is broke; allow young people to get out | Take Social Security off federal budget; give young a choice |
| Tax-and-Spend policies: | Tax code is the symptom; spending is the problem | 1995 budget: cut taxes, regulations, & spending |
| Marriage Penalty: | Voted YES on reducing Marriage Tax by $399B over 10 years | Marriage penalty costs low-income couples $4,600 per year |
Social Issues | Ron Paul | Newt Gingrich |
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| Abortion Funding: | No tax funding for organizations that promote abortion | Immediately cease public funding for abortion providers |
| Abortion Morality: | Abortion causes inconsistent moral basis for value of life | Stop forcing pro-choice morality on religious organizations |
| Judicial Activism: | Nominate only judges who refuse to legislate from the bench | Impeach judges who don’t abide by Constitution as written |
| Welfare State: | Welfare state isn’t in the Constitution | When free welfare is provided, people choose not to work |
| Don’t-Ask-Don’t-Tell: | Don’t ask, don’t tell is a decent policy for gays in army | Army & Marines wanted Don’t-Ask-Don’t-Tell |
| Defense of Marriage Act: | No need for Marriage Amendment; DOMA is enough | I helped author DOMA; if it fails, amend Constitution |
| Churches and Same-Sex Marriage: | Let churches marry couples, without government document | Stop forcing same-sex marriage on religious organizations |
| Affirmative Action: | No affirmative action for any group | Affirmative action OK individually, but not by group |
| College Loans: | Student loan program is a total failure and unconstitutional | College students should work and graduate with no debt |
| Department of Education: | Close Dept. of Education, but don’t dismantle public schools | Dramatically shrink the federal Department of Education |
| School Prayer: | School prayer is not a federal issue | Voluntary school prayer creates bond between you and Creator |
| Homeschooling: | Guarantee parity for home school diplomas | Let parents choose public, private, parochial, or homeschool |
| School Vouchers: | Competition helps, but vouchers invite bureaucratic control | Voucherize inner-city programs from schools to groceries |
| The Tea Party: | Breaks one-day fundraising record: $6M at “Boston Tea Party” | Tea Party prevents mistake of electing conservative Democrats |
| Principles of Liberty: | Liberty promotes peace, and peace promotes prosperity | Five habits of liberty sustain American Exceptionalism |
International Issues | Ron Paul | Newt Gingrich |
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| Climate Change: | Absurd to let global bureaucrats try to manipulate climate | Kyoto treaty is bad for the environment and bad for America |
| Oil Drilling: | Big Oil profits ok; Big Oil subsidies are not | 2008 book: Drill Here, Drill Now, Pay Less |
| China Trade: | China trade not contingent on human rights & product safety | Protectionism helps China & India challenge US supremacy |
| National ID Cards: | Tamper-proof I.D. for immigrants is a bad idea | Employers should use e-verify for all hires |
| Illegal Alien Deportation: | No amnesty, but impractical to round up 12 million illegals | Review all illegal aliens & if you have no ties, go home |
| Guest Workers: | Give illegals limbo status: a green card with an asterisk | I voted for Reagan’s legal guest worker program |
| American Exceptionalism: | Exceptionalism shouldn’t mean using force around the world | American Exceptionalism: uniquely far-reaching individualism |
| North Korea: | Get out of South Korea and let two Koreas unify | We have failed for a decade to deal with North Korea & Iran |
| Iranian Sanctions: | Israel won’t attack Iran, and neither should we | Sabotage Iran’s oil refinery |
| International Diplomacy: | Right to spread our values, but wrong to spread by force | We need a dramatically expanded use of statecraft |
| Foreign Aid: | Foreign aid wastes billions, with unintended consequences | 1993: $1.6B Russia aid package was “great defining moment" |
| The Patriot Act: | The Patriot Act is unpatriotic; it undermines our liberty | Defend America & allies with information policies |
| Defense spending: | We can blow up the world 20 times and we can’t cut a penny? | Defense as percentage of GDP is lowest since WWII |
| Sources of Terrorism: | We believe Osama’s threats, so why not believe his reasons? | The “Irreconcilable Wing of Islam” threatens our way of life |
| Iraq War: | The Iraq war was not worth the price in blood and treasure | Goal was to liberate Iraq from Saddam, not to occupy |
| OnTheIssues.org excerpts: (click on issues for details)
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Budget & Economy
Newt Gingrich: Ron Paul's economic stances compared to Gingrich's.
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Education
Newt Gingrich: Gingrich's education stances compared to Ron Paul's.
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Foreign Policy
Ron Paul: Newt Gingrich's foreign policy stances compared to Paul's.
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Health Care
Ron Paul: Newt Gingrich's healthcare stances compared to Paul's.
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The above quotations are from Gingrich vs. Paul On The Issues:
Side-by-side stances on the issues
by Jesse Gordon of OnTheIssues.org.
VoteMatch Social Issues |
Ron Paul |
vs. |
Newt Gingrich |
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| Abortion is a woman’s right | Opposes | | Strongly Opposes |
| Require companies to hire more women & minorities | Strongly Opposes | | Strongly Opposes |
| Same-sex domestic partnership benefits | Favors | | Opposes |
| Teacher-led prayer in public schools | Favors | | Strongly Favors |
| Parents choose schools via vouchers | Favors | | Strongly Favors |
VoteMatch Domestic Issues |
Ron Paul |
vs. |
Newt Gingrich |
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| More federal funding for health coverage | Opposes | | Strongly Opposes |
| Death Penalty | Strongly Opposes | | Strongly Favors |
| Mandatory Three Strikes sentencing laws | Opposes | | Favors |
| Absolute right to gun ownership | Favors | | Favors |
| Drug use is immoral: enforce laws against it | Strongly Opposes | | Strongly Favors |
VoteMatch Economic Issues |
Ron Paul |
vs. |
Newt Gingrich |
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| Privatize Social Security | Strongly Favors | | Strongly Favors |
| Make taxes more progressive | Strongly Opposes | | Opposes |
| Stricter limits on political campaign funds | Opposes | | Strongly Opposes |
| Allow churches to provide welfare services | Favors | | Favors |
| Replace coal & oil with alternatives | Strongly Opposes | | Strongly Opposes |
VoteMatch International Issues |
Ron Paul |
vs. |
Newt Gingrich |
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| Illegal immigrants earn citizenship | Strongly Opposes | | Neutral |
| Support & expand free trade | Opposes | | Favors |
| The Patriot Act harms civil liberties | Strongly Favors | | Strongly Opposes |
| Expand the armed forces | Opposes | | Strongly Favors |
| US out of Iraq & Afghanistan | Strongly Favors | | Favors |
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